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  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    How To Spend It
    The philanthropic genius of Josef and Anni Albers

    Fifty years ago the Bauhaus artists established a foundation to use “minimal means to maximum effect”. A cultural centre, school and, now, hospital in Senegal are a perfect expression of their aims

  • Friday, 19 February, 2021
    How To Spend It
    How To Give It: five ways to make a difference this month

    Jewellery, drawing classes and contemporary art to help change lives

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    Philanthropy
    Kids Company founder and former trustees escape disqualification

    Insolvency Service argued former directors allowed charity to run on an unsustainable model

  • Friday, 5 February, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Military veterans mobilised to the UK’s Covid frontline

    Volunteers from the RE:ACT charity help with everything from staffing vaccination centres to assisting in intensive care

  • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
    Special ReportBusiness and Society
    How charities can weather the Covid storm

    The pandemic has hit non-profits hard. What must they do to survive — and what can businesses learn from them?

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    How To Spend It
    How To Give It: four fundraisers art and fashion fans will love

    Paintings, photography, music – and dinner in Azzedine Alaïa’s kitchen are all going up for grabs

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Kathleen Kerridge
    Free school meal handouts strip agency from UK parents

    Providing money or vouchers would lead to better and more nutritious meals for children

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    Andy Haldane
    Andy Haldane: Bring charities out of the technological dark ages

    Incentives like a ‘digital civic passport’ can recognise voluntary action and encourage wider participation in civic service

  • Friday, 25 December, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Successful push to house England’s homeless faces challenges ahead

    Charities say initiative has made a big difference but caution against slipping backwards

  • Promoted Content
  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Henry Mance
    Who doesn’t want to be a billionaire?

    Rich people from MacKenzie Scott to Elon Musk are discovering that giving can be hard to do

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    How To Give It in 2020 – and beyond
  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    Why the industry’s biggest watchmakers are hands-on brands

    Five philanthropic initiatives from five major names

  • Sunday, 13 December, 2020
    How To Spend ItHow To Give It in 2020 – and beyond
    Art of the matter: philanthropic initiatives so great you’ll want to frame them

    Support a good cause by hanging one of these art prints on your wall

  • Saturday, 12 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: how to give it in 2020

    Activists, conservationists and random acts of kindness star in this philanthropy special

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    World of good: how to have a guilt-free holiday

    Travel ideas – with philanthropic extras

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    How To Spend ItHow To Give It in 2020 – and beyond
    Flower to the people: behind the scenes of Lewis Miller’s ‘flashes’

    The event florist has staged more than 92 guerrilla installations in New York. He’s made a lot of people happy in the process

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    How To Spend ItHow To Give It in 2020 – and beyond
    23 gifts that give back

    The HTSI pick of presents that donate a percentage to charity

  • Thursday, 10 December, 2020
    How To Spend ItHow To Give It in 2020 – and beyond
    Why the boxer Ramla Ali is a force for good

    The former refugee fought every step of the way to become a champion boxer. But she wants to be known ‘as a person who was able to give back’

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    How To Spend ItHow To Give It in 2020 – and beyond
    Angelina Jolie: ‘Let’s seize the moment to rethink our approach to humanitarian aid’

    The actress and UN special envoy on why 2020 is the time to rethink our ways of giving

  • Monday, 7 December, 2020
    How To Spend ItHow To Give It in 2020 – and beyond
    How To Give It in 2020

    The full impact of Covid-19 on vulnerable communities is almost impossible to grasp. We shine a light on #howtogiveit and ways you can help

  • Thursday, 3 December, 2020
    How To Spend It
    The Cause: ‘You don’t go to the museum, the museum comes to you’

    Inside the extraordinary initiative giving children an art experience that goes the extra mile

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Special ReportFT Wealth: December 2020
    The German scion who sees it as his duty to house refugees and young offenders

    ‘Property entails obligations,’ says Tobias Merckle, an heir to a pharma fortune who lives in the prison he founded

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Person in the News
    Dolly Parton, the country singer trying to cure the world’s ills

    Warm-hearted chanteuse is one of the few subjects that Americans can still agree on

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Roula Khalaf
    Letter from the editor on the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign

    The Financial Times is to launch a new, ambitious charitable initiative 

  • Wednesday, 18 November, 2020
    Data protection
    Some UK charities are sharing sensitive data with advertisers, say academics

    Privacy activists also voice concern about information on potentially vulnerable people being used

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