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Giving Tuesday: How to donate to a charity with purpose and intention

By Marielle Segarra

The people behind local nonprofits often live and work [where] they serve,” says Victoria Vrana, CEO of GlobalGiving, a crowdfunding platform for grassroots charitable projects. For that reason, "they are able to deliver long-term solutions that are tailor-made [to] the needs of their communities.

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How to help humanitarian efforts in Israel and Gaza

By CNN Impact Your World

As deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas continues, so too does a dire humanitarian crisis in the area. Impact Your World has gathered a list of vetted organizations that are on the ground responding. You can support their work.

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Here's How to Help Morocco Recover From Its Deadly Earthquake

By Arianna Coghill

Here's a list of some of the groups currently collecting donations for those affected by the earthquake. The resources on this list have been given a 90 percent rating or above on Charity Navigator, a charity assessment organization that evaluates non-profits and other charitable institutions. GlobalGiving has created a Morocco Earthquake Relief Fund and is accepting donations.

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5 Ways to Help Those Affected by the Earthquake in Morocco

By Emma Specter

Almost $500,000 has been raised so far by this nonprofit in an effort to “meet survivors' immediate needs for food, fuel, clean water, medicine, and shelter,” and you can help them hit their goal by donating.

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Hawaii Wildfire Update: Maps Show Where Maui Fire Spread, Is Contained

By Nick Mordowanec

On Wednesday, [GlobalGiving] launched its Hawaii Wildfire Relief Fund aimed at raising $5 million from philanthropists and individual donors. GlobalGiving CEO Victoria Vrana told Newsweek via phone on Thursday that the organization plans to send money within the next few days, focusing on the hardest-hit areas as identified by its worldwide disaster team.

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Giving Platforms Collaborate to Back Black-Led Nonprofits

By Abby Schultz

A group of more than 20 giving platforms, including Charity Navigator, Givebutter, and GlobalGiving, have collaborated to create a new vehicle to spur giving to Black-led nonprofits. The BackBlack campaign is aiming to reverse the chronic underfunding of Black-led organizations and to provide resources and tools for corporate and individual donors to play a bigger role in “advancing social impact and justice in philanthropy,” according to a news release.

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GlobalGiving's Victoria Vrana on leading a virtual workplace

By Stephanie Beasley

Connecting donors to local nonprofits around the world is core to GlobalGiving's mission. That work includes doing grantmaking and vetting for donors who want to give to local groups and managing disaster funds to help donors respond to crises quickly and effectively, Vrana said. "We're trying to change the way philanthropy and aid work, in order to center community leaders and proximate leaders," she said.

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Earthquakes Struck the Heart of the World's Largest Refugee Population. Here's How to Help

By Solcyre Burga

GlobalGiving, a nonprofit that connects other nonprofits to donors, has launched the Turkey and Syria Earthquake Relief Fund, with a goal of raising $5 million dollars to help with the immediate food, shelter and water needs. Once the initial need is completed, funds will support longer-term recovery efforts.

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How to Help Turkey, Syria: Relief Efforts Ongoing After More Earthquakes Rock Region

By Orlando Mayorquin

GlobalGiving connects emergency relief nonprofits around the world with donors. The group launched a disaster relief fund to support recovery efforts in Turkey and Syria. The fund had received $2.7 million out of its $5 million goal by Monday.

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How to help Ukraine: 11 verified charities working to help Ukrainians amid invasion

By Joyann Jeffrey

The Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund by Global Giving sprung into action once Russia declared war on Ukraine earlier this week. According to the organization's official website, your donation will help "affected communities in Ukraine, with a focus on the most vulnerable, including children, who need access to food, medical services, and psychosocial support."

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Local Aid Groups Are Key To Disaster Relief. So Why Are They Overlooked?

By Malaka Gharib

In 2015, relief groups received $4.2 billion in humanitarian funding — but local and national NGOs combined received just 2.3 percent of it[...]. Nonprofits like GlobalGiving are trying to change that. The U.S.-based group raises funds for small, local NGOs around the world. The idea is "to help those NGOs get the visibility and funding that only larger NGOs get," says Alison Carlman, the charity's director of impact and communications.

