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Professor Beth Breeze – Philanthropy: Why People Give
November 12 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Beth Breeze became Principal of Harris Manchester College, Oxford in October 2025, after 20 years at the University of Kent where she founded the Centre for Philanthropy and taught courses to practitioners including philanthropy advisers, grant-makers, charity leaders and fundraisers. The first decade of her career was spent working as a fundraiser and charity manager.
Her research and writing include the annual Coutts Million Pound Donors Report (2008-2017); The Philanthropy Reader (2016, co-edited with Michael Moody); The New Fundraisers (2017); In Defence of Philanthropy (2021); Advising Philanthropists: Principles and Practice (2013, co-authored with Emma Beeston). Her latest book is Rich Expectations: why rich people give (published on 1 September 2025, co-authored with Rhodri Davies and Theresa Lloyd).
Beth shares knowledge and evidence-based insights with the global philanthropy community through keynote speeches, media comment and meetings with policymakers. In recognition of her services to philanthropic research and fundraising Beth was awarded the OBE in 2022.