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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...