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Download this article as pdf. “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.” This quote has been attributed to Peter Drucker and famously adopted by McKinsey. Philanthropy thrives on...
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Download this article as pdf. Investment – by definition – is the acquisition of goods that are not consumed today but utilised in the future to create wealth. The level...
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Download this article as pdf. Operating in four countries in eastern Africa, Farm Africa is a charity working to reduce poverty permanently by unleashing African farmers’ abilities to grow their...
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Download this article as pdf. Philanthropy is no longer a simple act of giving – the new generation of philanthropists are committed, innovative and engaged – they want to be...
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Download this article as a PDF. St John’s Hospital is a locally focused charity in Bath, which has grown since 1174 to become a major philanthropic charitable foundation, built on...
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Download this article as a PDF. New instruments are emerging that show an indication of a reshaped capitalism, one in which economic activity is looked at with a new eye...
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Download this article as pdf. In 2009, after years of abuse at the hands of her partner, Emma fled her home in Gateshead. She turned to the local women’s refuge,...
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Download this article as pdf. What is philanthropy? The term philanthropy, as many readers will recognise, means ‘love of humanity’ typically in the sense of caring, nourishing, developing and enhancing...
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When an organisation tries to achieve some social good, they won’t know whether they are achieving it unless they measure the impact of that work. This can be extremely tough...
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Download this article as pdf. People who fund philanthropic enterprises have a natural inclination to want to ensure that their money is used for the purposes for which they gave...

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