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£50,000 in Darwinian matched giving on The Big Give on Monday

Alec Reed CBE is paying tribute to Charles Darwin on 23 February by offering to match up to £50,000 for donations made to five wildlife charities.

Two appointments at Cancer Research UK's high value relationships team

Terry Mills and Monica Wilson have joined Cancer Research UK as associate director and group account manager working with the charity's corporate supporters.

The Big Give highlights charities with matched giving opportunities

The Big Give

The Big Give, the site that aims to encourage and inspire effective giving, is now highlighting those charities that have been offered matched funding by third party organisations.

Interview with Jon Brooks of The Big Give

A week after donor information site The Big Give raised £2 million in matched donations for several hundred charities, UK Fundraising's Howard Lake met up with its director, Jon Brooks.

Be credible to major donors

We must be credible and transparent to our major donors to attract their donations, delegates were told at a recent conference.

Who benefits from million-pound charitable donations?

Analysis of the largest charitable donations made in the UK shows that health charities, international aid/development organisations and higher education institutions were the main beneficiaries in 20

Million-pound donors report due out next week

A report into donors who give a million pounds or more to charity will be published nextw eek at the launch of the new Centre for Philanthropy, Humanitarianism and Social Justice (CPHSJ) at the Univer

Lord Ashcroft to bequeathe 80% of assets to charitable foundation

Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative Party deputy chairman, has announced that he will donate at least 80% of his assets on his death to a charitable foundation which he will establish.

Planned Giving, Planned Philanthropy: An interactive conference for professional advisors and charities engaged in major giving

12 November 2008
Planned Giving, Planned Philanthropy:
An interactive conference for professional advisors and charities engaged in major giving and philanthropy

Investment banker warns "credit crunch will hit charities hard"

John Studzinski

John Studzinski of the Blackstone Group, one of Britain's top investment bankers and a major donor to charities, warned 1,000 charity leaders at a conference yesterday that "individuals will panic and

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