Contributing to Communities: A global review of charitable and philanthropic activities by the hedge fund industry

Published: 01 May 2013

In ‘Contributing to Communities’, we published the first review of its kind of the charitable and philanthropic activities of the hedge fund industry worldwide. In this report, we focused just on those activities that are in the public domain (much charitable activity being private). Hedge fund firms, their founders and their employees were found to be engaged with charities in a multitude of different ways, from workplace-giving schemes and industry fundraising campaigns for charity to individual examples of philanthropy. The report focuses on the beneficiaries, including schools, colleges, hospitals, community facilities and cultural landmarks. And it outlines some of the additional benefits of the industry’s activities including improvements to charities’ strategic planning and operations. The findings were based on interviews with individuals at charitable bodies and hedge fund manager firms and on publicly-available data from organizations, companies and individuals.