{"id":25372,"date":"2020-04-01T23:11:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/?page_id=25372"},"modified":"2023-10-30T21:09:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T21:09:13","slug":"happiness-and-philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/happiness-and-philanthropy\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness and Philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a0d60c3a69fb {margin-top: 70px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a0d60c3a69fb\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"light\">Publications<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;bottom-to-top&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Following are articles that discuss the link between happiness and philanthropy, a central tenet of our mission. We encourage you to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/contact-us\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0if you are aware of any other articles that should be referenced on this web page.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6a0d60c3a6a3c {margin-top: 35px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6a0d60c3a6a3c\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div><div id=\"style-f0c13a2\" data-style-uid=\"f0c13a2\" class=\"blog blog-style-justified-3x justified-style-1 inline-row clearfix item-animation-move-up pagination-more\" data-next-page=\"2\" data-pages-count=\"3\">\n<article id=\"post-123088\" class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-6 inline-column item-animations-not-inited post-123088 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-happiness-and-philanthropy\"> <div class=\"post-content-wrapper\" style=\"\"> <div class=\"description\"> <div class=\"post-meta-conteiner\"> <div class=\"post-meta-right\"> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-title\"> <div class=\"entry-title title-h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/2025\/10\/21\/if-it-does-good-feel-it-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"light\">If It Does Good, Feel It<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-text\"> <div class=\"summary\"> <p>Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2015.\u00a0Does a good deed count as truly \u201cgood\u201d if doing it makes you feel better?&#8230;<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"info clearfix\"> <div class=\"post-footer-sharing\"><div class=\"gem-button-container gem-button-position-inline thegem-button-6a0d60c3af0a56701\" ><a class=\"gem-button gem-button-size-tiny gem-button-style-flat gem-button-text-weight-normal gem-button-empty\" data-ll-effect=\"drop-right-without-wrap\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;\" onmouseleave=\"\" onmouseenter=\"\" href=\"#\" target=\"_self\"><i class=\"gem-print-icon gem-icon-pack-thegem-icons gem-icon-share \"><\/i><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"sharing-popup\"> 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class=\"description\"> <div class=\"post-meta-conteiner\"> <div class=\"post-meta-right\"> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-title\"> <div class=\"entry-title title-h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/2019\/06\/13\/generosity-happiness-brain\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"light\">Being Generous Really Does Make You Happier<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-text\"> <div class=\"summary\"> <p>Time Magazine, July 14, 2017. It doesn\u2019t take a neuroscientist to know that doing nice things for people feels good&#8230;.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"info clearfix\"> <div class=\"post-footer-sharing\"><div class=\"gem-button-container gem-button-position-inline thegem-button-6a0d60c3b07dc1161\" ><a class=\"gem-button gem-button-size-tiny gem-button-style-flat gem-button-text-weight-normal gem-button-empty\" data-ll-effect=\"drop-right-without-wrap\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;\" onmouseleave=\"\" onmouseenter=\"\" href=\"#\" target=\"_self\"><i class=\"gem-print-icon gem-icon-pack-thegem-icons gem-icon-share \"><\/i><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"sharing-popup\"> <div class=\"socials-sharing socials socials-colored-hover\"> <a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lodestarfoundation.org%2Fsite%2F2019%2F06%2F13%2Fgenerosity-happiness-brain%2F\" title=\"Facebook\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon facebook\"><\/i><\/a> <a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Being+Generous+Really+Does+Make+You+Happier&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lodestarfoundation.org%2Fsite%2F2019%2F06%2F13%2Fgenerosity-happiness-brain%2F\" title=\"Twitter\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon