Being a person who makes a difference in the world is a hope that most of us have, but being able to do so for any sustained period of time ...
Industrialist makes largest ever Irish philanthropic donation
Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has announced plans for a €60 million new E3 Institute in Engineering, Energy and Environment that has been mad...
GiveWell’s money moved and web traffic in 2017
GiveWell is dedicated to finding outstanding giving opportunities and publishing the full details of our analysis. In addition to evaluation...
Government recommends upping society lotteries’ annual limit to £100m in new consultation
The Government is recommending raising the maximum amount society lotteries can raise for good causes from £10 million to £100 million per y...
The Spiritual Diplomat
Having witnessed the ravages of war in the 1940s, James George determined as a young man to be a peacemaker and harmonizer in the world by w...
Supporters seeking more control over regular giving, Rapidata report shows
Charity supporters want and expect greater control over their regular giving, according to a new report by Rapidata into how the payments in...
The UK project giving refugees another chance at childhood
Young refugees face unspeakable trauma to get here. But a cross-charity initiative is helping them to rebuild their lives It is hard to be ...
Toastmasters rolls out first new education programme in 94 years
Toastmasters International has launched a new education programme, Pathways: its first complete redesign since the organisation was founded ...
Rugby League World Cup 2021 partners with Unicef UK
Unicef UK is to be the official charity of the Rugby League World Cup 2021, with the partnership to use sport to raise awareness and funds f...
The principled thinkers behind universal human rights | Letters
Reactions to Afua Hirsch’s opinion piece on 2018’s anniversaries of the founding of the NHS and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights In...
The top secret fundraising "trick" -- like your donors
Here's something so obvious that it's easy to forget, from the Conversational Copywriting blog: The key to great copywriting is to ...
Charity Benchmarks initiative releases first report on fundraising
Benchmarking and insight service for UK charities, Charity Benchmarks has released its first report into fundraising in the country. The IOF...
Irish billionaire’s giving falls
The charitable vehicle of Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien made donations of €4.9 million last year, down from €5.5 million the year before. ...
The Wisdom of South Korea's Garden Hacking Grandparents
Whether we wake up each morning under eaves beneath trees, or on the top floors of towers among a forest of more towers; whether we walk our...
Small charities have big ambitions. So give us a helping hand | Kim Shutler-Jones
New research backs up what small charity bosses like me know: we offer something valuable. But we need more support I’m the chief executive...
RAICES viral Facebook Fundraiser tops $20m
The viral fundraising campaign raising money for immigration legal services provider RAICES has raised over $20 million in 12 days, making i...
How to get the most out of an expert's opinion on your fundraising
So you talked some fundraising expert into taking a look at your fundraising project. Nice? Did you send the expert just the direct mail l...
Keewaydahn: Going Home
Indigenous people can live without American society, but American society cannot live without indigenous cultural knowledge. In her lecture ...
10 prizes of £10k on offer to small charities to spend on marketing
Making A Difference Locally is marking its 10th anniversary by offering prizes of £10,000 each to 10 small charities to help them expand the...
UK Aid Match appeal raises over £500k for Sense International
Sense International is to begin a programme to transform the lives of children and young adults with deafblindness in Bangladesh, following ...
Nominations now open for DSC Social Change Awards
Nominations are open until the end of August for this year’s DSC Social Change Awards. The DSC Social Change Awards celebrate both individua...
How brochures kill direct mail fundraising
Hey -- how'd you like to know an easy way to increase the cost of your direct mail fundraising -- decreasing response at the same time...
Stop listening to your supporters
They’re just trying to rationalise. (Tell you rational-lies!) Fundraising consultant Bernard Ross gets serious in part two of this #BlogOff,...
Where do I start?
My first three weeks as a fundraiser. And how I might have made more of them. A fundraiser’s first few weeks are likely to be stressful, bot...
I Feel You: The Surprising Power of Extreme Empathy
Sometimes the world seems like a heavy and difficult place. While it's true that life has its share of challenges, one of the best ways ...
Charity-powered search engine to answer biggest questions in 2018 Remember A Charity Week
A charity-powered search engine will be answering some of life’s biggest questions during this year’s Remember A Charity in your Will Week. ...
Arts Impact Fund announces fourth & final round of investments
The Arts Impact Fund has announced its fourth and final round of investments along with confirmation that it has found social finance to be ...
Cow embryos auction raises £22,000 for hospice
Cattle breeders have rallied around a Northern Ireland boy fighting a rare illness by putting valuable cow embryos up for sale in an unusual...
3 unimportant facts about Millennials (and one that may be HUGE)
Did I hear someone say "We've got to get Millennial donors" again? Yes, I did. Just about daily. It's not a very smart ...
Should you listen to your supporters?
In this #BlogOff, fundraising consultants Bernard Ross and Dana Segal go head to head offering different answers to one important question: ...
The Focus of the Storm
Joanna Macy reflects on Rilke's Book of Hours, which has served as spiritual nourishment for almost fifty years of soul-searching and ac...
Australian legacy fundraisers to visit UK on study tour
Six not-for-profit legacy fundraisers from Australia will be visiting the UK in October to learn from their peers in the UK fundraising sect...
New fund to help local charities implement Carers (Scotland) Act 2016
The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) is to manage a new grants programme on behalf of the Scottish Government, to help ch...
Charities, unions and arts bodies win reprieve from foreign influence register
Coalition-Labor deal paves way for register and espionage laws to be passed Charities, arts organisations and unions have won a limited exe...
Dare to Be Astonished
What would it be like to take out the analytical side of our thoughts and approach experiences with a child-like wonder? That's what Fab...
Paolo Soleri: Architecture as Salvation
Paolo Soleri was a visionary. Over decades, he influenced thousands of young architects. He called his vision arcology (architecture + ecolo...
Creating a Compassionate Economy
Clair Brown is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Work, Technology, and Society at the University of California, Berkel...
They shoot! They score! The World Cup fundraising round up
The World Cup is in full swing and providing lots of fundraising inspiration for charities as well as companies and individuals, so here’s a...
Charities warn foreign influence register could harm development work
NGOs push for changes to foreign influence transparency bill as Coalition seeks bipartisan support from Labor on amendments Charities and n...
Northern Ireland trust to close its doors
A Northern Ireland trust which has distributed over £12 million since it was set up ten years ago will wind up at the end of the year. In 20...
Announcing Zusha! as a standout charity
We’ve added the Georgetown University Initiative on Innovation, Development, and Evaluation gui 2 de ‘s Zusha! Road Safety Campaign (from he...
Business leaders to run ‘real-time problem solving’ sessions to help charities succeed
Making A Difference Through Analytics is hosting a new kind of event next month, designed to pilot "real-time problem solving" for...
Should Nonprofits Focus on Email or Facebook?
A question I have often heard: should nonprofits focus on email or Facebook? Of course, the correct answer is almost always “both.” In fact,...
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