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Philanthropy on the agenda at ISTR: Opening the black box

Charles Keidan 16 July 2012

Philanthropy was on the scholarly agenda at the vibrant International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR) conference last week at the University of Siena.  The conference handbook listed (conservatively) 17 sessions on the philanthropy research track. …


Give More: Trevor Pears spearheads campaign to overcome UK’s giving deficit

Alliance magazine 16 February 2012

The Give More campaign, an effort to overcome what a piece of recent research called the ‘giving deficit’ among certain sections of UK society, was unveiled earlier this week. The principal player behind the campaign …


Help needed to cross the bridge, says Family Foundation Giving Trends 2011 report

Alliance magazine 24 November 2011

More support is needed in setting up family foundations so that they can become ‘fundamental and widespread’ in the UK. So says the Family Foundation Giving Trends 2011 report, published by the Pears Foundation and …