Philanthropy and benchmarking reports and more

As a few clients have asked for it lately, and because it’s useful for me to have everything in one place where I can find it(!), I thought I would collate a few recent reports and papers principally focusing on philanthropy. Links to 90+ reports from Association of Charitable Foundations, The Beacon Collaborative, Blackbaud, Blue State, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), Charity Digital Skills, Enthuse, JustGiving, LarkOwl, Legacy Futures, M+R, Massive, NCVO, NPC (New Philanthropy Capital), Open, THINK Consulting Solutions, Stewardship, UBS, and others are all there. Bookmark it to read at your leisure, or when you need a bit of sectoral research to help frame your thinking! Do let me know if you would like me to add any others. I hope it’s helpful.

2025
Legacy Giving Report 2025 (Smee & Ford and Legacy Futures)
The Negative Effects of Small Gift References in Charitable Bequest Marketing (Russell N. James & Claire Routley, Journal of Philanthropy)
UK Giving Report 2025 (CAF)
The Road Ahead 2025 (NCVO)
Fundraising ROI’s 2025 (LarkOwl)
Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland Fundraising Landscape (nfp Research)
Fundraising facts you need to know in 2025 (Charity Digital)
Supercharging Philanthropy (The Centre for Social Justice & CSJ Foundation)
Charitable Support Across Generations in the UK and Ireland (Blackbaud Institute)
2025 Trusts and Foundations Insights Survey (Gifted Philanthropy)
Charity Pulse Report 2025 (Enthuse)
Generosity Report 2025 – Exploring Christian giving in the UK (Stewardship)
Trends in philanthropy 2025: Spotlight on Next Gen (UBS)
The Mass Participation Pulse 2025 (massive)
Winter 2024 analysis: the results (Open)
Fundraising trends, challenges and opportunities for 2025 (THINK Consulting Solutions)
State of the Sector 2024 – our first findings (Devon Community Foundation)
What’s going on with grant making in 2025? (Apollo Fundraising, January 2025)
The Philanthropy Outlook 2024 & 2025 report (IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy)

2024
UK Giving Behaviours Tracker (Blue State)
Grantmakers List 2022/23 (UK Grantmaking)
Charitable Support Across Generations (Blackbaud)
Profitable Partnerships Research (Remarkable Partnerships and Rogare, September 2024)
The Civil Society Almanac 2024 (NCVO)
UKGrantmaking 2024 (360Giving, the Association of Charitable Foundations, the Association of Charitable Organisations, UK Community Foundations, London Funders)
Mass Events 2024/25 – what have we learnt? (Enthuse)
Arts and Culture funding report 2019-22 (Paul Hamlyn Foundation)
M+R Benchmarks UK 2023 (M+R, Rally)
The Status of UK Fundraising: 2024 Benchmark Report (Blackbaud)
“On Golden Ponds. How are Trusts and Foundations ageing out? What we can learn from The List.” (Joanna Jeffery, August 2024)
I read TEN sector reports (so you don’t have to) (LarkOwl)
The Status of UK Fundraising: 2024 Benchmark Report (Blackbaud)
Donor Pulse Report Summer 2024 (Enthuse)
World Giving Index 2024 (CAF)
Charity Digital Skills Report (2024)
Foundations in Focus (Association of Charitable Foundations, July 2024)
Legacy Futures data dashboard (updated webpage)
Underfunded and Overlooked, the Perilous State of Britain’s Grassroots Charities (Centre for Social Justice Foundation, May 2024)
The Sunday Times Rich List (May 2024)
Donor Pulse Spring Edition 2024 (Enthuse, May 2024)
Muslim Giving Behaviours Report (Blue State, May 2024)
Christmas 2023: another year of crisis? (Open, March 2024)
Charity Pulse Report (Enthuse, February 2024)
The Road Ahead 2024 (NCVO, 2024)
Time to end the dominance of short-term grants: the evidence for multi-year funding (IVAR, February 2024)
State of the Sector 2024 (NPC, February 2024)
Mass Participation Pulse 2024 (Massive)

2023
The CASE-More UK Philanthropy Report
Legacy Trends Report 2023 (Smee & Ford)
Donor Pulse (Enthuse, Winter 2023)
Mass Events Report (Enthuse, Winter 2023)
The Status of UK Fundraising Report 2023 (Blackbaud)
UK Civil Society Almanac (October 2023)
Donor Pulse (Enthuse, Autumn 2023)
UK Giving Report 2023 (CAF)
State of the Sector Report (Wood for Trees, August 2023)
Christmas Giving Insights (Enthuse, July 2023)
Fundraising in the UK: Donor Behaviour Insights 2023 (Blackbaud)
The latest event and giving trends (JustGiving, 2023)
Donor Pulse Report (Enthuse, Summer 2023)
Foundation giving trends 2022 (ACF)
Charity Digital Skills Report (2023)
UK Giving Focus report 2023 (Blackbaud)
State of the Sector Report (Wood for Trees, April 2023)
Enthuse Donor Pulse – Spring 2023
Christmas in a crisis: winter appeal results (Open, January 2023)

2022
Corporate giving by the FTSE 100
Open Charity Benchmarks 2022 report
CASE Insights on Global Philanthropy
ACF Foundation Giving Trends 2022
Blackbaud: The Status of UK Fundraising 2022
The Supporter Experience Report 2022 (Blackbaud)
Loyalty Meets Philanthropic Psychology (Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy)
Global Trends and Strategic Time Horizons in Philanthropy (Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors)
CAF UK Giving Report 2022
CAF World Giving Index 2022
NCVO Civil Society Almanac 2022

2021
Learning to Say Thank You: The Role of Donor Acknowledgements (Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy)
Fundraising Benchmarking report (LarkOwl, 2021)
UK Giving Report (CAF, 2021)
Barclays – Philanthropy Outlook: Reflections on 2021 and a look ahead to 2022

2020 and older
Giving to non-UK universities by the UK’s top 200 philanthropists (universityphilanthropy.com)
The Impact of Covid-19 on HE Fundraising (Halpin, 2020)
UK Giving and Covid-19 Special Report (CAF, 2020)
Beacon Collaborative: Giving Experience Report 2020
State of the Sector 2020 (NPC 2020)
Charity Benchmarks Sector Report 2019 (Institute of Fundraising)
Global Philanthropy Report: Perspectives on the Global Foundation Sector (Harvard Kennedy School, 2018)
Million Pound Donors Report (Coutts, 2017)

Charitable Legacies in an Environment of Change (The Smith Institute, 2009)