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Is the Silicon Valley Community Foundation the world's most influential foundation?
Is the Silicon Valley Community Foundation the world's most influential foundation?

Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) is the United States’ biggest community foundation – by far. Established in 2007, it is also one of the youngest community foundations and that, perhaps, is equally as important in the context of our latest research as its financial firepower. SVCF disburses huge sums of money and its importance is down to the fact it represents a wide group of philanthropists – often internationally by background or instinct – who have chosen to channel their philanthropy through the Foundation.

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Andrew WigleySilicon Valley, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin, Jack Dorsey, Technology, Next generation, Philanthropy, Philanthropists, California, Santa Clara University, university
Riding high: The role of university charitable trusts in UK fundraising
Riding high: The role of university charitable trusts in UK fundraising

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.

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Andrew WigleyUniversity, Charitable trusts, Foundations, University of Cape Town, University of the Witwatersrand, University of Pennsylvania, Weizmann Institute, UK fundraising, tax relief, Gift Aid, Wolfson Foundation, Bar Ilan University, Ben Gurion University, Stanford University, Hebrew University, Haifa University, Israel, United States, South Africa, Makerere, Higher education, university philanthropy, university fundraising, university
University funding by the UK's top 100 foundations: English imperialism but science rules
University funding by the UK's top 100 foundations: English imperialism but science rules

Which 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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Andrew Wigleyuniversity, philanthropy, university philanthropy, philanthropic patterns of giving, foundations, UK, Association of Charitable Foundations, Top foundations, Top 100, Monash University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Cape Town
Philanthro-capitalism and universities: Enabler or ossifier?
Andrew Wigleyuniversity, philanthropy, university philanthropy, philanthrocapitalism, higher education, philanthropic culture, philanthropic patterns of giving, Paul Vallely, elite, elite institutions, Oxford, Harvard, University of Oxford, University of Cape Town, Africa, UK, US, Ivy League, Carnegie, Mellon, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Wellcome Trust, High Net Worth Individual, Ultra High Net Worth Individual, Millionaires, University of Kent Centre for Philanthropy, Coutts