Transcript 2007/08 - Institute of Fundraising

Charity income trends
Cathy Pharoah
Co-Director, CGAP
IOF Consultants February 2010
Perspectives on trends
not much data yet on 2008 -2009
however, 2007/08 trends likely continuing/ exacerbating
eg Unison, NSPCC, Russam GMS, Charity Commission -
reports re staff / service cuts
eg Individual Giving Survey, INVESTEC, CGAP study, anecdotal – exceptions CFN, Haiti
2007/08
largest 300 had small fundraising increase of £258m
rise of from £5 to £5.3 billion; growth just real 0.9%
2/5 of the largest 300 experienced reduction;
fundraising income of top 10 grew at real 2.3%
top 10 income accounted for ¼ of top 300
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Trends in charitable trusts
Baker Tilly survey (majority expecting investment income falls), Carnegie, BLF doing well,
Wellcome recovery but..
2007/08
charitable expenditure of the top 300 grant-making trusts in 2007/08 was £3.4 billion
grant-making showed a 38% real increase on the previous year, almost entirely due to
huge increase disbursements of BLF, and an increase in Wellcome Trust’s expenditure:
excluding BLF and Wellcome, grant-making grew only by real 1.6%
there was little general increase in grants expenditure across the board, and two-fifths of
trusts saw a real-terms fall in the value of their grant-making;
any significant increases in grants expenditure were largely due to one-off, large and
specialized grants (excl BLF and Wellcome)
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Trends in corporate giving 2007/08
pharmaceutical, supermarket, extraction and insurance sectors ousting dominance of
financial services
reported Worldwide Corporate Investment increased in 11 of top 20 corporate donors, in
spite of recession (balance between cash and in-kind is not clear)
WCI of top 300 corporate donors moved to new high of £1.7 billion
37% was product donations of AstraZenica & GlaxoSmithKline; if excl, WCI was £1.1 billion
WCI was 1.4% of pre-tax profit if product donations included, and 0.9% if excluded
WCI incl. pharmaceutical product donations grew by real 18%, while profits fell by 28%
excluding pharmaceutical product donations, there was real annual increase of 15%
longer-term trends that after declining in middle of decade, WCI increased
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Likely outlook for giving
donated income of the UK’s top fundraising charities during the recession of the early ‘90s.[i]
while total household income began to fall in real terms in 1990, charity income still grew in 1991, subsequently showing falls
in 1992 and 1993, and then rising fairly strongly again
over early ‘90s as a whole, donations rose: research indicates that changes in donations move in line with changes in income
.
US data concludes that economic downturns mainly tend to slow down the longer-run growth
2008 report: giving has increased at average real 2.8% pa for the last forty years, but fell in each recession in period[ii].
BUT factors which hold up levels of US giving relate to planned giving, including legacy income.
such giving is related to deferred not current income, so there is a time-lag in impact. Giving by the wealthy is particularly
affected by longer-term investment values: spontaneous one-off giving by public is affected by the employment rate.
both factors likely to mean drop in giving, but considerable uncertainty as to how much and when – meantime mitigating?
[i] Micklewright, J and Pharoah C. Evidence to House of Commons Parliamentary Select Committee on International Development Aid. 31.03.09
[ii] The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. (2008) Special briefing on the economy and charitable giving. November 2008
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Key statistics on charitable legacies
Total value of charitable legacies
£2 billion
Value of estates above IHT threshold
£32 billion
Charitable legacies as % of estate value
6%
Individual giving as % of income
1%
Number of reported estates above IHT
54,052
Number of estates with charitable bequests
8,647
Proportion of estates with charitable bequest
16%
Proportion of people giving per month
54%
Single people are 5 - 7 times
more likely to leave a charitable
legacy than those married,
widowed or divorced.
Women who have been
widowed or divorced leave the
vast majority of their estates to
their children and other family
members.
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UK GDP Growth Rate
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Growth trends in GDP and charity legacies
%
4
3
GDP
2
1
All legacies
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
-1
-2
-3
-4
-5
-6
Panel of legacies
IHT tax-relief
£m
2004/05
2005/06
2006/07
2007/08
2008/09
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Source: Unpublished analysis, Cathy Pharoah, Charity Market Monitor 2009, data from CaritasData 3000, and tradingeconomics.com
440
420
410
440
380
Annual trends in legacy income by cause
£ million
450
Health
400
350
Social welfare
300
250
200
Animals
150
Environment
100
International
50
Art and culture
Faith
0
2003-02
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Sources: Cathy Pharoah, Charity Market Monitor 2008, Vol 1 and CaritasData Top 3000 2009 unpublished analysis,
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Change in fundraised income 2006/07 -2007/08
£ million
4000
3500
3000
2006-07
2500
2007-08
2000
1500
1000
500
0
Legacies
Donations Gifts in kind
Donated
goods
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Source: Cathy Pharoah, Charity Market Monitor 2009, CaritasData
Sector reactions
Political and economic uncertainties
Sensible and silly – CC report on trust investment management
‘black holes’ in finance and silly figures
Poor quality surveys – mistakes eg claims about corporate figures
Gift Aid fiasco?
Public sector spending cuts – holding breath
Difficulty discerning trends behind changes
Litigious attitudes
 Collaboration or competition?
Outlook – not cliff edge, but harder times – sector must show value – values? (NCVO)
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