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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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Philanthropy, charitable services and social enterprise feature in Gordon Brown’s first New Year honours list.  Highlights include a CBE for philanthropist John Studzinski for “services to the arts and to...

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The global wealth boom has not only increased the number of high-net-worth individuals in the UK and USA, it has also seen a growth of billionaires in countries such as...

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Higher education, health, and cultural arts organisations receive the bulk of the largest gifts that individuals, foundations, and corporations contribute to American philanthropy, according to a new study.

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Individual giving levels in the UK have long lagged behind those in the United States.  In the US 1.67% of GDP goes towards philanthropic projects, compared to only 0.73% in...

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A new report shows that giving to charity is down.  The proportion of the population who gave to charity dropped 3% in 2007, to 54%, whilst the total amount given...

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Giving back, rather than leaving a legacy, is one of the findings of what motivates wealthy Americans in a comprehensive study of the country’s high-net-worth households.

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