Catherina Pharoah

Cathy Pharoah is Visiting Professor of Charity Funding and co-Director of the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy Research at Cass Business School, a network of researchers dedicated to advancing our understanding of giving and philanthropy, and to sharing and disseminating knowledge in philanthropy research, policy and practice. (CGAP@Cass, www.cass.city.ac.uk/research-and-faculty/centres/cgap)

Cathy is an expert on funding for the voluntary and charity sector, specialising in philanthropic giving. She has just successfully completed a six-year ESRC-funded programme of research and engagement on philanthropy, through CGAP, which has been followed by an ESRC award for a seminar series on philanthropy, jointly with Professor Jenny Harrow and Dr Tobias Jung. She produces the annual Family Foundation Giving report, with the Pears Foundation, now into its seventh edition and is currently collaborating with the Association of Charitable Foundations on a new series of annual Briefings on trends in charitable foundation spending. A new project will look at giving by young employees in the City.

Other current projects include the UK national component of an EC-funded study of charitable support for research and innovation Europe-wide, an update on trends in the measurement of, and levels of, charitable giving in the corporate sector, and two regional studies for the Garfield Weston Foundation on the impact of austerity on income generation amongst smaller local organisations. She recently led an innovative seminar on the morality of charity, and previous studies include multi-cultural giving, the impact of tax incentives and social investment and enterprise.

Cathy has carried out research for government, the ESRC and many charitable clients, works with the donor advisor community, and was Research Director at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) for 11 years where she produced its flagship annual report on the finances of the major charities. (Charity Trends, 1996 -2006, succeeded by Charity Market Monitor 2008-2011 annual editions, published by Wilmington.) She is a founder and Policy Editor of Voluntary Sector Review, a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Volunteering Research, and presents widely on giving and philanthropy.

Memberships of Professional Organisations

Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 2006 – present Expertise

Primary Topics

• Voluntary Sector Management

Industries/Professions

• non-profit & voluntary sector

Research Topics

• Engagement of young City employees in philanthropy
• Annual trends in spending of charitable foundations
• Impact of current environment on funding of local charity sector in deprived areas
• Measurement of giving by the corporate sector
• Morality and charity
• Giving and remitting

Book

Pharoah, C. and Walker, C. (2001). A Lot of Give: Trends in giving for the 21st Century (CAF and NCVO). Hodder. ISBN 978-0-340-80491-9.

Chapters (7)

• Pharoah, C. (2016). What Motivates People to Give their Own Private Resources for the Public Good? In Jung, T., Phillips, S. and Harrow, J. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Philanthropy (pp. 71–87). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-78325-5.
• Pharoah, C. (2012). How will funding play a role in the shaping of the Big Society? Philanthropy and a better society (pp. 91–96). London: Alliance Publishing Trust. ISBN 978-1-907376-15-3.
• Pharoah, C. (2012). Funding and the big society. The Big Society Debate: A New Agenda for Social Welfare? (pp. 116–127). ISBN 978-1-78100-207-0.
• Pharoah, C. (2010). Arts and Culture in the UK: the creation of a sub-sector. In Evers, A. and Zimmer, A. (Eds.), Third Sector Organisations facing Turbulent Environments NOMOS.
• Pharoah, C. (2007). Getting to grips with the dynamics of giving. In Mordaunt, J. and Paton, R. (Eds.), Thoughtful Fundraising (pp. 82–99). Abingdon: Routledge.
• Pharoah, C. (2003). Foundations and Global Change (Introductory Essay). In Hartley, C. (Ed.), The Europa International Foundation Directory (pp. 15–18). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-85743-140-7.
• Pharoah, C. and Mocroft, I. (2001). Wealthy and healthy : charitable funds in health provision today. In Appleby, J. (Ed.), Health Care UK, Spring 2001 The King's Fund Review of Health Policy (pp. 22–25). London: King's Fund. ISBN 978-1-85717-436-6.

Journal Articles (11)

• Atkinson, A.B., Backus, P.G., Micklewright, J., Pharoah, C. and Schnepf, S.V. (2012). Charitable giving for overseas development: UK trends over a quarter century. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 175(1), pp. 167–190. doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2011.01009.x.
• Pharoah, C. and Harrow, J. (2011). A legacy for the nation's health – the challenges faced by UK health charities in legacy funding. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 4(1), pp. 13–26. doi:10.1179/175380611X12950033990098.
• Pharoah, C. (2010). Challenges for tax policy towards individual charitable giving: the experience of recent attempts to 'reform' the UK Gift Aid scheme. Voluntary Sector Review, 1(2), pp. 259–267. doi:10.1332/204080510X511300.
• Pharoah, C. (2005). Commentary by the charities aid foundation on 'deciding to give to charity: A focus group study in the context of the household economy'. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 15(5), pp. 404–405.
• Pharoah, C. and Walker, C. (2002). A rich culture of giving? Does private philanthropic funding to the voluntary sector complement, substitute for or clash with public funding? NCVO 8th Annual Researching Conference Proceedings pp. 159–162.
• Alcock, P., Pharoah, C. and Scott, D. (2002). Qualitative Research. NCVO 8th Annual Researching Conference Proceedings pp. 72–72.
• Pharoah, C. (2000). Results of the first survey of independent trust grantmaking: who is setting the agenda? International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, 5(3), pp. 200–206. doi:10.1002/nvsm.113.
• Pharoah, C. (1998). Charities Aid Foundation reviews some of the key issues in the charitable sector today. SOLICITORS JOURNAL, 142(41), pp. 30–33.
• Pharoah, C. and Tanner, S. (1997). Trends in charitable giving. Fiscal Studies, 18(4), pp. 427–443.
• Pharoah, C. and Redmond, E. (1991). Care for ethnic elders. Health Serv J, 101(5252), pp. 20–22.
• Pharoah, C. (1988). General Practitioners and Training for Multi-Professional Teamwork. Policy Studies, 9(2), pp. 51–62. doi:10.1080/01442878808423518.

Editorial Activities (2)

• Voluntary Sector Review, Special Editor, 2013 – present.
• Voluntary Sector Review, Associate Editor, 2009 – 2013.