The Gradel Institute of Charity
The Gradel Institute of Charity opened on 29 September 2023 with a clear focus: to educate and inspire charities and other third sector organisations to embrace purposeful change.
Based in a striking tower in Savile Road that blends in perfectly with New College and the surrounding Oxford landscape, the Institute aims to become a beacon for both the academic study of charity and the charity sector itself.
The Institute will conduct the highest quality research; provide a recognised global forum where ideas relating to charity can be discussed; fill the current gap in the availability of practical, soundly-based programmes which will deliver change in the sector; and help create teaching, as well as executive development.
We aim to help develop the governance and leadership of charities and help them measure and so improve the impact they have both nationally and globally.
A message from Academic Director Professor Peter Frumkin
Welcome to the Gradel Institute of Charity at New College, the University of Oxford. At a time when charity organisations around the world are being called on to assist the delivery of a huge array of critical services to local communities, there is a pressing need for both insightful and relevant research about the sector and practical programmes that assist leaders increase the impact of their work.
For this reason, the Gradel Institute has the dual goal of catalysing the resources and expertise of the University of Oxford to develop new insights about charities, while also translating these ideas into programmes that engage leaders committed to achieving greater effectiveness in their work.
We look forward to sharing our work with you in the years ahead.
“I want to extend my support and congratulations. This collaboration marks an incredible milestone in the study of a major aspect of our history and culture. The establishment of the world’s first research centre focusing on charity is an inspiring and essential step towards understanding and addressing the critical challenges faced by charitable organisations. May its work pave the way for a better understanding of the sector and empower individuals and organisations to create lasting and positive change in society.”
The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt
