NPC in the press
Support lacking for disabled teenagers at time of transition to adulthood
12 November - Guardian online
Lack of state support for disabled teenagers as they move into adulthood means they are held back from living independently, with some even forced to go into residential care homes for the elderly, according to research published today.
Young people and their families told the think tank New Philanthropy Capital the move from child to adult services at the age of 18 was so frightening it made them feel they were on a "cliff edge".
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Giving in India: Are you wasting your money?
1 October 2009 - Alliance magazine
Giving in India is often said to be going through a boom, with registered foreign funding increasing by 150 per cent between 2003 and 2007. But scratch the surface and it is likely that much of this spending is being wasted. This is the stark conclusion of a new report by charity consultancy and think-tank New Philanthropy Capital.
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Charities working in India urged to prove their impact
25 September 2009 - Third Sector Online
UK-based charities that raise money for causes in India should do more to demonstrate their impact to donors, new research by New Philanthropy Capital and Delhi-based research firm Copal has shown.
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Charitable foundations 'not making the most of major donors'
4 September 2009 - Third Sector Online
Foundations must work more closely with philanthropists to make the most of major donations, a report from New Philanthropy Capital has claimed. Foundations have the expertise to make the most of large donations from philanthropists but there are no relevant networks to bring the two together, the report concludes.
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Conference report: Conference on ‘Valuing impact’
1 September 2009 - Alliance magazine
'My name is Martin Brookes and I'm a non-profit analyst. Not many people can say that and not many would understand it.’ So said Martin Brookes, Chief Executive of New Philanthropy Capital (NPC). The aim of NPC and the Bertelsmann Foundation, joint organizers of a conference on ‘Valuing impact’ held in London on 19 May, was to change this situation. Around 200 delegates from 19 countries came together for the day to talk about how this might be done.
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NPC takes over work of Intelligent Giving
18 August 2009 - Philanthropy UK
Charity and donor advisors New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) will take over the work of Intelligent Giving, the charity evaluation and donor advice website, whose future was at risk because of severe funding difficulties.
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Charities urged to eye mergers
5 June 2009 - Financial Times
Charities should considering merging in order to survive the downturn and become more efficient, a leading think-tank on philanthropy says on Friday.
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Kneejerk policies a strain on prison system
14 April 2009 - The Guardian
The government is failing to rehabilitate offenders, leaving charities to pick up the pieces and running the risk of further strain on the overstretched prison system, according to damning research published today.
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Positive Change
1 April – The Guardian Society (Joe Public Blog)
Despite the current recession, Martin Brookes – Chief Executive of NPC - reflects that straitened times may lead to better funding.
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Learning from the farmer’s market
1 March 2009 - Alliance magazine
In light of the global financial crisis, Jacob Harold calls for philanthropy to act more like a community farmer’s market – offering a simple, intuitive infrastructure that would enable smart, safe transactions. While there is a way to go before we can achieve this, he nevertheless notes that “organizations like…New Philanthropy Capital…have begun to build this infrastructure for civil society”.
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Measure pursuits
25 February 2009 – Charity Finance
“The standard of impact reporting in the sector is held back by a lack of clarity on definitions and measurement tools,” finds Vibeka Mair of Charity Finance finds that.“ In a recession, however, Martin Brookes of New Philanthropy Capital believes that “people will start to get more discerning about where their money goes and what it achieves.”
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The rich can save the world: we should let them
4 February 2009 – The Times
According to Matthew Bishop in The Times, “Philanthrocapitalism can play a key role in leading the world out of today's economic problems, by combining the heart of the social activist with the mind of business… Business leaders can put their business nous to public benefit in a way governments never can.” He continues, “Two organisations already exist in Britain that have a mission to improve the effectiveness of the social sector…One is New Philanthropy Capital.”
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Speaking from experience: On campaigning
27 January 2009 – The Herald
Critical Masses, a recently launched report by New Philanthropy Capital, urges donors “not to be afraid to fund agencies that want to campaign.” Providing excellent examples of several such charities, the report goes on to say that “campaigning can be highly successful in that it tends to tackle causes rather than symptoms.''
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