# Million-pound donors report due out next week

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/11/01/millionpound-donors-report-due-out-next-week/
- Published: 2008-11-01T01:07:11+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A report into donors who give a million pounds or more to charity will be published
nextw eek at the launch of the new Centre for Philanthropy, Humanitarianism and 
Social Justice (CPHSJ) at the University of Kent.

The Coutts “Million-Pound Donors Report” has been authored by Beth Breeze, co-founder
of CPHSJ. It is the first attempt to collate and analyse data on UK charitable donations
of £1 million or more. The aim of the report is to assess the scale and impact of
such gifts, of which almost 200 were identified for 2006/2007, and to get a better
understanding of who is making them and what causes they are supporting.

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Dr Iain Wilkinson, Director of CPHSJ, said that the report was the first publication
in an initiative to track trends in major giving within established and emerging
sectors of philanthropy. He said: “It aims to provide donors, philanthropic advisors,
fundraisers and policymakers with a robust evidence base from which to engage in
debates over the social value of philanthropy and the means by which this might 
be promoted and enhanced”.

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Mark Evans, Head of Family Business and Philanthropy at [Coutts & Co](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/www.coutts.com/philanthropy),
said: “We are delighted to be working with the University of Kent to raise awareness
of the contribution of million-pound donors to so many different causes. It is also
why our focus at Coutts is on helping private clients create their own effective
giving strategies.”

Copies of the Coutts Million-Pound Donors Report will be available for free download
after the launch on 6 November from:

www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/cphsj

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## Comments

### By: johnthompson

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/11/01/millionpound-donors-report-due-out-next-week/#comment-3356
- Published: 2008-11-02T18:39:23+00:00

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