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William S. White
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Winner: William S. White, chairman, president and CEO of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
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Described as the 'Nobel Prize of the charity world', the Beacon Awards are a UK-wide recognised prize scheme which acknowledges and rewards exceptional philanthropic acts by individuals that includes the...
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By Amir Dossal, executive director of the UN Office for Partnerships 21st -22nd March, Doha, Qatar Co-hosted by the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the Congress provided a unique forum...
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By Betsy Brill, founder and president of Strategic Philanthropy Ltd, Chicago 19th – 20th March, Seattle, Washington Pathways for Strategic Giving was the inaugural gathering of a new community of...
Alec Reed CBE with the Royal Ballet's First Artist Gemma Bond
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In this regular column we invite influential individuals to contribute their ‘top five tips’ for giving.
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Most historical studies of women and philanthropy either end roughly around the time of the First World War or follow a trajectory tracing a transformation from the voluntary sector to...
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My research into female philanthropy sprang from an interest in philanthropy rather than in feminism. My initial purpose was to fill some gaps in David Owen’s distinguished English Philanthropy, 1660-1960...
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Why do wealthy people give and what is it that stops them? Much research has been done to discover the motivations and barriers to giving, and it reveals these decisions...
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The number and diversity of investment opportunities for UK social investors continue to improve.
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The doomsayers are about and I feel a rant coming on. OK, times are going to get tough. But financial peaks and troughs, by their very nature, tend to come...

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