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How to Change the World

By Nicholas Kristof

Browse a comprehensive site like GlobalGiving, where organizations around the world have posted their wish lists. On GlobalGiving, my family has donated, for example, to an aid group in Bombay, India, that keeps at-risk girls from being trafficked into brothels. For Father’s Day last year, I suggested that instead of giving Dad another necktie, people sponsor a “HeroRat” through GlobalGiving. HeroRats are trained rats that sniff out landmines or TB cases, and what father wouldn’t want to be associated with a super-macho super-achieving super-altruistic oversized rat?

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2022

3 articles

December 27, 2022

GlobalGiving Rings the Nasdaq Stock Market Opening Bell

NASDAQ

GlobalGiving, a top-rated nonprofit working to accelerate community-led change around the world, rings the Nasdaq Opening Bell remotely from across the country. In honor of the occasion, Donna Callejon, Interim CEO, rings the Opening Bell alongside the Organization's team in a virtual bell ringing ceremony.

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November 4, 2022

Grameen Foundation Names First Woman Leader; GlobalGiving Taps New CEO From Gates Foundation

Chronicle of Philanthropy

Victoria Vrana will become CEO of GlobalGiving in January. Currently she is deputy director of philanthropic partnerships at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she has worked for 11 years. Vrana will replace Donna Callejon, who has been its interim CEO since December 2021 and remain as a consultant during the leadership transition through March.

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August 8, 2022

U.S. Open Commits to Fund-Raising Exhibition Match and $2 Million for Ukraine

New York Times

As part of its campaign, the U.S.T.A. will donate at least $2 million to GlobalGiving's Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund. It also plans to help raise money throughout the tournament on telecasts and the tournament website.

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2021

2 articles

August 17, 2021

Here's how to help people fleeing Afghanistan and the families still in the country

USA Today

GlobalGiving, an organization that connects nonprofits to donors and companies, has launched an emergency fundraiser for "vetted nonprofits working in the region” to support groups on the ground in Afghanistan. “Our partners are helping those who are most at risk – including women, children and activists – stay safe,” the organization said.

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June 18, 2021

For these companies, a year of hardship spurs new beginnings

Washington Post

GlobalGiving is among numerous organizations and firms that were transformed, in ways small and large, by the worst year that anyone can remember. The best bosses took each crisis head-on, reshaping policies and rolling out new initiatives to help employees cope.

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2020

2 articles

March 25, 2020

How to Help — Or Get Help — in the Coronavirus Pandemic

Time Magazine

People can also give to GlobalGiving, which is attempting to raise $5 million to send health care workers and other frontline responders to areas where the virus has spread, obtain masks, ventilators and other medical supplies, feed children and assist those living in refugee camps and quarantined areas.

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March 16, 2020

These Organizations Are Helping People Get Food and Medical Help During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Buzzfeed News

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting tens of thousands of people in profound ways, including loss of work and a lack of medical care and food supplies. The outbreak has had a significant impact on the most vulnerable populations, including the elderly and children. If you want to help out, here is a list of local, national, and international organizations that are working to ensure food, aid, and medical supplies are delivered to those who need it.

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2018

2 articles

December 1, 2018

Forget Trinkets. These Gifts Change Lives.

The New York Times

If you insist on a gift certificate, how about one for GlobalGiving, whose website lists aid projects all over the world?

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November 27, 2018

Funders start assessing their own performance

Financial Times

Break out the champagne. Somebody’s finally done it. I’ve been saying for a while that funders should investigate empirically whether their “help” for non-profit organisations actually does help. It is not guaranteed: some funders create so much work for non-profits that their “support” is in fact a net drain.

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2017

2 articles

November 10, 2017

Facebook adds a button to help disaster victims

Mashable

The social network unveiled its "crisis donate button," which enables people to easily give money to organizations assisting victims. Facebook will send money donated through the button to GlobalGiving, a nonprofit that works with NGOs on the ground in disaster situations.

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September 8, 2017

How to Help Hurricane Irma Victims (and How to Avoid Scams)

The New York Times

“I can’t tell you how many times I have been in disaster situations where I’ve seen, literally, just warehouses filled with stuff that people give, just sitting there,” said Britt Lake, the chief program officer for GlobalGiving, a crowdfunding organization that connects donors with local relief organizations. GlobalGiving’s Irma Relief Fund is accepting donations here. It vets the local organizations it helps fund and is well-regarded by charity watchdogs.

