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Category Archives: Promoting giving
What is evidence-based giving and why does it matter?
Interview with Caroline Fiennes, Director of Giving Evidence (16 mins): This interview was made possible by the Skoll Foundation. It was recorded in Oxford in April 2015, in a single take and with no notice of the questions. More … Continue reading
Posted in Impact & evaluation, Promoting giving
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No money? Here’s how you can still make a difference to charity in a recession
This article first appeared in the Daily Mail Online. In a recession, more people turn to charities for support, precisely when donations are harder for charities to find. But there are tricks we can all use to make our donations … Continue reading
Posted in Effective giving, Promoting giving
Tagged admin, administration, charity, Comic Relief, corporate giving, corporate philanthropy, donation, effective giving, effectiveness, Fund-raising, Fundraising, giving, group philanthropy, hair, impact, in-kind, philanthropy, ring-fence, ring-fenced, time, unrestricted, volunteering
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How should advice on charitable giving be priced?
Answer: In a way that aligns the advisor’s incentives with those of the beneficiary. But which way does that? Along with many others, I’m often asked to advise donors about finding good charities to support and/or strategies to make their … Continue reading
Why do charities ignore millions of donors?
Despite my giving £200 to Cancer Research UK through JustGiving when a friend did a sponsored something, I never heard a bean from Cancer Research UK about it. A year later, I gave £100 to another charity when another friend did … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising, Promoting giving
Tagged charity, donation, donor, donor recruitment, donor retention, Fund-raising, Fundraising, gift, Just Giving, JustGiving, sponsorship
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Let’s inspire better giving, by… celebrating failure!
When did you last hear of a charity that was rubbish? By some estimates, fully 60% of donations are made with no research into the charity’s performance. Whereas about 0% of commercial investments are made with no research into the … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, donation, giving, group philanthropy, impact, language
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