A review of the predictions for 2021 suggests there are two paths ahead for philanthropy: incremental change or revolution.

What can philanthropy learn from the Silent Minute movement?

To end the year, here are the top seven reasons why I am cheerful heading into 2021

Because everyone will benefit if we can increase the rate with which guidelines are read and followed and time wasted on ineligible applications is reduced, here are 11 practical steps that funders can take to increase the chance that fundraisers read and follow their guidelines.

So what strategy to choose – spending down or giving in perpetuity? As with so many philanthropic dilemmas the answer is … it depends.

Giving circles are a growing global movement. Here I reflect on the achievements of Bath Women’s Fund and what we have learned from our first year of operation.

This short (16 minute) film sets out the trends in grant making pre-, in response, and post-covid 19.

Imaginiation is important in the everyday philanthropy practice of assessors and decision-makers and also when it comes to imagining the future of philanthropy and society as a whole.

As funders seek to respond to coronavirus, safeguarding should continue to be prioritised by both applicants and assessors. If anything, it is more important now than ever.

Benevolent funds and other individual grant makers who give money and goods to people in need get far less attention than funders of organisations. This short piece explains their value - including in response to the coronavirus pandemic.