Research

Explore our annual Foundation Giving Trends and policy research reports.

Foundation Giving Trends reports

Research reports

Foundation Giving Trends reports

Key facts and figures on giving, income and assets in the top 300 UK independent charitable foundations.

	Foundation Giving Trends 2022 May 2023 Download The top 300 foundations by giving can be explored by downloading this Excel table.

	Foundation Giving Trends 2021 December 2021 Download
	The top 300 foundations by giving can be explored by downloading this Excel table. We have also produced a video presentation exploring key findings from the report. The video features report authors Dr Cat Walker and Dr Cathy Pharoah and is chaired by Richard Hebditch, ACF's director of external affairs. Watch it now on YouTube.

	Foundation Giving Trends update 2020 October 2021 Download

	Foundation Giving Trends 2019 October 2019 Download

	Foundation Giving Trends 2018 October 2018 Download

	Foundation Giving Trends 2017 September 2017 Download

	Foundation Giving Trends 2016 September 2016 Download

	Family Foundation Giving Trends 2015 September 2015 Download

	Foundation Giving Trends 2015 September 2015 Download

	Foundation Giving Trends 2014 May 2014 Download

	Family Foundation Giving Trends 2014 June 2014 Download

Research reports

Funder Commitment on Climate Change

July 2023

Foundation operating costs

June 2022

Funder Commitment on Climate Change

Year 1 report

April 2021

Funder Commitment on Climate Change

Year 2 report

June 2022

Rising to the Challenge

Charitable foundations' responses to to Coronavirus and their forecast for the future

April 2021

SORP
Survey of Charitable Funders’ Views of Accounts prepared under the Charities SORP

December 2020

The Awareness and Effectiveness of Charity Trustees in Grant-making in England and Wales

Research and analysis of grant-making foundation trustees’ perceptions of their role and responsibilities as trustees.

June 2018

Intentional investing

Whether and how to develop a charity's investment strategy with its values and aims in mind.

May 2015

Engagement in the social investment market

This research is the result of informed contributions from a wide number of people involved in trusts and foundations and social investment.

October 2013

For Good And Not For Keeps

How long-term charity investors approach spending on their charitable aims.

February 2013

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