Philanthropy
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Loading ...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 [...]
The Post-National Philanthropist
May 12, 2011Civil Society magazine recently published an article by our very own Tony Elischer on the implications of global philanthropy and the ‘global citizens’ behind it. In he argued that global philanthropists are not a ‘commodity’ to be owned by one part of an organisation geographically, but should be engaged and managed by the organisation as [...]
German Millionaires Criticise Gates’ ‘Giving Pledge’
October 18, 2010Germany’s super-rich have rejected an invitation by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to join their ‘Giving Pledge’ to give away most of their fortune. The pledge has been criticized in Germany, with millionaires saying donations shouldn’t replace duties that would be better carried out by the state.
Last week, Microsoft founder Bill Gates attempted to convince [...]
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, [...]
UK wealthy feeling more generous
April 21, 2010Donations to UK charitable trusts have more than tripled in the first quarter of this year to £70m (€79m), as the nation’s wealthy, cheered up at the prospect of economic recovery, start digging deep according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
In the first quarter of 2010, CAF opened 51 new Charitable Trust Accounts with a [...]
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