Thriving Together is conducting a survey of consumers about the connection between business and charitable giving and charitable partnerships. We are interested in your concerns about community issues and what responsibility, if any, you believe business has in these community concerns. Your opinion is very important to us.

 

 

NAME (OPTIONAL ): E-MAIL:

AGE: GENDER: M F    ZIP CODE:

1. Are you concerned about the following issues in your community? Please check all that apply.

Health & Disability Substance Abuse Poverty & Hunger
Education & Training Domestic Violence Sexual Harassment/Abuse
Homelessness Environmental Civil Rights
Unemployment, jobs, wages Affordable Housing Senior Issues
Adoption/Foster Children Crime Prevention/Public Safety

Other(s)…please list

2. Are you aware of businesses in your community that are working to help with these issues? YES NO


3. How important is it to you that businesses are doing their part in solving community issues?

VERY IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT NOT VERY IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL


4. How likely would you switch brands or stores to ones that support social causes if price and quality were equal?

VERY LIKELY SOMEWHAT LIKELY NO CHANGE LESS LIKELY MUCH LESS LIKELY


5. How often would you pay 5 percent more for a product or service to a company that supports community issues?

ALWAYS ALMOST ALWAYS SOMETIMES ALMOST NEVER NEVER


6. How often would you pay 10 percent more for a product or service to a company that supports community issues?

ALWAYS ALMOST ALWAYS SOMETIMES ALMOST NEVER NEVER


7. How important would it be to you to have a guide to local businesses that are giving back to the community?

VERY IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT NOT VERY IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL


8. If such a guide were available, in what form would you prefer it: INTERNET PRINTED GUIDE


9. How important would it be to you that the businesses in the guide are independently evaluated for their contributions to the community?

VERY IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT NOT VERY IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL


10. How important is to you that your employer give back to the community?

VERY IMPORTANT SOMEWHAT IMPORTANT NOT VERY IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL