Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy

Visit our website: www.cgap.org.uk

CGAP is the UK's first research Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy. It aims to develop knowledge and engage with donors, charities and practitioners. CGAP is a consortium of British research institutions with strong links into the charity sector.

CGAP Day Conference

CGAP is holding a day conference in central London on 18th June to present and discuss its research to date. Leading researchers from CGAP's five participating universities and NCVO will share their work. Click here to book..

The Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy (CGAP) brings together the expertise of NCVO and research teams in five universities: University of Strathclyde, University of Kent, University of Southampton, Cass Business School and University of Edinburgh.

Our mission is to build a better understanding of charitable giving and philanthropy for donors, charities and policy-makers. We aim to promote the strategic role of philanthropy in meeting today’s social needs.

Together, members of the Centre are dedicated to researching and sharing knowledge on giving and philanthropy today, with partners leading on different areas of the programme:

Individual & Corporate Giving – University of Strathclyde
Charity & Social Redistribution – Universities of Kent & Southampton
Institutions of Philanthropy and Giving Data – Cass Business School & University of Edinburgh
Knowledge-sharing and dissemination – Cass Business School, University of Edinburgh and NCVO

The Centre has been jointly funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Office of the Third Sector (OTS), Carnegie UK Trust and Scottish Government. Together they provide a total of £2.2million over 5 years