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Expert Opinions on topic areas can be a useful way of keeping up-to-date. To this end, a few of our Expert Opinions are being revised and new ones developed. If you would like to suggest an expert opinon on a particular topic, then please email your suggestion to administration@philanthropy-impact.org

Blog by Dame Stephanie Shirley CH
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In recent months, many quality charities have lost the trust of their donors. Major donors – philanthropists – wonder if they should do something, and if so then what. As...
Role of artificial intelligence in impact investing
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While artificial intelligence (AI) is often thought of as an almost science-fictional term, it is slowly being drip-fed into our everyday lexicon and activities, perhaps without us really noticing, and...
Adaptation and digital innovation key to the evolution of philanthropy
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Philanthropic endeavours are becoming increasingly global and highly sophisticated, with investors and advisors having to adapt to work in line with this upward trend. In particular, High Net Worth family...
Purposely: embedding purpose into the heart of your business
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Purposely is a response to the government’s Mission-Led Business Review, which found that few companies realise they're legally able to embed purpose into the heart of their business. It's been...
UK and International Trends in Philanthropy
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I was asked recently by Philanthropy Impact to join an international panel on philanthropy providing an overview of the UK and touching on some broader trends which may be common...
Living Legacies: Coming to the UK?
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A review of progress since 2011.
The ‘what?’ and the ‘why?’ of SRI
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In its broadest sense, ethical or socially responsible investment (SRI) is the application of both positive and negative ethical, social and environmental criteria in the management of investment portfolios. As...
Choosing the Right Vehicle for Giving: Donor-Advised Fund or Foundation
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Donor-advised funds (DAFs) are a well-established vehicle for philanthropy in the United States – where contributions to DAFs reached $23.27 billion in 2016 1 – and their popularity in the...
Million-pound donations on the rise, finds Coutts
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A total of nearly £15bn has been donated in the UK by individuals, foundations and corporations over the past 10 years, according to the latest Coutts Million Pound Donors Report...
Awakening the millennial philanthropist: A guide for professional advisers
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By encouraging your clients’ millennial children to think about philanthropy now, you stand a better chance of keeping them as clients in the future. Over 90% of heirs will change...

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