Lifetime legacies are a giving mechanism that have been a glint in the eye of fundraisers for years. But while fundraisers, politicians and researchers alike have expressed support for the major donor tax instrument, lifetime legacies have got people heated up. Celina Ribeiro asks what has kept the mechanism on ice.
The longest winter: Are lifetime legacies ready to come in from the cold?
Fundraisers cannot apply traditional campaign methods to the new breed of online community fundraising, says Bryan Miller
Last year more than a third of donors stopped giving to their regular charity. In research revealed exclusively to Civil Society, fast.MAP explores why donors stayed loyal or gave up and how they prefer...
For small charities, corporate partnerships can feel imposing and beyond reach. But while they might be small fish, Kim Sutton says small charities can still take a big bite out of corporate philanthropy
Are your next big donors in Sweden? Austria perhaps? The law is changing around European residents being able to give tax-effectively to charities in other European Union countries, potentially opening...
With the general election expected on 6 May, the civil society umbrella bodies are busy preparing their demands of whoever forms the next government. We summarise the main organisations’ wish lists here.
In a world long past there were campaigning charities and there were ‘doing’ charities, and never the twain did meet. But in our brave new world, more and more charities are making campaigning a central...
The demand for philanthropic advisors by major donors has been steadily rising over the past few years, but how can charities work through the advisors to access their wealthy clients? Lena Schreiber lifts...
It is not just major donors and new philanthropists who want to support effective charities, the prompts for giving are complex across the giving spectrum. Beth Breeze discusses the latest research on how...
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