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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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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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What should civil society expect from the UK Anti-Corruption Summit?

May 12, 2020by givingthought 1 Comment

  As government officials and finance professionals meet at the global anti-corruption summit orchestrated by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, they should be thinking not just about how to protect […]

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Has the UK just failed a civil society health check?

April 28, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

In 2013, Maina Kiai, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, visited the UK to assess the way that the Government protects […]

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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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Why are the most generous countries less trusting of not-for-profits?

April 11, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

  The data suggests that many countries with low levels of engagement in charitable giving have the highest levels of trust in NGOs. How can this counterintuitive trend be explained […]

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501(c)(4) organisation lobbying and some global context

February 5, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

While not-for-profit in most countries struggle to make their voices heard in the face of restrictions on political advocacy, some argue that one form of not-for-profit in the USA is […]

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Advocacy, Independence, Regulation, Trends in giving, US Giving
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UN official attacks UK “Lobbying Bill”

January 15, 2020by givingthought 3 Comments

A UN Special Rapporteur has written a letter condemning a Bill that will limit the ability of not-for-profits to campaign in the year of a national election as a “stain […]

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Could the UK ‘Lobbying Bill’ turn the global trend for restricting advocacy by not-for-profits into an epidemic?

December 10, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)  has expressed concern that controversial UK legislation to limit the capacity of charities to engage in advocacy in the run up to elections would set […]

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What causes attract million dollar donations globally?

November 18, 2020by givingthought Leave a comment

An international report into $1 million (USD) charitable donations has revealed stark differences, as well as similarities in the causes that donors favour when making large donations.   The sixth […]

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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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