Corporate fundraising

Corporate fundraising sees charities raising funds from companies. Companies donate directly or, more usually, raise funds for charity through their staff or customers.  

Large companies often have Charity of the Year deals where they will support and promote one charity for the year.

Corporate giving tends to hover at an average of around 1 per cent of companies’ pre-tax profits.

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United Way-style matchmaking service to launch in London

Fundraising | Tania Mason | 8 Feb 2012

London Voluntary Service Council plans to use the money it won from the Transforming Local Infrastructure Fund to set up a US-style model of matchmaking businesses with civil society organisations to boost their capacity.

Maximising returns on fundraising is simple if you keep it simple
Expert advice

Maximising returns on fundraising is simple if you keep it simple 1

Fundraising | Giles Pegram | 6 Feb 2012

Different types of fundraising require different return on investment ratios, right? Wrong, says Giles Pegram.

Charity of the year partnerships 2012
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Charity of the year partnerships 2012

Fundraising | Kirsty Weakley | 30 Jan 2012

As January draws to a close civilsociety.co.uk takes a look at the Charity of the Year partnerships that have been announced for 2012 so far.

Dame Suzi Leather , Charity Commission chair delivers speech at breakfast briefing
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Marketing focused on low overheads is counter-productive, says Dame Suzi 1

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 25 Jan 2012

Dame Suzi Leather has urged charities not to run marketing campaigns that focus on minimal overheads and says it is charities’ collective responsibility to educate donors on the necessity of running costs.

Parent Teacher Association UK announces partnership with MyDonate
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Parent Teacher Association UK announces partnership with MyDonate

Fundraising | Adam Martin | 24 Jan 2012

PTA-UK has joined with MyDonate to enable every Parent Teacher Association in England, Wales and Northern Ireland to raise sponsorship money and collect gift aid online.

Online fundraising company raises £3m
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Online fundraising company raises £3m

Fundraising | Kirsty Weakley | 24 Jan 2012

Charity shopping website, Easyfundraising has announced that it has raised £3m since it launched in 2005.

Fundraising in the year 2012
Analysis

Fundraising in the year 2012

Fundraising | 16 Jan 2012

Now that 2011 is firmly under our belt, what will 2012 mean for fundraisers? Five leaders in fundraising discuss what the year ahead might bring.

Employees fundraising for Save the Children
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Meet the funders: Lloyds banking group

Fundraising | 16 Jan 2012

Charities with the scale and professionalism to deal with a large national partnership are what Lloyds Banking Group is looking for says Paul Turner, community and sustainable business director.

Sue Ryder wins Luton Airport charity of year vote
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Sue Ryder wins Luton Airport charity of year vote

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 11 Jan 2012

London Luton Airport has named Sue Ryder its 2012/13 charity of the year after customers selected the charity in a public vote.

Christmas rush sees Pennies microdonations up by 60 per cent
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Christmas rush sees Pennies microdonations up by 60 per cent

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 11 Jan 2012

Microdonation charity Pennies saw an additional 107,000 donations throughout December, bringing the number of donations received since its launch in November 2010 to over 1.5 million.

ActionAid UK: 'We want to offer other ways to join us'
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ActionAid UK: 'We want to offer other ways to join us'

Fundraising | 11 Jan 2012

Helen McEachern has taken the reins at ActionAid UK and the charity is preparing to refine its messaging and asks in 2012. We catch up with the fundraising director, just a few months before she heads off on maternity leave.

Cancer Research UK wins Tesco charity of the year
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Cancer Research UK wins Tesco charity of the year

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 10 Jan 2012

The UK’s biggest supermarket chain has chosen the UK’s biggest charity by voluntary income as its charity of the year partner for 2012.

Tax relief for company volunteering would boost giving by £1bn a year, says think tank
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Tax relief for company volunteering would boost giving by £1bn a year, says think tank 8

Fundraising | Vibeka Mair | 3 Jan 2012

The Centre for Social Justice has said a scheme which gives companies tax relief for subsidising voluntary work carried out by their employees would boost donations to charities by around £1bn a year.

MyDonate signs with Great Run series
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MyDonate signs with Great Run series

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 21 Dec 2011

BT’s online sponsorship platform MyDonate has scored a coup in becoming the preferred fundraising website of the company which runs the Great Run and Great Swim series.

