The top fundraising charities were struggling to maintain funding levels in 2018/19 before the coronovirus lockdown, new data shows. http://bitly.ws/8v8y It reveals there was a fall in income as charities battled on two fronts. One was the impact of high-profile crises in governance and fundraising standards on public perceptions and confidence. The other was the economic and political uncertainty […]
Shared voluntary resources Independent philanthropic foundations spent well over £3 billion on charitable causes in 2018/19. (https://www.acf.org.uk/policy-practice/research-publications/foundation-giving-trends-2019) General grant-making grew by almost 10%, an annual increase made possible by a strong asset base worth £67 billion. These foundations and the charities they support are part of an enterprising ecosystem which has – throughout time – shared voluntary resources to strengthen […]
New results showing that grant-making by the UK’s Top 300 foundations reached a record £3.3 billion in 2016/7 – despite the unpredictable economic environment – offer some reassurance to civil society. In a fourth continuous year of positive growth, grants grew by almost 11%. The value of foundation grants goes well beyond monetary worth. Foundations are an integral multi-faceted part […]
Revealing that foundation philanthropy has a growing world-wide role in addressing needs, the first global map of foundation philanthropy has been published, The Global Philanthropy Report:Perspectives on the global foundation sector. The study co-ordinates data from 39 countries, including a UK contribution from Cathy Pharoah, Cass Business School. It reveals the scale of institutional philanthropy as a global force for […]
Reactions to the death of Stephen Hawking reveal a lot about the psychology of giving. Within hours of the news, the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association website collapsed under a wave of public donations – a remarkable demonstration that immediacy in perceptions of need is one of the most powerful triggers to give. We see its power in the ever-increasing […]
The Spotlight Top 100 Fundraisers report 2018 measures the annual financial results of the major charities against their own performance in the previous year. This gives a highly reliable indicator of change. It shows the major charities hanging onto to a slim margin of fundraising income growth in 2016/17, at 0.7%. (after inflation) This finding suggests the sector is on […]
The OECD is predicting slow growth for the UK economy in 2018 and 2019. Short of a miracle, times will be hard and get harder for some. So will those with more wealth give more away? On past experience, probably not. Philanthropic giving today is like a luxury good. People give more when their income increases. And it’s not only […]
Relief not complacency is the message of the 9th annual edition of Foundation Giving Trends, flagship annual report on giving trends amongst UK foundations. Philanthropic foundations are a solid bedrock of support for civil society. So it is a relief that spending reached its highest level ever in 2015/2016 after some years of bumpy post-recession trends – almost £3 billion. […]