Join us for the ACF's Foundation Giving Trends drinks reception 2022.
The Foundation Giving Trends series of reports presents annual research and analysis on trends in the giving, spending, income and assets of the largest philanthropically-funded foundations in the UK. This event is a chance to find out what the findings might mean for foundations – and to meet colleagues from the sector in person for the first time since the latest Covid restrictions. You can also find out how your foundation compares with other foundations in the top 350 foundations.
2021's report focuses on the 2019/2020 accounts. The Foundation Giving Trends 2021 was published in December 2021 and shows foundations’ financial position going into the Covid pandemic and their immediate responses to the emergency. The research Foundation Giving Trends is kindly supported by Pears Foundation.
This event will be a discussion with an expert panel followed by a drinks reception where you can meet colleagues from other foundations. It is the first ACF in person event since March 2020. We are constantly reviewing government guidelines and your safety as participants is paramount to us. Details on our risk assessment will be shared with our joining instructions, a few days before the event.
Speakers will discuss what Foundation Giving Trends tells us about the state of the foundation sector through the Covid pandemic and now coming out of it; and where it might be going over next five years.
The event is open to ACF members and invited foundations and we are grateful to our official partner Ruffer for hosting the event, which will take place at their offices at 80 Victoria Street; London; SW1E 5JL.
Chair
Carol Mack
Foundation Giving Trends report
Professor Cathy Pharoah, Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Bayes Business School.
Panel
Professor Cathy Pharoah, Centre for Charity Effectiveness, Bayes Business School. 
Cathy Pharoah is Visiting Professor of Charity Funding at Bayes Business School. She is an expert on non-profit sector funding, and has carried out many studies on topics related to giving and fundraising, philanthropy, charity income, and social enterprise. She has produced the flagship annual Foundation Giving Trends series since 2007, funded by the Pears Foundation and in collaboration with ACF. Other recent research includes innovative studies of grant-makers in the Muslim sector, funded by the UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund, and reports on giving and fundraising income during the pandemic, for the Chartered Institute of Fundraising. She is a founder and former Policy Editor of Voluntary Sector Review, the UK’s only academic journal dedicated to the voluntary sector. She is currently a trustee of the Barrow Cadbury Trust.
Sarah Benioff, Cripplegate Foundation and Islington Giving
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Sarah joined the Cripplegate Foundation and Islington Giving as Director in 2019. Cripplegate Foundation is a 500-year-old local grant making trust in Islington, and Islington Giving is a coalition of local, regional, and national funders, residents, businesses, and voluntary organisations focused on poverty and inequality in the Borough.
Prior to this, Sarah worked for the National Lottery Community Fund from 2016 to 2019, as England Director and previously as Deputy Director for Strategic Programmes. Sarah was also a Director in the Civil Service for over ten years, holding senior positions with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), and the Office for Civil Society (OCS) in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS). Sarah was formerly the Chief Executive of the Community Development Foundation, a non-departmental public body and charity. Sarah is also an ACF Trustee.
Aleema Shivji (Executive Director of Impact And Investment from Comic Relief)
If you would like to discuss access requirements or if you have need help booking your space, please contact [email protected].
With thanks to Ruffer for hosting and Pears Foundation for supporting this event.
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