# Beth Breeze wins AFP/Skystone Partners Research Prize

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/04/16/beth-breeze-wins-afp-skystone-partners-research-prize/
- Published: 2018-04-16T07:14:56+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Senior lecturer on social policy and director of the Centre for Philanthropy Beth
Breeze has been awarded the 2018 AFP/Skystone Partners Prize for Research on Fundraising
and Philanthropy for her book _The New Fundraisers: Who Organises Charitable Giving
in Contemporary Society?_.**

Published by Policy Press in 2017, _The New Fundraisers_ provides a global overview
on the purpose and history of fundraising, with in-depth data from an extensive 
study of UK fundraisers. The book is an empirically-based and theoretically-informed
account of the makeup and role of fundraisers, how fundraising works in practice
and what kinds of skills and training make for an effective fundraising professional.

Each year, the [AFP](http://www.afpnet.org/) Research Council awards the [Skystone Partners Prize for Research](http://www.afpnet.org/About/AwardsDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=783&navItemNumber=13283)
to the author or authors of a book that contributes substantially to the knowledge
and understanding of fundraising or philanthropic behaviour. The award is funded
by an endowment established by fundraising consultants [Skystone Partners](https://www.skystonepartners.com/).

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Commenting on her prize, the jury said:

>  “This excellent volume was selected because of its value as a research study 
> that centres itself outside of the United States. Dr. Breeze’s book argues that
> fundraising is about much more than simply ‘raising funds’ by asking donors, as
> the process must also include the complex work of cultivation by the practitioner.
> “
> Prior to now, most researchers have focused on individual donors, their characteristics
> and their motivations. Dr. Breeze flips the script and, through empirical research,
> helps us understand the fundraiser. We commend Dr. Breeze for strong research 
> and an accessible book that can forward our field.” 

Breeze said:

>  “Writing this book was a labour of love because I feel strongly that fundraising
> is a crucial yet overlooked, and often misunderstood, profession. I hope that 
> the book helps to challenge the illogical position whereby charities are widely
> admired, but the people who bring in the funding that enables charitable activity
> to take place, are not.”

Breeze worked as a fundraiser and charity manager before co-founding the [Centre for Philanthropy](https://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/philanthropy/)
at the University of Kent, where she now leads a team conducting research and teaching
courses on philanthropy and fundraising. She has written the annual _Coutts Million
Pound Donor Report_ since 2008, co-authored _Richer Lives: Why Rich People Give_(
2013), _The Logic of Charity: Great Expectations in Hard Time_s (2015) and co-edited
_The Philanthropy Reader_ (2016).

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