 Value and number of £1m-plus donations fall
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Value and number of £1m-plus donations fall

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 12 Dec 2011

Major donors, trusts and companies made fewer £1m-plus donations in 2009/10 than in the previous four years on record, according to an annual tracking report released today.

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Co-op chief executive launches single to support Mencap

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 9 Dec 2011

Co-operative Group chief executive Peter Marks is leading a band of fellow colleagues in launching a charity single to support the organisation's charity partners, Mencap and its sister charity Enable.

8,000 Tate supporters call for end of BP partnership
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8,000 Tate supporters call for end of BP partnership

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 7 Dec 2011

Trustees at Tate will soon decide on the future of the organisation’s 21-year relationship with BP after 8,000 Tate members and visitors signed a petition asking for the partnership to be ditched.

Which charities are the newspapers supporting this Christmas?
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Which charities are the newspapers supporting this Christmas?

Fundraising | Kirsty Weakley | 5 Dec 2011

At a time when the behaviour of the press is under scrutiny from the Leveson inquiry, UK newspapers have chosen a wide range of charities for their Christmas appeals this year.

Tate trustee criticises BP sponsorship
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Tate trustee criticises BP sponsorship

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 2 Dec 2011

One of the Tate’s corporate sponsors BP has been branded “a disgrace” by one of the organisation’s trustees who has also applauded the protestors which disrupt Tate events to campaign against the oil company.

Unicef’s Own a Colour initiative raises £85,000 in six weeks
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Unicef’s Own a Colour initiative raises £85,000 in six weeks

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 30 Nov 2011

The Unicef campaign which allows donors to buy one of nearly 17 million colours has raised more than £85,000 in its first six weeks.

A million shoppers donate with Pennies in year one
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A million shoppers donate with Pennies in year one

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 22 Nov 2011

One million people have rounded up their pizza, toy and travel purchases to the pound for charity in the first year of the Pennies scheme.

Lottery raises record amount for good causes
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Lottery raises record amount for good causes

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 22 Nov 2011

Camelot has announced record half-year returns, increasing direct returns for good causes from £784.8m for the same period last year, to £918.3m in the six months to 24 September 2011.

RBS chief Hester says corporate philanthropy is limited
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RBS chief Hester says corporate philanthropy is limited 1

Finance | Vibeka Mair | 21 Nov 2011

Stephen Hester, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, has said traditional corporate philanthropy does not have great depth of commitment or a scalable business case beyond giving in itself, and has said investing in communities is more meaningful.

Born to Shine raises £2.1m for Save the Children
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Born to Shine raises £2.1m for Save the Children

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 21 Nov 2011

ITV's Born to Shine talent series raised £2.1m, including over £500,000 of match funding from the British government, for Save the Children's No Child Born to Die campaign.

Meet the funders: KPMG Europe
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Meet the funders: KPMG Europe

Fundraising | 10 Nov 2011

Charities should think about pitching for a partnership together, says Mike Kelly, head of CSR at KPMG.

Domino's devolves microdonation scheme in Northern Ireland
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Domino's devolves microdonation scheme in Northern Ireland

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 10 Nov 2011

Domino's pizza franchises in Northern Ireland have opted to support a local charity instead of the Special Olympics GB, which has been the UK partner since the business signed up to the Pennies microdonation scheme in November 2010.

Arts and culture sector predicting slow recovery
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Arts and culture sector predicting slow recovery

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 9 Nov 2011

Still stinging from public sector cuts, the majority of arts and cultural organisations expect it will take another four years to return to the financial state they were in before government reduced arts funding.

Meet the funders: Ladbrokes in the Community
Interviews

Meet the funders: Ladbrokes in the Community

Fundraising | 8 Nov 2011

This gambling company is looking for local partnerships and evidence of impact. A simple 'thank you' wouldn't go astray either.

Corporate Partnerships Survey 2011
Surveys

Corporate Partnerships Survey 2011

Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 4 Nov 2011

Celina Ribeiro unpicks the trends in the Corporate Partnerships Survey 2011.

Retailer support for sector 'hinges on better conditions from government'
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Retailer support for sector 'hinges on better conditions from government'

Fundraising | Niki May Young | 2 Nov 2011

Retailers will increase their support to voluntary and community organisations as long as the government helps them to do so, according to the new chairman of the British Retail Consortium.

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