Gifts in kind (GIK), also referred to as in-kind donations, is a kind of charitable giving in which, instead of giving money to buy needed goods and services, the goods and services themselves are given. Gifts in kind are distinguished from gifts of cash or stock.
While some people have argued for the advantages of gifts in kind over cash gifts, others have argued for the disadvantages of gifts in kind, particularly in the context of disaster relief.
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“The kind of relatedness to the world may be noble or trivial, but even being related to the basest kind of pattern is immensely preferable to being alone.”
—Erich Fromm (1900–1980)