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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,...

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Entrepreneur and Kwik Save founder Albert Gubay is bequesting his £800m property empire to charity, fulfilling a ‘deal with God’ he made as a young man. In fact, he is...

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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...

News (International, UK)

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,...

News (International, UK)

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,...

News (International, UK)

New data and new opinions on the recessionary impact on philanthropy have recently emerged in the UK and the USA, and on both sides of the Atlantic the blame for...

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Billionaire Vladimir Potanin has pledged to give away his entire fortune – estimated to be some $2.1bn (£1.3bn) – to charity. The 48-year-old aims to give his wealth away in 10 years...

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The culmination of a three month online competition in which US bank JP Morgan Chase invited Facebook users to help allocate some of its...

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Chinese philanthropist Chen Guangbiao set out on his annual ‘giving tour’ this week, at the start of the Chinese New Year, heading for western China to distribute more than 40m...

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It did not take long for the world media to turn from reporting the horrific aftermath of the Haiti tragedy to criticism of the aid agencies struggling to get relief through. Before long, the reports...

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