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Publicity shy multi-billion-dollar philanthropist Chuck Feeney has featured in a documentary on Irish television to inspire ‘giving while living’.

In ‘Secret Billionaire: The Chuck Feeney Story’, Feeney talked about how he...

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Tracking the impact of the recession on giving...

As the first wave of recession shock subsides and the world settles reluctantly into acceptance, the global giving community has begun in earnest...

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The concept of ‘spending out’ charitable endowments has become more prominent at a time when extra support is especially needed, according to research from the US. 

In the US, over 62%...

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Women Moving Millions, an initiative to inspire gifts of $1m (£660,000) or more to effect lasting social change by improving the lives of women and...

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Tracking the impact of the recession on giving...

An interesting, and potentially disconcerting, trend appears to be emerging in the world of giving: a growing divide between the expectations of charities,...

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School pupils from Oxford will learn about philanthropy by donating £50 of Alec Reed’s money to a charity of their choice through the Big Give.

Twenty...

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In contrast to the decline in overall wealth the top 100 philanthropists on this year’s Sunday Times Rich List increased their giving by 8%. 

In total, £2.817 bn was given by...

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Tracking the impact of the recession on giving...

As the economic belt continues to tighten we reflect on the last Reading tea leaves column and past two weeks to find that...

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Tracking the impact of the recession on giving...

Several more inflammatory headlines about people ditching their donations and abandoning charities have hit the news this past fortnight.

As we previously discussed, in...

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A season celebrating Buddhist inspired-arts and the opening of the first gallery for Buddhist sculpture in the UK coincides with a Hong Kong foundation’s move into British philanthropy.

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