Explore the essential role of understanding philanthropy in society. Discover its importance in making a positive impact.

Most donors want their giving to make a real difference. Most don’t know whether it does. Caroline Fiennes, one of the UK’s leading authorities on effective philanthropy, cuts through the mythology ...

It was also a signal that something fundamental was shifting in the world of giving. A new kind of philanthropist had arrived: wealthy beyond the imagination of earlier generations, impatient with the ...

Why do we give? And why does a gift given always seem to demand something in return? First published in French in 1925, Marcel Mauss’s short masterpiece is the foundational text for understanding gift ...

Why do people give to charity? What makes some appeals succeed and others fail? And what do rigorous experiments — […] ...

City St George’s, University of London, has established a new Centre for Poverty and Innovatio. It has been made possible by a £1.7 million philanthropic gift from the Bryson Charitable Group. The ...

And Reshaping the Future of Philanthropy Derric Bakker of DickersonBakker sets out how artificial intelligence is reshaping ...

The government says it is strengthening Charity Commission powers to shut down charities promoting extremism while protecting ...

Why do wealthy people give? For the love of humanity, or the love of class? Based on candid interviews with […] ...

Explore the latest corporate charity fundraising partnerships for March 2026, including Twinkl and National Reading Trust.

Julius Rosenwald was one of the greatest philanthropists of the twentieth century, yet outside the United States he remains almost […] ...

Gen X and Millennial philanthropists will be the most significant donors in history, in terms of both the scale of […] ...