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The Foundation Center and Council on Foundations
The question of whether a foundation should exist forever (in perpetuity) by building up an endowment and distributing only the interest, or should ‘spend down’ by spending both capital and...
Book List
Critical masses explores the role of campaigning charities and highlights the significant part they can play in changing legislation, shifting attitudes and creating long-term change.
Book List
This book investigates the role of voluntary action and nonprofit organization in contemporary America.
Book List
This short publication aims to help create a stronger non-profit marketplace by answering two related questions: how can donors be helped to make smart philanthropic decisions?
Book List
Although Surrey is one of the wealthiest counties in the UK, this report demonstrates that it has many pockets of deprivation, which suffer the double disadvantage of going largely unnoticed and re
Book List
This report, authored by David Bonbright of Keystone Accountability, David Campbell of Binghamton University (USA), and Linda Nguyen of the Alliance for Children and Families USA, argues that human
Book List
Despite the extensive literature on family foundations and corporate philanthropy, little is known about the philanthropy of family businesses, which straddles these categories.
Definition
Total return refers to the overall benefit of an investment. It includes both income and capital growth.
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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 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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