The Institute for Philanthropy is a not-for-profit organisation which provides information and educational programmes to philanthropists and to charitable organizations.
[2] The Institute carries out research about charitable organizations and charitable tax law, and provides advice to potential donors on the efficient utilisation of funding.
[2][4] The Institute works to increase effective philanthropy in the United Kingdom and internationally, by raising awareness and understanding of philanthropy,[5][6] providing donor education[6][7] and building donor networks.
[8] The Institute has developed several international philanthropy programmes: The Institute has partnered with several leading organisations including Credit Suisse,[13][14] Goldman Sachs, The Royal Bank of Canada and Arcapita.
It also provided advice and nominations for the Inaugural Happy List.