Private sector funding of the arts reached a record £686m in 2007/08, an overall increase of 12% from the previous year, an Arts & Business Investment in Culture survey shows.
Over $15.5bn (£10.8bn) was committed to charity in 2008 by the 50 most generous US philanthropists, a 112% increase on the amount given in 2007, according to the Chronicle of...
Engaging stories that explored, explained and scrutinised the work of charities have been key to eliciting a profitable response to national newspapers’ annual Christmas charity appeals this year.
As more people begin to focus on frugal living The Independent newspaper has gone against the trend and released a list of its top 30 UK philanthropists in 2008.
A strong culture of charitable giving exists in the world’s four emerging economies, according to new research published this week by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).