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2016

8 articles

Dec 6, 2016

GlobalGiving Connects HHonors Members to Charity Projects

Reward Expert

As part of their philanthropy, many of GlobalGiving’s over 130 corporate partners give gift cards to employees, allowing them to choose the projects that they want to support. It’s a great way to get employees personally invested in the company’s giving.

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Dec 6, 2016

Here’s One Of The Most Meaningful Gifts Companies Can Give For The Holidays

Huffington Post

I can personally attest to GlobalGiving’s tremendous effectiveness, as a donor and fundraiser. I’ve also recommended nonprofits in remote communities who have become the beneficiaries of GG’s training, coaching, and access to donors. And I’ve worked with companies that work with and highly recommend GG as a meaningful way to thank and recognize employees for volunteer service and to celebrate milestones and holidays.

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November 14, 2016

A Touch of Giving with Apple Pay

Apple

“We’re making it incredibly easy to give back with Apple Pay,” said Jennifer Bailey, Apple’s vice president of Apple Pay. “Websites and apps tell us they see twice as many people actually completing a purchase with Apple Pay than with other payment methods. We think offering such a simple and secure way to support the incredible work nonprofits do will have a significant impact on the communities they serve.”

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October 5, 2016

How to help Haiti rebuild in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew

Mashable

GlobalGiving is a donation platform that collects funds to distribute to local nonprofits during emergency situations. Given the widespread distrust of international aid efforts in Haiti, the Haitian nonprofits funded by GlobalGiving will likely have an easier time effectively working with local communities. These nonprofits have the community connections essential to doing sensitive aid work, especially in a region that has been on the receiving end of harmful aid.

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Sept 2016

Crowdfunding development aid would direct funds where they are needed most

The Guardian

Introducing crowdsourcing mechanisms into the aid business would overcome many of these problems and direct more funds to where they are most needed, wanted and effectively used. Such an approach could be inspired by popular sites such as GlobalGiving, Kickstarter and Indiegogo – the crowdfunding industry globally raised $34bn last year. Imagine a crowdfunding process for development aid led by people across the developing world.

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September 12, 2016

Heartful.ly Will Add Hundreds of New Charitable Wedding Registry Options From GlobalGiving

DC Inno

Heartful.ly will add hundreds of projects to its wedding registry platform through the deal, taking its total number of offerings from less than 100 projects to more than 1,000.”...“We believe GlobalGiving is the top in recruiting and vetting global nonprofits. It made sense to use what they’re doing so well to help us focus on what we’re doing well,” Glantz said. “Now that we’re not balancing demands and relationships on both sides, we can focus on growing in the industry.

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August 25, 2016

Sabbaticals: Can You Afford Them?

Forbes

“Toward the end of 2015, my team and board gave me the gift of a sabbatical from my organization. That they did an amazing job while I went off and thoroughly enjoyed a carefree three months goes without saying — I knew they would, after all. When I returned, we agreed to make three-month sabbaticals standard for the leadership team, and as I write this piece, our chief program officer and our chief financial/operations officer are out enjoying the benefit. But aren’t sabbaticals expensive? How can a small nonprofit even afford one, let alone many?”

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May 2016

Please Don’t Rush to Go Volunteer in Ecuador... Yet

Huffington Post

Certainly, volunteers have a place in disaster recovery, but done incorrectly, volunteers can do more harm than good as was witnessed after the Haiti earthquake. At this time, if you really want to help with disaster recovery in the days after the earthquake, the best thing you can do is donate to a reputable organization that already has people on the ground. I, personally, trust GlobalGiving and its Ecuador relief fund, though there are other highly rated and reputable funds you there.

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2015

5 articles

December 16, 2015

Charities can sign up for a range of training opportunities through the Gov.UK small charities fundraising training programme

Gov.UK

The programme, worth over £100,000, will provide expert training to small charities from February to June 2016. It will help charities with an annual income of up to £1 million to generate more income to support their vital work. Following a competitive tender process, we have selected the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI), in partnership with the Small Charities Coalition, and GlobalGiving UK to run the programme. They will provide training opportunities for small charities, from face-to-face training, to intensive one-to-one advice sessions, skilled volunteering matches and webinars.

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November 22, 2015

How to change the world with $10

Christian Science Monitor

Since 2002, GlobalGiving has raised nearly $200 million from nearly 500,000 donors, supporting about 13,000 projects. “We’re about getting more people engaged in the business of development,” she says. “Whether it’s community leaders in Liberia who wouldn’t otherwise be visible to donors here, but who are doing really important work for communities, or the $10 donor who got a [GlobalGiving] gift card and is starting to develop a connection to a project. That act of engagement just has a lot of potential.”

