![]() ![]() “Buildings are named after them and entrepreneurs are proud of what they give. “In America they celebrate philanthropy,” he said. And O’Donnell called on the government to appoint a senior civil servant to drive donations back up. The top 1% typically gave 0.2% of their income, while separate figures suggest that typical donations across the whole population in 2019 amounted to about 0.8% of average incomes.īut rather than a simple case of growing miserliness among the rich, experts said charities needed to do more to win back the trust of donors after a series of scandals over the use of funds, including by Oxfam and Kids Company. Lord O’Donnell’s research found that the typical income of someone in the top 1% rose 10% between 20, to £271,000, but their typical donation fell by more than a fifth. Alisher Usmanov, an Uzbek-born metals and mining magnate who has been Britain’s most generous donor of the last two decades, increased his charitable spending from £137m to £507m. Janet de Botton, an art collector, is among those who have stepped up their donations, giving £54m in 2019 and £68m in 2021, according to the Giving List compiled by the Sunday Times and CAF. The study found that the UK’s very richest 1,700 people made close to two-thirds of the donations made by the top 1%. Among the top 1% in Britain, there is a generosity gap between a handful who give very significant amounts and the majority who give substantially less.” He said: “Those with the deepest pockets can afford to reach a little further. Gus O’Donnell, the former cabinet secretary who led the research by the Law Family Commission on Civil Society, urged the wealthy to “think about what you could be spending your money on this Christmas – if it’s buying a bigger yacht or giving it to people who really need it and via charities that can really make a difference”. If that rate continues it would mean the lowest annual receipt in five years. Approximately 344,000 highest earners who received more than £175,000 before tax accounted for 17% of the UK’s pre-tax income, including capital gains, over that period but made just 6% of all charitable donations.Ĭharities are facing a fresh fundraising crisis sparked by the new Covid wave after a plunge in donors last year, with 1.6 million fewer people donating as thousands of fundraising events from fun runs to gala dinners were cancelled.Ĭharities received £4.6bn in donations in the first half of this year, according to the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). ![]()
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