Super-rich turn their children into philanthropists
29 December 2007 – The Guardian
‘High-income parents are enrolling their children in philanthropy workshops designed to teach them how to use their wealth to do good’, writes Lucy Ward, who interviewed Plum Lomax about the programmes that NPC has run for young philanthropists. Click here to read the full article>>
Handouts become serious business
24 December 2007 – Financial Times
‘The City takes giving so seriously that it uses many of the same tools employed by fund managers and bankers to make decisions in their everyday working lives… New Philanthropy Capital…sends out analyst notes recommending individual charities’, says David Turner. Click here to read the full article>>
Measures of success
November 2007 - The Guardian
We give billions to good causes, but know little about whether our donations make a difference. It's time to start holding charities to account. Click here for full article>> Also see: this blog by the editor of The Society Guardian, Patrick Butler, and this comment piece in The Third Sector magazine.
Green charities lose out as donors ignore environmental issues
October 2007 - The Independent
'Despite growing concern for the state of the environment from Government and the public alike, only a tiny proportion of donations to charities go towards green causes, a report has revealed.' Click here for the full article>>
Better research for better results
September 2007 - VS Magazine
'A soundly researched evidence base for your activities can strengthen your hand with funders and donors' says Patrick McCurry. Click here for the full article>>
UBS banker joins New Philanthropy Capital
September 2007 - Financial News
The former head of equity capital markets at UBS has re-emerged in the charitable sector as a director at New Philanthropy Capital ...' Click here for the full article>>
Different rewards
September 2007 - Financial Times
'... James Garvin, a former UBS global co-head of equity capital markets ... has joined the not-for-profit group New Philanthropy Capital ...' Click here for the full article>>
Rich Europeans lack philanthropic advice from banks, study says
September 2007 - Bloomberg.com
'Wealthy people in the UK, Germany and Switzerland aren't being provided with the banking services they need to make charitable services and philanthropic gifts ...'
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A revolution the sector should join
September 2007 - Third Sector
Nick Seddon, on the revolution that NPC and others are powering, that the whole sector should join in. Click here for the full article>>
Wealthy fail to find good charity advice
September 2007 - Financial Times
'Bankers and financial advisers to the rich and super-rich are failing to give them good advice on how to give their money away, interviews with some of Europe's wealthiest philanthropists have revealed.' Click here for the full article>>
Sell-side philanthropy
September 2007 - Intelligent Life (new lifestyle magazine from The Economist)Matthew Bishop talks about the growing appetite for services to help donors gauge which charities to support. The article quotes an NPC client. '"I wanted to start making strategic grants very quickly," says the hedge-funder, "without having to get up the learning curve fast myself or to hire my own staff to do it. Using NPC enabled the foundation to double the size of its giving in the UK."' Click here for the full article>>
Full stop missing on child abuse
August 2007 - The Guardian
The Society Guardian's editor, Patrick Butler, comments on Not seen and not heard, NPC's report on child abuse. Click here for the full article>>
The great giveaway
August 2007 - Elle magazine
This season, it's all about giving, says Ali Harris, as philanthropy becomes a trend among young women.' NPC is highlighted for having delivered 'the rigours of City research to the charity sector.' And NPC's Plum Lomax contributes. Plum 'left her job with a City bank to work as a marketing manager at NPC'.
Child abuse report urges refocus
July 2007 - BBC News
'More should be done by the government to stop child abuse before it happens rather than focusing on protecting abused children, a report say.' NPC's Martin Brookes features in this article on Not seen and not heard, our report on child abuse. Click here for the full article>>
What the new Victorians do for us
July 2007 - The Guardian
'With Britain's super-rich dripping charity, it's almost like the 19th century' writes Terry Macalister. Click here for the full article>>
School truancy charity offers healthy returns
July 2007 - Financial Times
'Donations to a charity that has a tried and tested system for reducing the number of children excluded from schools produce an impressive return of 124%.' John Willman writes about Misspent Youth, NPC's report on the costs of truancy and exclusion.
