Are you too proud to be a toilet roll philanthropist?
Restricting what your donations can fund will cut the value of your gift
View ArticleHow to give it: Make your donations work harder
Did the charity make it happen, or would it have happened anyway?
View ArticleWhere your donations to medical research really go
85 per cent of medical research is wasted — costing £170bn a year
View ArticleWhen charitable donations cost more than they give
Popularity contests for funding waste time and resources
View ArticleDon’t spread the love with your Christmas charity giving
One big donation will be more effective than several smaller ones
View ArticleWhy are there so many charities?
Donors encourage smaller organisations — but does that help beneficiaries?
View ArticleBreaking the hunger cycle for the price of a bus ticket
Modern day philanthropists adopt an evidence-based approach
View ArticleHelp the homeless — don’t give them spare change
Support homelessness charities and send your money to where it’s really needed
View ArticleThree ways to tell if you’re an effective philanthropist
Make sure your donations have the maximum impact
View ArticleGodzilla charities threaten to overwhelm smaller rivals
Established fundraisers dominate — but they don’t have a monopoly on good ideas
View ArticleOne charity is going to get a $100m donation — but how to choose?
The same thought process should apply, whether it is a mega-donation or spare change
View ArticleBack to school: how to give money for education
Donors can make errors when they look for effective ways to fund children’s learning
View ArticleTry not to judge a charity by its admin costs alone
Producing the kind of data donors would like is hard and expensive, but not impossible
View ArticleGive one charity donation, get one free
Making a big gift to draw other donors only works if the charity is highly effective
View ArticleCharitable foundations: There’s an argument for spending it fast
Growing number of funds take a shorter-term approach
View ArticleCharities should have kept Presidents Club donations
Trustees’ decision was understandable, but they should focus on their beneficiaries
View ArticleDonors left empty-handed on charity data questions
How can you tell if a charity is effective, when there is little independent analysis?
View ArticleEmpowering the poorest of the poor
The global ‘gig economy’ is awash with the downtrodden and effective campaigners
View ArticleThe second best thing to give to charity is feedback
Donors can encourage charities to seek feedback
View ArticleCharity begins with admitting we got it wrong
We need to be scientific and fearless about assessing whether proposed solutions work
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