The volume of funds, foundations and other giving among young Americans from high-net-worth families is expanding to unprecedented levels, according to a report released in February by the Johnson Center...
Huge growth of the global middle class could lead to worldwide charitable giving of $224bn (£146bn) a year by 2030, if people in rapidly developing economies give in line with...
Richard and Joan Branson are among five UK billionaires who signed up to the Giving Pledge, co-founded by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett, on 19 February2013.
More than a quarter of people (26%) who give money to charity expect to reduce donations in the next year, according to a survey carried out for the Charities...
The current top-down approach to strategic philanthropy limits its overall effectiveness, leading to a widening disparity between the amount of money invested in communities and what is actually being accomplished....
Wealthy US households maintained giving at 9% of household income between 2009 and 2011, and 76% plan to give as much or more during the next three to five years,...
The business model that has taken McDonald’s to nearly every high street in the world could be applied to scale the smallest social ventures across regions, countries and possibly internationally...
News that giving in the UK dropped an unprecedented 20% (£2.3bn) in real terms last year to £9.3bn has sparked a ‘Back Britain’s Charities’ campaign aimed at boosting...
Donors are more likely to identify practical and personal motivations for philanthropy, but prioritise idealistic and altruistic considerations, a report published in September by philanthropy advisors Adessy Assocites suggests.
Young people are failing to give as much as older generations, which could lead to a “long-term crisis of giving” according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), which published a...