In June of last year the Charity Commission issued Charity fundraising: a guide to trustee duties (CC20), that almost overnight transformed the role of trustees in the fundraising activity of their charity. A comprehensive checklist lists exactly what is required of all trustees and the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) has also issued its own practical toolkit to complement the new guidelines. However, most of us cultural sector fundraisers are still trying to figure out the implications of... more
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Issue 300: Individual giving in the spotlight
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Individual giving in the spotlight
16 Feb 2017The Charity Commission’s new fundraising guide has transformed the role of trustees. Samir Savant considers whether it is a change for the better.
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05 Jan 2017
Can financial incentives prompt donors to give more, or more often? In their second article on crowdfunding in the arts, Peter Baeck and Sam Mitchell discuss the findings of a new match-funding scheme.
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26 Jan 2017
Many great public art collections were founded upon the bequests of private collectors, but how can galleries engage the collectors and philanthropists of the future? Kirstie Hamilton reports on Museums Sheffield investigations.
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12 Jan 2017
When member benefits proved uneconomical, Northern Ballet decided to stop offering them. Crys Whitewoods explains how the decision is paying off.