Northern Rock Foundation has announced that its total grants programme for 2008 will be £7m, one-third of the current year’s expenditure. It also will close four of its funding programmes:...
New research on venture philanthropy (VP) indicates that 90% of social entrepreneurs surveyed have a positive relationship with their venture philanthropy partners.
Leaving school at fifteen to support his family, Peter Cruddas, the now successful City entrepreneur, has announced he wishes to donate £1bn to charity in his lifetime.
Even during periods of economic uncertainty consumers show a strong tendency to spend during the ‘golden quarter’ for Christmas and New Year, and are beginning to buy ethically, according to...
Winners of the Most Admired Charity and Most Innovative Charity at Third Sector's Britain's Most Admired Charities awards were the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) and Venturesome, a project of...
A call for a new independent body to scrutinise charities’ performance and effectiveness has received a mixed response from the sector and been dismissed by Government. In his speech to...
Sixteen of the 50 U.S. philanthropists in Business Week’s (US) annual list of Most Generous Givers gave over $100m this year, nine donated $200m or more, and one gave $723m...