New CGAP Research
The everyday morality of giving
A recent working paper by CGAP’s Balihar Sanghera, University of Kent, looks at how moral values influence our approach to giving. Balihar identifies moral conventionalists who value the social and fun aspects of charity events, moral individualists who see charitable practices as a chance to demonstrate knowledge and skills and moral critics, motivated by strongly held values and beliefs.
 Balihar says 'My work examines how individuals have different forms of moral concerns and commitments, which have an impact on how they interpret the world around them, shaping their social responsibilities to others. I argue that giving is morally and socially embedded into people's lives in distinct ways, largely unrelated to social class, gender and ethnicity. But social structures can distort emotions and habits, affecting their moral sentiments, judgements and responsibilities. A new working paper will look at how individuals can make judgements on giving and non-giving in mistaken and distorted ways, being self-deceptive and akratic in their actions. While humans are moral and reflexive beings, they are not always 'rational'. My next project examines how foundations and grantmakers pursue social justice and change.'
Charitable giving, everyday morality (pdf) is available now.
How generous is the UK?
New research from Tom McKenzie and Cathy Pharoah looks at the UK’s generosity over the past three decades. Defining generosity as a household’s likelihood of donating combined with donations as a proportion of its budget the findings show that low expenditure households are more generous, donating the highest percentage of their budget. However high expenditure households are more likely to donate, and in recent years higher expenditure has led to an increase in donations.
Read ‘How generous is the UK?’ (pdf) on the CGAP website
Entrepreneurial philanthropy
Jillian Gordon won the CSI Award for Best Paper in Social Entrepreneurship at the 8th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia).
Read Jillian's paper The Value Added Approach of Entrepreneurial Philanthropy and check the CGAP website later this week for a podcast of Jillian discussing her research.
CGAP Away Day
CGAP’s 2011 Away Day was held at University of Strathclyde Business School in Glasgow on 14thMarch. CGAP’s participating institutions came together to share their work on giving and philanthropy, and discuss future ideas. This includes a joint CGAP paper on the insights and implications of research for the development of philanthropy and big society, which will be made available on the website.
Back row from left to right: Tobias Jung, Tom McKenzie, Charles Harvey, Eleanor Shaw, Jillian Gordon, Margo Willison and John Mohan. Front row from left to right: Cathy Pharoah, Jenny Harrow, Mairi Maclean, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Pavey and Kay Barclay.
Philanthropy Events
Legacy Masterclass
CGAP has partnered with Arts & Business Scotland (ABS) and developed a Philanthropy Masterclasses Series. The Series showcases leading examples of effective practice, outlines existing research knowledge and provides practical lessons for participants. This accompanies a co-produced research project between CGAP and ABS, being led for CGAP by Tobias Jung and Hannah Pavey. The Masterclass took place on 16th March in Edinburgh and focused on legacy giving. The session entitled ‘Legacies: where there’s a will...’ coupled the theory of developing legacy campaigns with practical examples.
Speakers at the event included CGAP’s Jenny Harrow, Peter Thierfeldt who has many years of experience in the arts and Peter Littlefield, Senior Associate at Turcan Connell, Solicitors and Asset Managers. Presentations are available on the CGAP website.
NCVO/ CGAP panel at NCVO Conference – Giving and Big Society
A joint CGAP/NCVO workshop ‘Is Philanthropy the solution to funding the Big Society?’ was held as part of the NCVO Annual Conference on 1st March. CGAP’s Cathy Pharoah chaired the workshop and was joined by panellists Michael Green, co-author of Philanthrocapitalism: How giving can save the world, Michael Edwards, author of Just Another Emperor? The myths and realities of philanthrocapitalism, Steve Moore, Big Society Network and discussant Karl Wilding. Following the workshop Michael Edwards wrote a thinkpiece entitled ‘Can Big Philanthropy Build the 'Big Society'?'
Read the thinkpiece on the CGAP website
SCVO Third Sector Research Conference
Tobias Jung presented Cathy Pharoah’s paper 'The new challenges facing fundraisers chasing the Scottish pound' at the Conference. The paper studies the 50 largest Scottish charities, considering their income sources and future challenges and opportunities.
Read 'The new challenges facing fundraisers chasing the Scottish pound' on the CGAP website
International Research Society for Public Management Conference
CGAP hosted a dedicated track on ‘Philanthropy, public services, policy: working together or falling out’ at this year’s annual conference of the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) which took place from the 11th to 13th of April at Trinity College Dublin.
See the CGAP website for presentations and further information
Upcoming Events
7th June 2011 ERNOP Conference, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business. The conference theme is ‘Philanthropy and Civil Society: European and Transnational Perspectives’
13th June 2011 Female Futures on Philanthropy, 4:30-6:30pm, Cass Business School. Further details to follow on the CGAP website.
15th June 2011 ABS/CGAP Masterclass 'Turning Passion into pounds: donor cultivation', Edinburgh
Autumn 2011 CGAP Conference. Date to be confirmed.
Around Philanthropy
Participation almanac
NCVO launched their latest almanac at their annual conference.
Participation: Trends, facts and figures maps data on forms of civil society participation. Available free
‘Disrupting Philanthropy’
On 30th March the US Philanthropy expert Lucy Bernholz spoke on ‘Disrupting Philanthropy’, the title of her recent monograph, at an event organised by NCVO, Big Society Network, Guardian Voluntary Sector Network and EAPG.
A round up of coverage from the event can be found on the Guardian website.
Also read ‘Disrupting Philanthropy: technology and the future of the social sector’
Philanthropy Review
Currently in consultation and analysis stage before publishing findings in June.
Summit recommendations available now (pdf)
New research from the Institute for Philanthropy
The latest Think Philanthropy Paper is now available. Read ‘The State of UK Charity Boards 2011’ now on the Institute for Philanthropy website.
The Institute for Philanthropy and the Indigo Trust are working on a paper to investigate how strategic philanthropists can leverage social media channels to foment social change. The paper will provide philanthropists for a framework for doing this through the support they provide to not-for-profits, and within their own foundations or trusts. For further information or to contribute, please contact Daisy Wakefield at Daisy@instituteforphilanthropy.org
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