Businesses continue to tell their stakeholders that they are committed to "embedding" responsible practices into their companies. The Foundations of Business: The Growth of Corporate Foundations in England and Wales...
For Good And Not For Keeps was commissioned to explore one of the most testing questions faced by trustees of charities with long-term missions who rely on investment assets to...
While the UK market is often considered a leader in the social investment space, UK institutional investors often struggle to define the context in which to evaluate and move forward...
The 2012 Family Foundation Giving Trends assessed the big UK 100 family foundations, comparing trends with US counterparts. In the last year giving via family foundations made about eight per...
Since 2006 the Baring Foundation’s grants programme ‘Strengthening the Voluntary Sector’, has taken a close interest in deepening understanding of the changing nature of the independence of voluntary action. Given...
The conclusion of research by Scorpio Partnership, the wealth management consultancy, into the views of Europe's wealthiest donors is that wealthy individuals and families may have a plethora of advisors...
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...
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...
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...
World Wide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS) and The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI)
A report of WINGS: World Wide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support and TPI: The philanthropic initiative Authored by Paula D Johnson Global Institutional Philanthropy: a preliminary status report reveals the considerable...