Resources

Reports

You might find some of these reports useful. Some reports are held as PDF documents within the site and others link to other sites.

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CGAP
The 2012 Family Foundation Giving Trends assessed the big UK 100 family foundations, comparing trends with US counterparts. In the last year giving via family foundations made about eight per...
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Grant Craft and European Foundation Centre
Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013 is an annual industry forecast written by leading philanthropy scholar Lucy Bernholz about the social economy — private capital used for public good...
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CGAP
Surveys of charitable giving in the UK often present their results as if they provided a single definitive answer. For example, the recent UK Giving 2012 report (CAF/NCVO, 2012) claims...
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DCMS
This report, commissioned by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport, examines ways in which higher levels of philanthropy and increased fundraising capacity for the culture and heritage...
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DCMS
A new report on the use of digital technology to boost fundraising and encourage philanthropy in the arts sector has been published by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
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Baring Foundation, London
Since 2006 the Baring Foundation’s grants programme ‘Strengthening the Voluntary Sector’, has taken a close interest in deepening understanding of the changing nature of the independence of voluntary action. Given...
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NPC
The aim of this report is to consider the implications of recent changes in the criminal justice system on the work of charities and on the role and impact of...
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NPC
NPC's latest research report provides guidance on how to structure grants so that they have the most impact.
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NPC
This report draws attention to successful charitable projects tackling mental health problems outside the adult population and makes recommendations for philanthropists wishing to support this type
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NPC
This report comes from a partnership between the consultancy and thinktank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) and Copal Partners in India, a leading provider of financial analysis, business intelligence and research...

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