Written comment

• Emma Beeston, co-creator and co-convenor of the Advising Donors module within our MA Philanthropic Studies programme, reflects on the profession of philanthropy advising.
• Beth Breeze comments on the furore of tainted donations: Institutions Are (Quietly) Taking Sackler Money, New York Times, 25 January 2024
• Disciplining Generosity: An excerpt from Advising Philanthropists on how advisors support better philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 16 May 2023

• Meaningful Giving; An interview with Beth Breeze, Philanthropy Daily, 19 April 2023
• Lifting the Curtain on Philanthropy Advising, Inside Philanthropy, 23 February 2023
• Thinking Beyond Ourselves at Philanthropy Australia, Alliance magazine, 22 September 2022
• Agent Provocateur: Fundraisers need to help to defend philanthropy and philanthropists: Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Civil Society’s Fundraising Magazine, December 2021
• Beyond Market and Government: Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Schweizer Monat, November 2021
• Don’t shoot the philanthropist: Dr Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Alliance Magazine, 31 August 2021

• Providing Fundraising Education for the Little Guy (globally and in crisis: Dr Lesley Alborough, former Pears Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Kent. NACC News, January 2021

• The importance of teaching philanthropy: Educating children for social good. Alison Body, Emily Lau and Jo Josephidou, Impact, November 2020
• It’s time to talk differently – and more carefully – about philanthropy: Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. Beacon Collaborative website, 27 September 2020
• COVID-19 provides momentum for meaningful collaborative partnerships in children’s services: Alison Body, Transforming Society, 19 May 2020
• Children’s charities were struggling way before coronavirus – now they’re drowning: Alison Body, The Independent, 3 May 2020
• Don’t dismiss philanthropy: it’s crucial during the coronavirus pandemic Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy and Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive of the Wolfson Foundation, The Guardian, 28 April 2020
• Learning in Lockdown, children, kindness and social change: Alison Body, Transforming Democracy, 26 April 2020
• To stem the decline in charity supporters, pay more attention to young kids: The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 3 December 2019
• As Prince Andrew’s 200 charities seek a new patron should they find a replacement royal? Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Conversation, 22 November 2019
• Philanthropy’s bad reputation could put big donors off giving – here’s why it matters: Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Conversation, 22 May 2019
• What Red Nose Day tells us about the need for comic relief in the modern workplace: Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Conversation, 15 March 2019
• Should charities accept contrition cash from dubious donors? Beth Breeze, Director, Centre for Philanthropy. The Guardian 24 November 2017
• ‘I miss my family. Angelika’s like an aunt’. The older Germans taking in Syrian refugees: The Guardian, 15 November 2017
• How the other half give: working with charity’s biggest donors: The Guardian, 28 June 2017
• Charity matters, and social science about charity matters too: Social Science Matters, April 2017
• Like George Michael, we’re all private philanthropists: The Guardian, 29 March 2017
• Kent experts contribute to new Lords’ report on charity: University of Kent News, 28 March 2017
• The top five reasons the rich like to donate to universities: The Conversation, 28 November 2016
• Centre Director comments on $3 billion Chan Zuckerberg announcement: BBC News online, September 2016
• Why we created The Philanthropy Reader: Philanthropy Impact, August 2016
• What does Brexit mean for philanthropy? University of Kent, July 2016
• Charity in a time of austerity: great expectations in hard times: New Statesman, 21 January 2016
• Beth Breeze comments on the Chan Zuckerberg philanthropic announcement: The Guardian, 2 December 2015
• Discussion of the 2015 Million Pound Donor report: The Sunday Times, 22 November 2015
• Charity is the new investment, Coutts has claimed: FT Adviser, 6 November 2014
• Multi-million pound giving to universities increases: The Daily Telegraph, 3 November 2014
• Ein Tierheim brennt und Tausende spenden (Thousands donated after animal shelter fire): Franfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 14 September 2014
• Manchester Dogs Home: Why is fundraising so successful? BBC News, 12 September 2014
• Donating to charity: are we getting as good as we give? The Independent, 10 September 2014
• The Beth Breeze report on barriers to philanthropy: Third Sector, 27 June 2014
• Two-thirds of business leaders volunteer at charities: Charity Times, 17 June 2014
• What motivates wealthy donors to give? The Fundraiser, 29 November 2013
• Reinventing Philanthropy: Charity Times, October/November 2013
• Five things rich donors want charities to know: Guardian Professional, 30 September 2013
• What prevents rich people from giving? Arts Professional, 30 September 2013
• The shop floor perspective on corporate philanthropy: Guardian Professional, 2 October 2012
• Past philanthropists: How giving has evolved: BBC News, 17 September 2012
• The new philanthropists: The Guardian, 7 March 2012
• We can’t provide sure-fire donors: Third Sector, 18 October 2011

Broadcast comment

• In Conversation: Phil Buchanan interviews Beth Breeze on In Defence of Philanthropy, Philanthropy New York, 18 November 2021
• Is Billionaire Philanthropy bad for society? Munk debate podcast, September 2021

• Philanthropy is worth defending, RW Fund, 3 June 2021
• Contributor to BBC Radio 4 ‘Tainted Money’ programme, furst broadcast on 25 May 2021
• Bill and Melinda Gates divorce: Philanthropy is caught in the crosshairs of society’s obsession with celebrity, The Conversation 13 May 2021,
• Is an actress donating her divorce settlement to charity altruism or ‘savvy PR’?, Daryl Denham show, BBC Radio Kent (from 10:07), 19 August 2016
• Should charity begin at home?, BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze, 13 November 2013

Other media comment

• Interview with Beth Breeze, Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent
• Interview: Beth Breeze at the All Party Parliamentary Group on Civil Society and Volunteering

Podcasts

• Beth Breeze is a guest on ‘The head and heart of giving locally: Will it bring you joy and how effective is it?’ The Good in Local Giving podcast, Kent Community Foundation
• The Lessons in Legacy Podcast, Philanthropy Edition, In Conversation with Professor Beth Breeze. The podcast from Boodle Hatfield LLP explores the evolution in the approaches, attitudes and adjustments successful individuals and families are taking to plan for wealth transfer.
• Advancing the Profession podcast: Rob Jackson in conversation with Karl Wilding on the future of volunteering, for this podcast all about volunteer management. April 2023