Developing the UK's culture of philanthropy, with Matthew Bowcock & Cath Dovey
Release Date: 06/30/2020
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- What is the Beacon Collaborative?
- What was the UK culture of philanthropy like pre-Covid?
- How does this perhaps differ from the culture in other countries (e.g. the US?)
- What do we know about the barriers that prevent more wealthy people giving?
- What has the response from wealthy philanthropists to the Covid-19 crisis been like?
- How have attitudes to collaboration among philanthropists and funders changed as a result of the current context?
- How do we balance the emphasis on centralisation/coordination of philanthropy necessitated by the crisis with the choice and freedom that is likely to motivate donors over the longer term?
- Why are many donors moving from restricted to unrestricted funding right now? Is this going to herald a longer-term shift?
- Should we expect anything in philanthropy to change fundamentally as a result of what we are going through? If so, what?
- Are we likely to see a more positive or more negative narrative about philanthropy post-Covid?
Related Links
- The Beacon Collaborative website
- The Beacon Collaborative Manifesto
- CAF's Coronavirus Hub
- Our CAF Giving Thought podcast interview series on Covid-19: Voices from Civil Society
- Our CAF Giving Thought podcast on Questioning the philanthropic response to Covid-19, with Kris Putnam-Walkerly
- Our CAF Giving Thought podcast Philanthropy, civil society and covid-19: what now, what next?
- Rhod’s blog on Philanthropy and Civil Society after Covid-19: Key questions for the future