Charitable Giving and Philanthropy

The annual Pears Foundation-CGAP Family Foundation Giving 2011 report is now available. Aiming to track the financial, strategic and social contribution of family foundations to UK philanthropy, and now into its fourth edition, the report updates figures for the giving of the UK’s largest family foundations. It also provides an overview of how family foundation giving has fared in the period before, during and post-recession, and compares growth trends with those in the US. Funded by the Pears Foundation, the report provides insights into an increasingly important feature of the UK philanthropy landscape.

Family Foundation Giving Trends 2011 (pdf).

Cathy Pharoah and Charles Keidan discuss the new Family Foundation Giving Trends report in the latest Cass Talk.

Photos from the report launch

Media coverage

Third Sector Make giving easier, says Marie Curie chief executive Thomas Hughes-Hallet

Charity Times More charitable foundations should be established in UK says report

Civil Society Family foundation giving outpaces corporate and individual donations

Third Sector Charitable giving by top UK family foundations fell in 2009/10

Previous editions of the report

Read Family Foundation Giving Trends 2010 (pdf)

Read Family Foundation Philanthropy 2009 (pdf)

Read Family Foundation Philanthropy 2008 (pdf)