UK foundations making significant contribution to international development

According to a new study, UK foundations gave an estimated £290 million to international development and related causes in 2009/10. The bulk of it went to CSOs in the UK and developing countries, roughly half the amount of bilateral aid given by the Department for International Development (DfID) to such organizations. Spending on international development causes accounted for 9 per cent of the grantmaking of all UK independent foundations (just over £3 billion per annum in total) in the designated period.