DIVERSE, VIBRANT AND EFFECTIVE FOUNDATIONS, WORKING TOGETHER FOR SOCIAL GOOD

We have…

• Launched our new fve-year strategy. Our vision is diverse, vibrant and effective foundations working together for social good. Our purpose is to strengthen trusts and foundations so they can rise to the challenges of our times. Find out more on page 15.

• Welcomed the 101st signatory to the Funder Commitment on Climate Change. Thank you to the Energy Saving Trust Foundation, The Joffe Charitable Trust and Forces in Mind Trust for your recent pledges – and to all the signatories for your commitment to tackle the climate crisis. Watch out for our year 3 progress report over the summer.

• Created a new member-led network for family trusts and foundations. Meeting three times a year, the network provides an opportunity to connect with peers, explore common issues, learn and share strong practice. This means we now have 15 networks, all offering free online events to ACF members. Our thanks to all our network convenors.

• Researched Foundation Giving Trends 2022, the annual report on key facts and fgures on charitable foundations. Aimed at practitioners, policymakers and researchers, this research and analysis highlights trends in the giving, spending, income and assets of philanthropically-funded foundations. The 2022 report will be published this summer on the ACF website.

• Summarised key themes emerging from our November 2022 annual conference in a briefng called Coming together to celebrate courage. You can download the briefng at acf.org.uk/ conference where you will also fnd videos of the keynote speech and panel discussion.

• Expanded the Social Impact Investors Group (SIIG) to over 40 members and launched the SIIG member survey – the largest survey of philanthropic social investors in the UK.

• Welcomed Jessica Brown as chair of ACF’s board of trustees. Jessica is grants director at Trusthouse Charitable Foundation and previously served as our vice chair and interim chair.

• Hosted an event about the changes to the Charities Act 2022 being introduced in England and Wales. This relates to the powers to spend permanent endowments.

• Introduced two new learning events focused on the role of data, with Dr James Bowles, an Innovation Fellow at the University of Birmingham. The events looked at how to construct compelling data-driven stories and critical and creative approaches to building a ‘data culture’.