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The Indian Angel Network, Asia’s largest angel investors network, has set up a social impact funding arm, IAN Impact, to provide seed capital for social enterprises.

IAN Impact is being...

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Philanthropist and hedge fund manager, Chris Hohn, has donated £517m through his foundation, at the Nutrition for Growth summit to tackle childhood malnutrition. The summit was hosted in London by...

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A growing trend of impact-focused investors is emerging from developing countries, according to the recent Global Philanthropy Forum, held in California, USA. Between 2002 and 2013, the GDP of...

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Four projects with a track record of improving the lives of thousands of people in the UK will receive more funding, Nick Hurd, UK Minister for Civil Society announced on...

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Less than half (47%) of 'mainstream' UK donors (who have a household income of up to £150,000 and gave more than £50 in the past year) think people should give...

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“Social entrepreneurs are stultified by traditional forms of financing,” Sir Ronald Cohen and William A. Sahlman write in a Harvard Business Review blog last month: “The biggest obstacle to scale...

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Three quarters of charities measure the impact of their work, according to a new report released in October by charity think tank and consultancy New Philanthropy Capital, with 74% investing...

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A new guide to the measurement and analysis of impact shows philanthropists how to measure the social and financial return on investments.

The Good Analyst: impact measurement and analysis in the...

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Private bank Coutts has produced a new guide exploring the pros and cons of philanthropists spending all their money over a certain period of time or creating an endowment and...
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Advice on how to assess the performance of charity trustee boards is offered in a new report from New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) to help funders identify effective governance and aid foundation trustees...

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