NPC to take over Intelligent Giving

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 12 Aug 2009

Intelligent Giving has finally succumbed to the impossibility of finding sustainable funding and is being taken over by New Philanthropy Capital.

The donor advice website announced this morning that it will wind down later this month and the NPC will take over its brand and website “and look for ways to develop its message on transparency in the charity sector”.

A source close to the negotiations said it was the culmination of several months of funding problems for IG, which had always relied on a few very rich and generous donors to keep it afloat. But now that cash had run out and NPC seemed the most obvious home for the operation.

Adam Rothwell, the former IG director who left two months ago to pursue a career as a history teacher, said it was a “very sad day” and that he hoped NPC would continue to push the issues that IG was set up to tackle.

“The fact that not enough people are willing to support it just goes to show how much more work there is to do,” he told Charity News Alert.

“It also highlights the importance of the campaign that Acevo and the Impact Coalition have announced this week.”

Richard Marsh (pictured), who was hired to replace Rothwell just weeks ago, said he was always aware it would be an interim contract.

“When I joined I was aware there were some really big questions about the financial viability of IG and my twin tasks were to develop fundraising or a business model for trustees to consider, and to put feelers out for other relationships to allow IG to live on.

“After I presented all the options they considered a merger or takeover to be the more prudent.”

Intelligent Giving’s website features over 500 UK charities, assigning them scores for the quality of reporting and transparency of their annual report and accounts.

“Intelligent Giving has been doing good work in a difficult market,” said, NPC’s chief executive Martin Brookes. “It has helped to push forward the agenda on transparency within the charity sector, and we are excited about having an opportunity to build on what it has done.”

Marsh is now out of a job. "Anyone want a consultant?" he said.

Directory: Intelligent Giving | New Philanthropy Capital
Who's Who: Tania Mason | Richard Marsh

Comments

[Cancel] | Reply to:

Name *

Email *

Organisation

Job Title

Comments *

Verification *

* Please read our Community Standards

Close »

Community Standards

The civilsociety.co.uk community and comments board is intended as a platform for informed and civilised debate.

We hope to encourage a broad range of views, however, there are standards that we expect commentators to uphold. We reserve the right to delete or amend any comments that do not adhere to these standards.

We welcome:

Robust but respectful debate
Strongly held opinions
Intelligent relevant discussion
The sharing of relevant experiences
New participants

We will not publish:

Rude, threatening, offensive, obscene or abusive language, or links to such material
Links to commercial organisations or spam postings. The comments board is not an advertising platform
The posting of contact details for yourself or others
Comments intended for malicious purpose or mindless abuse
Comments purporting to be from another person or organisation under false pretences
Gratuitous criticism, commentary or self-promotion
Any material which breaches copyright or privacy laws, or could be considered libellous
The use of the comments board for the pursuit or extension of personal disputes

Be aware:

Views expressed on the comments board are left at users’ discretion and are in no way views held or supported by Civil Society Media
Comments left by others may not be accurate, do not rely on them as fact
You may be misunderstood - sarcasm and humour can easily be taken out of context, try to be clear

Please:

Enjoy the opportunity to express your opinion and respect the right of others to express theirs
Confine your remarks to issues rather than personalities

Together we can keep our community a polite, respectful and intelligent platform for discussion.