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Philanthropy UK’s September 2009 Newsletter, to be published the week of 21st September, offers a special report on the new generation of professional advisors offering to help donors give more...

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No Brits have made US magazine Forbes’ first list of billion dollar donors. The list of 14 features only those philanthropists who have already donated...

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Tracking the impact of the recession on giving...

They say a picture can paint a thousand words. But this week I learned that numbers can paint several different pictures.

I refer to...

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One of a Florida university’s biggest donors says he cannot honour a 2007 pledged donation of $16m (£9.5m) to them because of the recession, reports The Associated...

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Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe stunned staff at a charity shop in Berkshire by handing over a cash donation of £1,000 on 22nd July.

Crowe made the donation after seeing a campaign...

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Challenges to charitable legacies are on the rise, legal experts have told Philanthropy UK. Financial concerns due to the recession and social changes have prompted more families to dispute wills.

Also...

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Tracking the impact of the recession on giving...

As ever, there was good news and bad news from the world of surveys this fortnight. But the one clear message from all...

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More than $5m (£3m) has been donated to charity in six months through an application for Facebook and MySpace that allows users to fundraise and give through their online social...

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Church of England members will be encouraged to give 10% of their net yearly earnings to good causes, following agreement of a motion by the Church of England's National Stewardship...

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Philanthropy is alive and well despite the recession according to a new report published this month by Barclays Wealth, which shows more than one in four of the high-net-worth (HNW)...

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