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You might find some of these reports useful. Some reports are held as PDF documents within the site and others link to other sites.

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New Philanthropy Capital and Global Partnership
Little is known about what motivates families to give, the pleasure they get from their giving or the challenges they face. In this paper, NPC and Global Partnership present the...
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EVPA
This paper investigates the venture philanthropy strategies of foundations. We identified six strategies of foundations engaging in venture philanthropy and explain them through case studies of four foundations based in...
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New Philanthropy Capital
NPC's report explores how to stimulate the provision and take up of philanthropy advice. Firstly, the report provides an analysis of the state of philanthropy advice in the UK. Secondly,...
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New Philanthropy Capital
This paper explores how charities can use loans and social investment successfully to finance capital projects. It is the result of a project NPC carried out for the disability charity...
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New Philanthropy Capital
In this paper, written specifically for funders, New Philanthropy Capital seeks to offer a starting point for discussion about how and when SROI is best used. It complements an earlier...
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JP Morgan, Rockefeller Foundation, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
Impact investing offers a new alternative for channeling large-scale private capital for social benefit. With increasing numbers of investors rejecting the notion that they face a binary choice between investing...
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Foundation Center
The report, “More Than Grantmaking: A First Look at Foundations’ Direct Charitable Activities,” by the Foundation Center, includes interviews with 684 independent and family foundations and is based on the...
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Institute for Family Business and the Community Foundation Network
Author Beth Breeze Published by Institute for Family Business and the Community Foundation Network Date 2009 This report, based on focus groups and expert interviews with family business owners, provides...
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World Wealth Report
Author Merrill Lynch-Capgemini Published by World Wealth Report 2010 Date 2010 More of the world's rich are opting for ‘giving while living’ strategies, according to the just published World Wealth...
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The Women’s Philanthropy Institute of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
A study by The Women’s Philanthropy Institute of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University shows that women who run single-headed households give more than men in similar situations across...

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