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Assets or income which are restricted for a particular use, such as a donation made to a charity specifically for a bursary or a named project run by the charity.
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That portion of a charity’s income funds set aside for essential, but as yet unidentified, future expenditure.
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Permanent endowment is property of the charity (including land, buildings, cash or investments) which the trustees may not spend as if it were income.
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The word philanthropy is originally Greek and means ‘love of mankind’.
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Payroll giving is a way of giving an amount of money each week or month from your pay.
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The direct and tangible products from the activity: for example, the number of people trained.
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The changes, benefits, learning or other effects that result from what the project or organisation makes, offers or provides: for example, a new job, increased income or improved self esteem.
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The percentage of assets a foundation distributes for charitable purposes in a year. There is no minimum pay-out requirement in the UK.
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An operational charity, as opposed to a grant-making charity, is one which carries out charitable activities directly, such as helping disadvantaged people or working in some other way to improve s
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Objects is the term used by the Charity Commission to describe and identify the purpose for the which the charity has been set up. They do not say what the organisation will do on a daily basis.

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