UniversityPhilanthropy.com

UniversityPhilanthropy.com is the research arm of the Cape Partnership. We look at philanthropy to universities and higher education institutions.

01/02/2022

Our review of 60 global philanthropic foundations published today points to a more diverse group of leaders in post today than compared to 2012, with foundations in the US having made significant progress in addressing diversity over the ten years.

In contrast, European foundations have made less progress during the past decade in which there has been growing awareness of the importance of balance in leadership roles in public life.

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22/12/2021

Getting into the Christmas spirit: Discussing philanthropy on GB News

08/11/2021

The £155m Vietnamese donation to the which will lead to the renaming of places a spotlight on how many of the leading universities fundraise. The naming and re-naming of chairs, buildings and colleges are part of the fundraisers’ armory. How you navigate the reputational risk associated with accepting very large donations is challenging – not least for leading universities such as Oxford which are of strategic national interest.

08/11/2021

The £155m donation to the University of Oxford by a Vietnamese business woman which will lead to the renaming of Linacre College places a spotlight on how many of the leading universities fundraise. The naming and re-naming of chairs, buildings and colleges are part of the fundraisers’ armory. How you navigate the reputational risk associated with accepting very large donations is challenging – not least for leading universities such as Oxford which are of strategic national interest.

It should not be forgotten the vast majority of philanthropists to the UK’s universities – 66 of the top 100 in the SundayTimes Rich List give to UK universities – make a remarkable contribution to Higher Education and that should be a cause of great celebration.

07/11/2021

When is a donation to a university an act of philanthropy and when is it a commercial transaction? My contribution to a discussion with Alistair Stewart on GB News this lunchtime

GB News on Twitter “'If you really are interested in making a contribution and a selfless act of philanthropy, you wouldn’t be looking to be getting some name recognition out of it' on if philanthropy is the way forward. https://t.co/GX5hFW2KaW”

27/09/2021

Why do Latin American universities struggle to attract global philanthropy? Today we highlight university funding.

23/09/2021

We continue asking the question today why do the big philanthropic foundations give so little to Latin America’s universities? Read our report out today at universityphilanthropy.com

22/09/2021

We continue our campaign this week, asking why does so little global philanthropy reach Latin American universities. We share another example, this time the Rockefeller Foundation.

Philanthropy: Latin American universities deserve more

21/09/2021

Marcelo mazariegos and Andrew Wigley spell out why Latin American universities are under-recognised by philanthropists. Thanks to University World News for publishing our point of view.

Philanthropy: Latin American universities deserve more Global philanthropy has reinforced for too long an Anglo-Saxon or Western European bias. That philanthropy in the United States, where nearly 20% of t...