A new report claims rich people are willing to fund commercial innovation, and calls on charities to be bolder in asking major donors to fund revenue-generating activities.
Recent data from the US shows that attitudes to giving among wealthy Americans are changing in the face of the recession. The majority still feel the obligation to give back...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, committed $10bn over the next decade to help develop vaccines and distribute them to children in the developing...
Professor Lord Bhattacharyya has committed to a five-year programme of personal donations to the University of Warwick that will create a fund worth around £1m to support research.
Philanthropy UK's new regular column on ‘Green Giving’ for 2010 is a response to the superordinate challenge that climate change presents to us all. Though Philanthropy UK is cause neutral,...
An intervention by the top investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett sets the tone for the theme of this latest round-up of philanthropy in difficult economic times. Buffett told an audience...
A combination of economic difficulties and unclear communication about charity effectiveness are leading to a fall in donations amongst the UK public, according to latest research from online research company...