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Stanford University's Philanthropy and Civic Society Centre is currently accepting applications for 2009-10 PhD research fellowships.

Proposals from the social sciences, the humanities, and professional...

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29 April 2009
Association of Charitable Foundations
London

This introductory seminar will look at a wide range of issues that are relevant to monitoring and evaluation. 

Kate Graham, a partner at Triangle...

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Award winning social entrepreneurs will share $5.35m (£3.74m) of unrestricted funding from the Skoll Foundation.

The seven organisations that have won a Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship...

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The establishment of a new interdisciplinary research centre reflects the strong growth of the estimated 12,000 strong charitable foundation sector in Switzerland.

The Centre for Philanthropy Studies (CEPS)...

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A Futurebuilders England consortium has been appointed as fund manager of the £100m Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) by the Department of Health.

The fund will offer grants and loans to...

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Legacy giving to charity needs to become a norm if UK charities are to weather future downturns, according to a new report from the Smith Institute.

The current recession is highlighting...

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A $50m (£35m) matched fund to encourage giving has been set up for Oxford University by an IT entrepreneur, despite the financial downturn.

Dr James Martin will match donations of at...

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As the recession begins to bite deeper into the public consciousness, and government, economists and business debate ways to tackle the economic crisis, Philanthropy UK highlights an emerging, promising financial...

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Well structured grants enable charities to plan for the long term and to innovate, while poorly structured grants create risk and instability, according to a new report from New Philanthropy...

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There were 33% fewer $1m gifts from individuals in the US in the last six months of 2008 than in the same period during 2007, reports the Million Dollar List from...

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