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Top 100 family foundations gave £1.4 billion in 2008/09

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The UK's largest 100 family foundations donated £1.4 billion to charitable causes in 2008/2009, according to the third annual Family Foundation Giving Trends 2010 report produced by the ESRC Centre fo

Major UK donors to present at Raising Funds from the Rich

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Some of the UK's major donors will be speaking at Raising Funds from the Rich next month in London. The annual conference, organised by Action Planning, will be attended by around 2,000 delegates.

King's College London launches £500m campaign

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King's College London today launches a £500 million fundraising campaign to help the institution develop its research into pressing global problems such as climate change mitigation and breakthroughs

Feeney has reservations about Giving Pledge

Speaking in Dublin last week, Chuck Feeney, one of the world's major philanthropists, has told Irish journalist Conor O’Cleary that he has some reservations about The Giving Pledge, the effort by Warr

CAF to run philanthropy workshops for major donors

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is to run a series of free workshops to help major donors learn more about how to maximize the positive impact of their charitable donations.

Dame Stephanie Shirley outlines her plans to boost UK Philanthropy

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Dame Stephanie Shirley outlines her plans to boost UK Philanthropy

40 billionaire US families pledge to give away most of wealth

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Forty of the wealthiest families and individuals in the USA have committed to donating the majority of their wealth to charitable causes by taking the Giving Pledge.

Dangoor family donates £1.1m to Cancer Research UK

Dr Naim Dangoor OBE has donated £1.1 million to support the ‘About Cancer’ section on Cancer Research UK's CancerHelp UK website over the next five years, in honour of his late wife Renée Dangoor, who

Big Arts Give 2010 launched to raise millions for the arts from individuals

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Arts & Business have joined with philanthropy website The Big Give to launch The Big Arts Give, a campaign to raise millions of pounds for arts organisations from individuals.

100 leading UK philanthropists gave £2.493 bn, says Sunday Times Rich List

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The 100 wealthiest people in Britain gave £2.493 billion to good causes to charity last year, according to The Sunday Times Giving List, published today as part of The Sunday Times Rich List.

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