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Generosity appears to run in families and now scientists say they can show it is genetic.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem gave 203 people $US12 in an online task...

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Nigerian philanthropist Leo Stan-Ekeh, Chairman and CEO, Zinox Technologies, has taken on the challenge of empowering his country's students to be able to access IT facilities at affordable rates, and...

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Never one to shy away from a challenge Oprah Winfrey, America’s queen of day-time television, is developing her O Philanthropy charity and foundations to embrace new educational initiatives and reality...

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The Office of the Third Sector is scoping the interest in and usage of Social Return on Investment (SROI) as an impact measurement tool.  It is seeking to identify social...

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Three places remain on an expedition to join a group of leaders to journey with and learn from some of India's top social entrepreneurs.

Every year UnLtd organises a unique "learning...

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'Until the sun grows old' is the story of Needham Cooper Charitable Trust, one of Quartet Community Foundation’s oldest funds.

The book traces the journey of Bill and Joyce Cooper from...

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If you have young children at home you may have heard of or even played with them on Club Penguin; what you may not know is...

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On May 29th 1953 two men accomplished the then greatest feat for man; they reached the summit of Mt Everest. One went on to use his new-found world-wide fame to...

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Family foundation giving is higher in the UK than the US relative to GDP, new research shows.

Professor Cathy Pharoah’s report, Family Foundation Philanthropy, launched at Cass...

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The 50 most generous US philanthropists committed over $7bn to charity in 2007, which was also the first time in seven years that all five of the biggest donors were...

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