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April 27, 2015

Nepal Earthquake Devastation Could Cost Billions: Here’s How To Help

NBC.com

A magnitude-7.8 earthquake shook Nepal on Saturday, killing more than 1,100 people and leaving an innumerable portion of the population missing. The powerful quake was felt in neighboring India, Tibet and Bangladesh.GlobalGiving, the charity crowdfunding site has set up a Nepal-specific page. Any donations made will support various relief and recovery efforts in Nepal. The money will first go toward immediate needs like food, fuel, clean water, hygiene products and shelter. Later, the money raised will transition to supporting vetted local organizations that are working on recovery efforts.

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March, 2015

GlobalGiving's CEO shares her insights on Crowdfunding

Charity Digital News

Eleanor Harrison, GlobalGiving's UK Chief Executive, shares her top online fundraising tips for small charities and provides insight on viral campaigns and what they mean for the future of fundraising on Charity Digital News (http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk), the foremost news intelligence and analysis tool for a network of professionals involved in technology and its use within the UK's third sector.

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January 12, 2015

6 Trends to Watch in 2015

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

In a new wrinkle for online giving platforms, GlobalGiving is nudging the more than 4,000 nonprofits and social entrepreneurs it raises money for to improve their work and not just chase dollars. One carrot: Groups that collect and use feedback from those they serve will be awarded extra points in GlobalGiving’s rating system—points that should earn them more attention and more donors. "We’ll tell them, ‘We want to accelerate innovation but also greater effectiveness,’ " says co-founder Mari Kuraishi.

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Jan 2015

Oldest Crowdfunding Site For Nonprofits Looks To Future

Forbes

“Kuraishi is working to increase her platform’s impact on the nonprofits it serves. "The next decade at GlobalGiving will be about helping every single organization on our crowdfunding platform by providing the tools they need to work smarter. Every week, some 40 percent of the partners we work with log into our system – think of us as a laboratory where thousands of non-profits worldwide can come and test new tools to improve their effectiveness. And like a real behavioral lab, we can offer incentives in the form of access to different funding streams. This combination of performance improvement with funds offers us an opportunity to engage non-profits to learn with us." “

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2014

3 articles

October 19, 2014

Beyond Crowdfunding: The Power of Crowd in Development

Kapuscinski Lectures

Our ever-increasing technological capabilities offer us many advantages and challenges when it comes to crowdfunding.Mari Kuraishi, co-founder of the world’s first crowdfunding organization, GlobalGiving, she shares lessons learned from their first ten years of operation. What are the benefits and challenges of crowdfunding in today’s world?

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May 7, 2014

The Business Case for Investing In Talent

Stanford Social Innovation Review

GlobalGiving, a charity fundraising website based in Washington D.C. with a staff of 30 and a $4 million budget, has embedded investment in its people into the organization’s values. It employs an electronic feedback tool, provides each employee $1,200 in annual professional development funds, and tracks talent-related metrics. These efforts have paid off: GlobalGiving is managing four times more donation volume than it did five years ago, with only incremental growth in staff and budget.

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March 2014

Charities Try New Ways to Test Ideas Quickly and Polish Them Later

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

GlobalGiving, a charity website that matches donors with community-development projects overseas, has used lean principles to test whether the training it provides to groups that raise money through its site are making a difference. The lean methodology advocates this approach-called "A/B testing"-to identify what's working and what's not.

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2013

2 articles

July 2013

GlobalGiving UK wins prestigious award

Charity Digital News

It recently fought off tough competition to win the ‘Doing Good Online’ honour at the Nominet Internet Awards. It has raised over GBP2.5 min for 1,000 projects worldwide, most of which are in the developing world, helping grassroots organisations run schools and orphanages and helping survivors of natural disasters.

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May 31, 2013

Trusting in crowds

OECD Forum

"Crowdsourcing" pools the strength of the many to perform complex tasks-everything from funding a film to sequencing DNA. At its heart is trust-not a blanket belief in great institutions, but rather the confidence among individuals that each will do the right thing. Its power is being increasingly felt today, even in the world of international development.

