According to our latest research, there are now 85 university charitable foundations in the UK, established by non-UK universities in over 20 countries. Between 2014-19 these charitable trusts received over £342.5m ($460m) from UK based philanthropic giving, and 2019 was the most successful year yet, collectively reporting 37% growth over 2018 income. And we know this doesn’t reflect the full picture of university charitable fundraising.
Read MoreWhich are the leading UK foundations in university philanthropy? And who is giving where? The patterns and behaviours of the leading foundations is an important indicator. We researched the giving of the Association of Charitable Foundations top 100 foundations, looking primarily at which organisations were funding universities and higher education institutions outside the UK. This is the second year we have undertaken this study, so we now have a pattern building of international university philanthropy by the UK’s leading charitable foundations.
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