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  • 2nd Oct 2025

    Oli French & Sally Vivyan: Why and how do foundations spend down?

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  • 12th Jun 2025

    Róisín Wood: Philanthropy & Civil Society in Northern Ireland

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  • 12th Dec 2024

    2025 Philanthropy & Civil Society Trends and Predictions

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  • Newsletter featured in: Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter

    Why Philanthropy Matters Newsletter Sept 2024 #23

  • 5th Sep 2024

    Philanthropic Foundations: history, role and controversy

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  • 6th Jun 2024

    Kate Symondson: Family Foundations, Grantmaking & Next Gen Philanthropy

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  • 1st Feb 2024

    Mary Rose Gunn: Supporting Small Charities to Thrive

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  • Article

    What Will 2024 Bring for Philanthropy and Civil Society?

    We explore some of the key ideas in the recent “2024 predictions” episode of the Philanthropisms podcast.

    If you want to listen to that in full, you can find part 1 HERE and part 2 HERE.

  • Article

    GUEST ARTICLE: Fears for Tears – Why Are We So Afraid to Allow Emotion Into Philanthropy?

    In this guest article Natasha Friend, Director of Camden Giving – a London-based participatory grantmaker – asks why we have become so uncomfortable allowing emotion into professionalised philanthropy, and whether something is lost as a result.

    • Learn from our past to better understand our future.

    Philanthropy has a long and varied history. We’ve created bite-size chapters that you can jump in and out of to better understand philanthropy.

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