Supercharging Philanthropy
Think tank: Centre for Social Justice
Author(s): Nathan Gamester
March 1, 2025
This report from UK think tank the Centre for Social Justice looks at how government and givers can unleash a new wave of philanthropic funding.
This report calls on Government to increase its match-funding activity and we have identified £3.87 billion – a funding pot drawn from existing Government spend across this Parliament utilising unclaimed gift aid, dormant funds and dormant assets to provide the pot for this match funding.
This report recommends that £3.27 billion of the pot be released into match funding initiatives. If the average of 1 to 2.5 is achieved, then match funding from a willing group of philanthropists could release an additional £8.22 billion of philanthropic funding into the UK.13 It lays out 35 recommendations on what Government can do to unlock a new generation of philanthropic giving and also lays out how grant givers and enable their giving to stretch further through good practice and collaboration.
If the Government is bold in setting clear ambition, direction and policy parameters, philanthropists up and down the country are poised ready to respond.
