Donors, Giving, Trends, Video

Young Donors: Motivations of Millenials

Presentation from ‘A Day of Arts Philanthropy’, organised by Renee Steenbergen, University of Utrecht and Dutch foundation Geef om Cultuur, 2017 Links to Cathy Pharoah’s two reports on Millennial Donors in the city: London Millennials NETWORKING Towards A Better World London Millennials Working Towards A Better World From a talk given at Utrecht University in 2017.

Giving, Philanthropy, Trends

Slow UK economic growth – does this mean lower giving?

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 […]

Foundations

Shoring up the foundations for future generations

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. […]