Matt Ide's Posts
Loading ...Interview with Philip Beresford, author of the Sunday Times Rich List
December 6, 2011Back in 2008 when I launched the worlds’ first prospect research resources database, I decided to interview perhaps the world’s best known ‘prospect researcher’, Philip Beresford; author of the Sunday Times Rich List (amongst others). Although the interview is a few years old now, it does provide some interesting insights into compiling perhaps the world’s [...]
Japanese tax reforms encourage future philanthropy
June 22, 2011I received an interesting email today; quite possibly third hand, through the various email forums I subscribe to. It was from the Public Interest Corporation Commission (PICC) in Japan – Japan’s equivalent to the Charity Commission here in the UK. It was a very brief statement by its commissioner, claiming that recent tax reforms in [...]
Following the money trail – wealth and philanthropy in Asia
May 27, 2010Are you sitting down? I’m sorry to be the one to break it to you but Wealth and Philanthropy are not mutually inclusive. Wealth doesn’t always precede large donations and philanthropy doesn’t always indicate wealth.
I say this because I think we often over-emphasise the role wealth plays in our fundraising research and programmes. Whether you call it major donor, [...]
Cross-border Philanthropy in Europe
February 4, 2010I came across a blog recently from Guidestar International which was commenting on a conference held in December last year at the Academy of European Law concerning cross-border philanthropy in Europe. For a long time now, national barriers and complicated legal and fiscal frameworks across Europe have not only provided little incentive for donors to give [...]
State of the Sector survey results published
January 14, 2010Third Sector has started publishing the results of nfpSynergy’s State of the Sector survey, and according the authors there’s some interesting and unexpected findings to be had amongst the data, including:
What effect has the recession had on charities? – 67% say that income has fallen.
How well do charities work with their stakeholders? – just 25% say [...]
Calculating an individual’s giving capacity
September 24, 2009In the past few weeks, there’s been an interesting debate sparked off on the Prospect Research UK forum, regarding calculating an individual’s capacity to give. Also known as the holy grail, present your major gift fundraisers’ with a specific number and you can be sure to be on their Christmas card list (for this year [...]
How do trusts & foundations react in a recession?
August 21, 2009There’s been a lot of speculation in recent months about the effect the recession will have on trust and foundation giving, both now and in the near future. As many trusts and foundations distribute money earned on their invested capital, it is thought the negative impact will take some time to filter through. The extent [...]
Life, the Universe and profiling
June 17, 2009A large proportion of prospect researchers will be involved in profiling HNWI’s for their major donor team or for events etc. The task in hand is a simple one….dig up as much information as you can that might be useful or provide insight into a person, particularly with regards to any giving history. However, as [...]
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