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Annie Lennox SINGS for her supper
Annie Lennox, one half of 1980s band Eurhythmics, ... “So what is the deal with swine flu ... “Less severe than we thought!” he bellowed back. ... But Lennox had a serious message. She was ... She set up the charity after hearing Nelson ... To date, she has raised around €600,000 through...
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Boutique wealth manager launches philanthropy fund
Spencer-Churchill Miller Private, the newly launched UK boutique ... The new foundation will be called SCM Philanthropy. ... The foundation said it would focus on improving ... SCM Philanthropy said around 40% of grants will ... SCM Philanthropy will be chaired by director Gina...
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Buyout firms increase their commitment to charity
Private equity firms’ charitable giving is gaining momentum, ... The research by sister publication Private Equity News ... Such institutions run by Europe’s top 20 firms ... Other firms that have run longer-established charities are ... They had donated, on average, £437,000. ...
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A quarter of Russian charities may be forced to shut
More than half of Russian charities have already ... Nearly two thirds of Russian charities say their ... The data has been published in “Philanthropy in ... The report, which is based upon a survey ... Around 23% of NPOs surveyed think they are ... Corporate donations have fallen furthest with Government funding...
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Bidding war begins for Buffett lunch
The annual online bidding war for lunch with ... The best offer for three courses with the ... All proceeds will go to the Glide Foundation, ... The winning bidder will have the opportunity to ... The highest bidder at present is the mysteriously ... Shares in Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett's reinsurance giant, fell...
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US philanthropy suffers biggest fall in 50 years
The amount of money being donated to charitable ... US philanthropists donated a total of $307bn (£184bn) ... The figures are published in a report by ... Del Martin, chairman of the group, said: “It ... Two thirds of charities receiving donations said they ... Charity from businesses was the hardest hit. Corporate...
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Ark gala fundraiser beats dampened expectations
Hedge fund managers and professionals in the UK ... More than 800 professionals attended the dinner at ... The same event last year raised more than ... Despite the tough economic conditions, Thurman, fiancée of ... The audience responded strongly, mustering a collective £15.6m...
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NPC report critical of management at UK charities
A report looking into management boards of charities ... The new study by London-based charity consultancy, New ... "We’ve seen the high cost of poor governance ... The report showed that recruiting a pro-active trustee ... Many boards face two key issues which hamper...
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Calling all altruistic investment bankers...
Impetus Trust, the UK charity joined last year ... The trust chaired by former venture capitalist Stephen ... The job will involve four board meetings a ... Dawson told Financial News: "Our target over the ... He added that the firm has a wide ... Over the last nine months Impetus has recruited...
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Wealth advisers set for philanthropy lessons
A group responsible for ensuring that financial donors ... New Philanthropy Capital has launched a joint venture ... The workshops will start this month and be ... The move comes as a survey by wealth ... In a separate survey of 100 private clients ... Separately, brokers at Standard Chartered’s Financial Markets business...
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Charities fear their funding crisis can only get worse
The three virtues – faith, hope and charity ... If past recessions are anything to go by, ... Renu Mehta, founder of Fortune Forum, a charity ... Nearly a thousand charities in the UK shut ... Sixty one per cent said they were concerned ... A spokeswoman from Oxfam said: “Each pound that...
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Families’ philanthropic foundations forced to cut grants
Philanthropists face a funding crisis following a slump ... Family and private foundations have lost about 30% ... The Foundation Center, a philanthropy adviser, says several ... Tim Walter, the chief executive of Association of ... The impact of the downturn was lessened for...
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T-Bone with T. Boone whets the appetite
A charity auction for a steakhouse lunch with ... The auction ran for 10 days until 23:00 ... The winning bid of $125,000 was placed 25 ... Charlies Pierson, chief executive of Big Brothers Big ... Only one bid had been placed until the ... Pickens founded oil firm Mesa Petroleum in 1956,...
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New Philanthropy Capital hires top fund manager
New Philanthropy Capital, the London-based firm which helps ... Other external members of the committee are: Victoria ... The chair of NPC’s board of trustees, David ... The Charity Committee is responsible for scrutinising NPC ... Bolton said: "As part of the selection panel...
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