twitter\"><\/i><\/a> <a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lodestarfoundation.org%2Fsite%2F2019%2F06%2F13%2Fgenerosity-happiness-brain%2F&#038;description=Being+Generous+Really+Does+Make+You+Happier\" title=\"Pinterest\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon pinterest\"><\/i><\/a> <a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tumblr.com\/widgets\/share\/tool?canonicalUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lodestarfoundation.org%2Fsite%2F2019%2F06%2F13%2Fgenerosity-happiness-brain%2F\" title=\"Tumblr\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon tumblr\"><\/i><\/a> <a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lodestarfoundation.org%2Fsite%2F2019%2F06%2F13%2Fgenerosity-happiness-brain%2F&#038;title=Being+Generous+Really+Does+Make+You+Happier&amp;summary=Time+Magazine%2C+July+14%2C+2017.+It+doesn%E2%80%99t+take+a+neuroscientist+to+know+that+doing+nice+things+for+people+feels+good....\" title=\"LinkedIn\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon linkedin\"><\/i><\/a> <a class=\"socials-item\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lodestarfoundation.org%2Fsite%2F2019%2F06%2F13%2Fgenerosity-happiness-brain%2F&#038;title=Being+Generous+Really+Does+Make+You+Happier\" title=\"Reddit\"><i class=\"socials-item-icon reddit\"><\/i><\/a> <\/div> <svg class=\"sharing-styled-arrow\"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/thegem\/css\/post-arrow.svg#dec-post-arrow\"><\/use><\/svg><\/div><\/div> <div class=\"post-read-more\"><div class=\"gem-button-container gem-button-position-inline thegem-button-6a0d60c3b0c364661\" ><a class=\"gem-button gem-button-size-tiny gem-button-style-outline gem-button-text-weight-normal gem-button-border-2\" data-ll-effect=\"drop-right-without-wrap\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;\" onmouseleave=\"\" onmouseenter=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/2019\/06\/13\/generosity-happiness-brain\/\" target=\"_self\">Read More<\/a><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n<\/article> <article id=\"post-25876\" class=\"col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-xs-6 inline-column item-animations-not-inited post-25876 post type-post status-publish format-standard category-happiness-and-philanthropy\"> <div class=\"post-content-wrapper\" style=\"\"> <div class=\"description\"> <div class=\"post-meta-conteiner\"> <div class=\"post-meta-right\"> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-title\"> <div class=\"entry-title title-h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/2019\/04\/18\/ncomms15964-pdf\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"light\">A Neural Link between Generosity and Happiness<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-text\"> <div class=\"summary\"> <p>Nature.com, July 11, 2017.\u00a0 Generous behaviour is known to increase happiness, which could thereby motivate generosity. 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href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/2019\/02\/06\/the-joy-of-giving\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"light\">The Joy of Giving Lasts Longer Than the Joy of Getting<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-text\"> <div class=\"summary\"> <p>Psychological Science, December 20, 2018 .\u00a0 The happiness we feel after a particular event or activity diminishes each time we&#8230;<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"info clearfix\"> <div class=\"post-footer-sharing\"><div class=\"gem-button-container gem-button-position-inline thegem-button-6a0d60c3b38ce7682\" ><a class=\"gem-button gem-button-size-tiny gem-button-style-flat gem-button-text-weight-normal gem-button-empty\" data-ll-effect=\"drop-right-without-wrap\" style=\"border-radius: 3px;\" onmouseleave=\"\" onmouseenter=\"\" href=\"#\" target=\"_self\"><i class=\"gem-print-icon gem-icon-pack-thegem-icons gem-icon-share \"><\/i><\/a><\/div> <div class=\"sharing-popup\"> <div class=\"socials-sharing socials 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style=\"\"> <div class=\"description\"> <div class=\"post-meta-conteiner\"> <div class=\"post-meta-right\"> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-title\"> <div class=\"entry-title title-h4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lodestarfoundation.org\/site\/2020\/04\/20\/spending-on-happiness-qa-with-michael-i-norton\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"light\">Spending on Happiness: Q&#038;A with Michael I. Norton<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-text\"> <div class=\"summary\"> <p>Harvard Business School Working Knowledge, June 2, 2008.\u00a0Can money buy you happiness? 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