Financial crisis

There is increasing talk in UK government circles of encouraging philanthropy to step in where government is pulling back. But will it? Not in the view of Nicolas Kent, who announced on 4 July that …

  As we come to the close of 2010, many of us are reviewing the latest studies and surveys to better understand what philanthropy will look like in 2011. Though most publications agree that the …

Imagine a large, well-respected charity delivering services to people in desperate need. The sort of charity that everyone knows and loves and, if it didn’t exist, would need to be invented. Suddenly, and unexpectedly, it …

Cuts by the UK’s recently elected coalition government are likely to lead to a drop of between £3.2 billion and £5.1 billion in the income of the country’s non-profit sector, according to a new report …

Goldman Sachs is to increase its charitable giving, setting aside $200 million to nearly double the size of its main foundation. The move would seem to be a response to recent criticisms over the firm’s …