In a move to enhance Ethiopia’s standing in the lucrative coffee marketplace the coffee chain Starbucks is to open a Farmer Support Center in the county’s capital Addis Ababa in...
Julius Baer, the Zurich-based bank, has told clients that it is giving to charity this Christmas, rather than buying them presents, reports the Wealth Bulletin.
Denise Holle, formerly a Merrill Lynch equity analyst, has joined the UK social enterprise CAN to head up Breakthrough, its pioneering social investment fund co-founded with the private equity firm...
Northern Rock Foundation has announced that its total grants programme for 2008 will be £7m, one-third of the current year’s expenditure. It also will close four of its funding programmes:...
New research on venture philanthropy (VP) indicates that 90% of social entrepreneurs surveyed have a positive relationship with their venture philanthropy partners.
The annual public report Giving in Numbers has been published by the US-based Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, offering a comprehensive analysis of the latest trends impacting the field of corporate...
Leaving school at fifteen to support his family, Peter Cruddas, the now successful City entrepreneur, has announced he wishes to donate £1bn to charity in his lifetime.