Prospect Research

At the recent Researchers in Fundraising conference, Chris Murphy of Ravensbourne Research spoke about understanding company accounts.

Philip Beresford tells me that the Estates Gazette Rich List is due to be published this weekend.

I have just watched a 7-minute video on privacy and prospect research on YouTube, via LinkedIn. It is written from a US perspective, but has some useful tips about prospect research and ethics.

I daresay I wasn’t the only one to be a bit surprised to read of the recent £1,000,000 donation that the actor Ricky Tomlinson (Royle Family, etc) made to Ronald McDonald House.

The latest newsletter from DocuTicker (published by Free Pint Limited) includes a link to Diaspora Philanthropy: Private Giving and Public Policy is a new report from the Migration Policy Institute.

I will be in Birmingham and Edinburgh over the next week or so. It’s good to be discussing prospect research outside London.

I took a look at our local free newspaper the other day, before it went into the recycling. I was intrigued by one article in particular.

The new GuideStar Israel online database (www.guidestar.org.il) has just been launched. Approximately 29,000 Israeli non-profit organizations are currently included.

Thanks to Sacha Tremain, Major Donor Research Manager at The National Trust for bringing a blog on prospect research to my attention.

The latest (free) newsletter from Business in the Community includes a link to an article in The Guardian, on the pay (mostly bonuses) of “City staff”.