Improving the charity sector

NPC also produces research that falls outside our sector based work. This research examines barriers holding back the charity sector and philanthropy, and strives to find solutions. This could include anything from weak trustee boards with charities, through to good grantmaking and research for trusted advisors on the philanthropy needs of high-net-worth individuals.

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Research includes:

Charity analysis

• Charity analysis framework
• Social Return on Investment Analysis (SROI) position paper
• An example of a Social return on investment (SROI) analysis

Fundraising

• Fundraising events
• Charitable loans

Grantmaking

• Co-funding - foundations and new philanthropists
• A corporate's giving
• Good grant making

Improving charities

• Mergers
• Proving your worth to Whitehall
• Trusteeship
• Reporting in England - improving the report process for English charities
• Reporting in Scotland - improving the reporting process for Scottish charities
• Communicating results
• Reporting to commissioners
• Full cost recovery
• Risks in public contracts
• Social campaigning
• NPC perspectives: Scaling up for the Big Society
• Loans and social investment
• Trusteeship 2010 update report

Improving philanthropy

• Philanthropy advice, views from donors
• Philanthropy advice, the role of wealth advisors
• The business of philanthropy: building the philanthropy advice marketplace

Well-being

• Well-being measure

>>See NPC's full research programme.