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2012

1 article

March 27, 2012

A Year Later in Japan: GlobalGiving and the Long Road

Forbes

Because it curates philanthropic projects around the world rather than providing a pass-through for any registered NGO, GlobalGiving has spent a decade building a network of supporters who believe in its work... And while the large-scale relief efforts certainly deserve support in times of crisis, my dollars instinctively follow the path of smaller scale enterprises and organizations where I know Kuraishi and her team build real relationships, study the data, and invest philanthropic resources where they're needed. This is social capital hard at work.

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2011

1 article

November 28, 2011

The Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers

ForeignPolicy.com

Mari Kuraishi has proved that, thanks to the Internet, everyone can be a philanthropist [...] In 2000, the Japanese native left a successful career at the World Bank to found GlobalGiving [...] a decade later, hundreds of thousands of donors have pooled their funds - the average donation is around $25 - to give more than $50 million to more than 4,500 projects. [...] "With masses of active people" she has said, "we'll get more innovation, more creativity, more of a shot at solving the problem of global poverty."

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2010

4 articles

December 2, 2010

GlobalGiving: $25 for Your Thoughts

FastCompany.com

What impresses me about GlobalGiving's approach is that as an intermediary between donors and nonprofits, they go far beyond reviews of basic compliance and financial information… until we find the perfect assessment models, GlobalGiving evaluates nonprofits the best way we know how at this point--visits by in-country teams of evaluators, and references by a large network of funders and experts in the field.

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July 1, 2010

Giving Goes Grassroots

MPIweb.org

Tara Swords features GlobalGiving co-founder Mari Kuraishi in a One+ piece focused on GlobalGiving's unique approach to development from the bottom-up. Mari explains, "If you're really committed to development, what are you going to do? Tell the people who live in countries where the governments are weak or corrupt, 'Best of luck, your government couldn't manage its way out of a brown paper bag so whatever support the World Bank gives you is probably going to be frittered away, but that's your problem and not ours.'" The article also explains the GlobalGiving model and innovative ways to put GlobalGiving Gift Cards to work.

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June 16, 2010

Dad Will Really Like This

New York Times

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof highlights GlobalGiving projects--including the favorite heroRATS--in his Father's Day column, arguing that, "Father's Day tends to be less a celebration of fatherhood than a triumph of commercialism. The National Retail Federation projects that Americans will spend $9.8 billion on Father's Day this year...that's more than enough to assure a primary education for every child on the planet who is not getting one right now. In fact, we could send every child to primary school and have enough left over to get each dad a (cheap) necktie. And if we skipped store-bought cards (almost $750 million annually) and offered handmade versions, the savings alone could make a vast difference to great programs that help young American men escape poverty."

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May 10, 2010

Online giving marketplace growing quickly

Philanthropy Journal

GlobalGiving is featured in Todd Cohen's piece in Philanthropy Journal on the online giving marketplace and its growing ability to leverage and serve corporate giving and cause-related marketing. Ginger Sall, GlobalGiving supporter, is quoted and summarizes the unique philosophy and impact of the GlobalGiving model, saying, "We trust Dennis and Mari and their systems for authenticating projects and donors in places we're not going to be able to go. They embody many of the ideas of GlobalGiving. They're about learning and sharing and collaborating."

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2009

6 articles

November 12, 2009

New Fame for the Everyday Donor

New York Times

After years of focus on celebrity mega-donors, the everyday donor is emerging as philanthropy's newest hero. GlobalGiving is mentioned as a great example of how the principle of modest giving can make a difference for so many charities.

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November 9, 2009

Expanding Your Horizons

Wall Street Journal

For donors looking to target specific causes overseas, the old standbys don't always do the trick.

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August 19, 2009

As Ramadan nears, Muslims plan to donate

USA Today

As Ramadan begins, many Muslims are planning a key observance: zakat, or “charity”, one of the five pillars of Islam. Websites such as GlobalGiving are highlighting charities to make it easier for Muslims to give to reputable groups within legal guidelines.

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August 18, 2009

Do-It-Yourself Foreign Aid

New York Times

Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn offer suggestions for how to help the world's needy with a focus on solutions involving women. One of their recommendations - GlobalGiving.com.

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May 9, 2009

Charities Reap Benefits of Contests on Internet

New York Times

The opportunities for nonprofit groups to win money through contests are proliferating, adding yet another weapon to charities' fund-raising arsenal. GlobalGiving is in the middle of a contest that will give American nonprofit groups the chance to win as much as $6,000 and a permanent berth on GlobalGiving's list of vetted programs.

