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A £72bn question: Why foundations should invest their endowments for impact
By Laura Boyle and Matthew Mannix.
On 1 September 2022.
This guest blog on why foundations should invest more of their endowments in impact investments is by Laura Boyle and Matthew Mannix. Laura Boyle is Head of Stakeholder Engagement at Snowball. Matthew Mannix is an independent philanthropy and impact investment consultant.
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The role of impact investing in philanthropy
On 20 September 2022, 10:30 am – 11:30 pm at Zoom
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What does the future look like for family foundations?
By John Stone, philanthropist and entrepreneur.
On 14 July 2022.
To mark our 20th birthday, we spoke with John Stone to ask: Where next for family foundations?
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Confronting the cost of living crisis
By Angela Kail, Mushfik Khan, Jasmine Birmingham, Jennifer Shea, and Naomi Chapman .
On 11 July 2022.
The cost-of-living crisis is as big a crisis as covid, possibly bigger. We need the kind of mobilisation that we saw at the start of the pandemic.
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Dame Stephanie Shirley: Lessons from Philanthropy
By Dame Stephanie Shirley, philanthropist and entrepreneur .
On 4 July 2022.
To mark our 20th birthday, we spoke with Dame Stephanie Shirley to ask: Where next for philanthropy?
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Hannah Paterson and Yasmin Ibison: What place for participation in grant-making?
By Hannah Paterson and Yasmin Ibison.
On 4 July 2022.
To mark our 20th birthday, we spoke with Hannah Paterson and Yasmin Ibison to ask: What place for participation in grant-making?
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Listen: The cost of living crisis
On 27 May 2022.
Angela Kail, our Director of Consulting, recently appeared on the Third Sector Podcast to discuss how charities should respond to the cost of living crisis.
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UNICEF UK – How to help Ukraine
By Jon Sparkes.
On 25 March 2022.
In this guest blog, Jon Sparkes, Chief Executive at The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), shares how you can help provide support to children in Ukraine.
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Save the Children – How to help Ukraine
By Kirsty McNeill.
On 3 March 2022.
In this guest blog, Kirsty McNeill, Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children UK, shares how you can help Ukraine through your work, your money, and your voice.
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Healthy Planet, Healthy People
By Leah Davis, and Liz Gadd .
On 13 January 2022.
How health funders can make a greater impact by supporting environmental work.
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Rethink, Rebuild
On 16 September 2021.
The covid-19 pandemic brought about a host of changes in the experience and practises of charities and funders in the UK. We set up Rethink Rebuild to find out what those changes are, which changes helped make charities more impactful, and how they could be continued.
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Impact measurement for flexible funding
On 16 September 2021.
For most funders, impact measurement is one of the feedback loops that drives grant-making decisions, so we can’t rethink grant-making without rethinking the way we measure impact and learn from our grants.