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Big bangs for benevolent bucks
July 2007 - Financial Times
'Charity is now treated with the same kind of rigour as any other area of investment, writes John Willman.' Click here for the full article>>
Analysis of the volunThird Sector
July 2007
It's time to stop relying mainly on opiniontary sector has long been hampered by a poor evidence base, writes Nick Seddon, and it's about time we got the basic boring stuff right.' NPC's Martin Brookes contributes. Click here for the full article>>
Corporate citizenship & philanthropy
July 2007 - Financial Times
'When it comes to how to invest for maximum social impact, sometimes I think we would do well to ''make innovation history'' and show our support for what already works' says NPC trustee Peter Wheeler in an article on giving effectively. Elsewhere in the supplement, NPC is highlighted as an intermediary for wealthy donors looking to give and Harvey McGrath, another NPC trustee, talks of the growing prominence of 'corporate citizenship'.
Click here to read Peter Wheeler's comments>>
Click here to read about NPC's intermediary role>>
Click here to read Harvey McGraths' contribution>>
35 women under 35, 2007 list
June 2007 - Management Today
The latest update of MT's annual list of outstanding young women in business. NPC's Emilie Goodall is featured. Click here for the full article>>
Society pays high price for truants
June 2007 - The Telegraph
Truants and excluded pupils waste their potential and taxpayers money. Click here for the full article >>
In the driving seat
May 2007 - Professional Fundraising
Professional Fundraising's 50 Most Influential poll is a roll-call of the people that are transforming the fundraising landscape and changing the way the public give. NPC's Martin Brookes is listed. Click here for the full article>>
Fertile territory for innovative ideas
May 2007 - The Banker
The world's wealthy are increasingly seeking to put their money into philanthropic causes, and financial institutions are finding ways of helping them give their money away, writes Silvia Pavoni. Click here for the article>>
Hedge funds get the bug for benevolence
May 2007 - The Independent on Sunday
'Their glittering fundraisers in London and New York have broken all records for charitable giving, but the latest masters of the financial universe and not content to just write cheques - they want to see results.' Click here for the article>>
Getting more from your giving
Spring 2007 - Triodosnews
'Measuring the impact of a charitable investment is not easy' says NPC's Sue Wixley. 'Sometimes donors get sidetracked by questions about a charity's size, or worse still, its administrative costs.' Writing in Triodos Bank's newsletter, Wixley explains NPC's approach to assessing the impact of a charitable donation. Click here to download Triodosnews>>
Beyond Charity? A new generation enters the business of doing good
April 2007 - The Financial Times
The FT's Andrew Jack reports on the 2007 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. Peter Wheeler, NPC founding trustee contributes to the article. Click here for the article>>
...Or even make a well-informed contribution to charity
March 2007 - Wall Street Journal
'"Twenty-year-olds are always going to act like their first bonus is the key to the candy store, but after that it changes," says James Blackburn, head of equities at the London-based stockbroking firm Execution, which in five years has raised over £4.4 million for charity..."Then you have kids and you start thinkin about other things that affect you."...Execution is advised by New Philanthropy Capital, staffed by former finance industry analysts...' Click here for the article>> (available to subscribers only)
The new Victorians
February 2007 - The Sunday Times
Are Britain's super-rich anything like their Victorian forebears? asks Richard Woods. Click here for the full article>>
Private banks assist the new philanthropy
February 2007 - The Times
'Private banks that once provided a shelter for the cash of the rich are finding demand for a different kind of service: helping their clients to give it away.' Click here for the full article>>
It's all about results
January 2007 - The Guardian
Martin Brookes tells Patrick Butler that he has no qualms about taking on some of the biggest names in the sector. Click here for the full article>>
The new business philosophy: philanthropy
February 2007 – Esquire
‘For Martin Brookes, Head of Research at New Philanthropy Capital … Warren Buffett is what he calls the latest ‘beacon’ — the latest example of how the super-rich are giving it all away.’ And it is not just individuals — corporates are engaging with giving in inventive ways too. For more on this, and other big new trends, read the article in the February 2007 edition of Esquire magazine.
Rockefeller firm tells would-be Buffetts how to give money away
January 2007 – Bloomberg
An article on the ‘growing class of charity advisors catering to the new rich’. They are ‘a group that’s proving as ambitious about parting with their money as they were in earning it.’ In the article, Nigel Morris, founder of Capital One Financial Corp. and NPC trustee, highlights some of the challenges faced by these donors.
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