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Tough questions for charities that advertise online

April 3, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

Sign1 by dailchambers via Flickr   Amidst media reports that advertisements on YouTube have appeared on videos promoting hate and violence, more than 250 companies have ceased paying for ads on the […]

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Read post by Adam Pickering, Technology, Trends in giving
algorithm, algorithms, algorithmic, philanthropy, charity, AI, machine learning

Algorithm Is Gonna Get You: what the rise of algorithms means for philanthropy

January 18, 2020by givingthought 2 Comments

Algorithms are beginning to have a radical impact on society. Whether you believe this is for the better or the worse, it is also going to change our very understanding of philanthropy and civil society.

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Data, Read post by Adam Pickering, Technology, Trends in giving
Power, philanthropy, inequality, tax, incentives, future world giving, donation states

Philanthropic Power: The Awkward Consequence of Pluralism

September 9, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

This article is a slightly edited version of that which first appeared in the September 2016 issue of Alliance Magazine   Philanthropy undoubtedly allows a small number of very wealthy […]

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Inequality, Read post by Adam Pickering, Tax Incentives, Wealth
Future world giving, finance, FATF, financial action task fore, charities, cross border, philanthropy, banks, de-risking

International body removes assumption of CSO terror financing risk

June 30, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

The 25th of June 2016 saw a momentous announcement for civil society organisations (CSOs) that few will ever hear of. It might just herald the first step towards securing the […]

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Cross border giving, Read post by Adam Pickering, Recommendations, Regulation
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Appealing to the enlightened self-interest of partners to reinforce civil society

June 3, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

This article first appeared in The Shrinking Space for Civil Society: Philanthropic Perspectives From Across the Globe, a publication by the European Foundation Centre.   The closing space for civil […]

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Advocacy, Cross Border Philanthropy, CSR, Enabling an Independent Not-for-profit Sector, Law and Civil Society, Read post by Adam Pickering, Reports

Gross Domestic Philanthropy: An international analysis of GDP, tax and giving

February 2, 2020by givingthought 1 Comment

Comparing charitable contributions as a proportion of GDP challenges assumptions   On February 2nd the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) published a paper which compares the amount given to charitable causes […]

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charitable giving, Data, Midlle class giving, Read post by Adam Pickering, Reports, Trends in giving
giving, foreign donors, cross border giving, closing space for civil society

UK Select Committee recommends reporting of foreign donations

January 29, 2020by givingthought 1 Comment

Are recommendations to compel charities to report foreign donations an incidental misstep or a sign of things to come in the UK?   On January 25th the Public Administration and […]

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Building Trust in Charitable Giving, Cross border giving, Read post by Adam Pickering, Trends in giving
zakat, islamic finance, charity, philanthropy, muslim charity,

Could zakat plug the gaps in humanitarian or development aid?

November 30, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

This blog should be read with the understanding that I am in no way an expert on zakat, or Islam more broadly. I encourage anyone who finds inaccuracy, wishes to […]

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charitable giving, Cross border giving, Cross Border Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Poverty Alleviation, Read post by Adam Pickering, Religious Giving
Burma, World Giving Index, 2014, charity, money, philanthropy, ranking

Myanmar is the most generous country in the world

November 13, 2020by givingthought 12 Comments

The CAF World Giving Index 2015 has found that a larger proportion of Burmese people give money to charity every month than any other country on earth – by far. […]

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Read post by Adam Pickering, Religious Giving, World Giving Index
World Giving Index, Philanthropy, data, #data, infographic, dataisbeautiful, #dataisbeautiful, philanthropy, economics

2015 World Giving Index published

November 11, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

The CAF World Giving Index 2015 has been published and as ever, the results make for compelling reading.   The CAF World Giving Index, now in its sixth year, is […]

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charitable giving, Read post by Adam Pickering, Reports, Trends in giving, Volunteering, World Giving Index

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FWG1 – ‘Unlocking the potential of global philanthropy’

Our first report aims to estimate the possible extent of charitable giving around the world if governments and the voluntary sector were to harness the potential of the huge expansion of the middle classes.

FWG2: Building Trust in Charitable Giving

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Future World Giving: Building Trust in Charitable Giving

FWG3: Enabling an Independent Not-For-Profit Sector

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‘Future World Giving: Enabling an Independent Not-For-profit Sector’ warns that poor legislation on not-for-profit campaigning and independence could jeopardise efforts to promote giving among new generations of middle class people emerging across the world, which otherwise could contribute up to $224 billion a year to good causes by 2030.

FWG 4: Donation States: An international comparison of the tax treatment of donations

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Comparing the tax incentives on offer for giving and the system through which they are offered in 26 nations.

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