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January 23, 2009

Mari Kuraishi and the GlobalGiving Foundation

The Glass Hammer

Take this image for a spin: A Kenyan nurse gets notice that a particular patient needs help. She packs up her tools, straps them over her shoulder and quickly makes her way out to . . . her motorcycle. And then, visualize Washington D.C.-based philanthropist Mari Kuraishi grinning when she pictures one of her favorite projects coming to life.

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2008

6 articles

December 16, 2008

Gifts for the Times

Wall Street Journal

What's a gift giver to do? With global stock markets down, corporate layoffs up and net worths pared, spending big on presents this season may not be an option. Even if you're weathering the financial storm, simply flaunting that fortune might seem a little unseemly. Weekend Journal has come up with a range of ideas to make your gift for that special person a memorable one -- from stellar stress relievers to unforgettable experiences to philanthropic pursuits for that "feel good" factor.

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August 11, 2008

Peer Giving's Slow Climb to Sustainability

Philanthro Media

There are more fundamental questions to be asked about peer giving. The first is: Why is it taking so long for these organizations to get an Internet effect? It is not for lack of quality or effort — anyone will tell you that two of the coolest nonprofits in the country are GlobalGiving and DonorsChoose, with great people, great product, great technology, etc. It's not about pricing — many of these sites provide free transactions and research shows donors feel pricing is down the list of priorities behind engagement and other key factors.

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July 11, 2008

The Future of Philanthropy: Giving 2.0

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In the US, innovative online giving markets such as GlobalGiving have finally started to receive the attention they deserve. They are harnessing new technologies and adapting business concepts to change the face of philanthropy and increase levels of civic participation throughout the developing world.

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July 3, 2008

The Luckiest Girl

New York Times

When people ask how they can help in the fight against poverty, there are a thousand good answers, from sponsoring a child to supporting a grass-roots organization through globalgiving.org.

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May 10, 2008

CNN Interview of Mari Kuraishi - President, GlobalGiving Foundation

CNN TV

Mari Kuraishi talks with CNN's TJ Holmes about GlobalGiving's philanthropic marketplace, and how GlobalGiving is working with organizations on the relief front in Myanmar.

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February 2, 2008

Satisfaction guaranteed by a little research

Financial Times

Most people tend to find new non-profits through their personal network or direct solicitations from a charity. However, a number of websites have sprung up that seek to match donors with non-profits and projects that match their unique outlook. Sean Stannard-Stockton suggests that by identifying non-profits that fit your values and beliefs, you will find giving much more satisfying and may well want to become even more involved.

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2007

7 articles

December 30, 2007

For Modern Kids, 'Philanthropy' Is No Grown-Up Word

Washington Post

This holiday season, thousands of parents gave their kids "give cards," sold through philanthropy sites such as GlobalGiving.

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December 13, 2007

Twin Efforts Aim to Popularize Online Giving

The Washington Post

Leveraging new technologies and the growth of social networking Web sites, several online-giving pioneers, including GlobalGiving, have been trying to expand the pool of potential donors by democratizing philanthropy and making it more transparent.

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November 2007

GlobalGiving Guaranteed

PHILANTHROPY 2173

Lucy Bernholz, author of the Philanthropy 2173 Blogs, gives her reaction to GlobalGiving Guaranteed (spoiler: she loves it).

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October 27, 2007

Tech File: Sites help small investments make social impact

San Jose Mercury News

Larry Magid writes about how donations made through organizations like GlobalGiving complement the microlending opportunities generated by MicroPlace and Kiva.org, and play an essential role in helping people in developing countries.

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March 27, 2007

You, Too, Can Be a Banker to the Poor

New York Times

New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Nicholas Kristof describes his experiences as a micro-financier with Kiva.org, and offers GlobalGiving as a "another terrific Web site in this area."

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March 15, 2007

A Good Run for Your Money: What's the best way to loan a poor entrepreneur $20?

Slate Magazine

Jude Stewart rates organizations according to user experience, trust, and effectiveness and GlobalGiving performs well — "you can't beat that kind of accountability."

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March 2007

To Do: Be Generous

The Atlantic

James Fallows on how GlobalGiving.com is using the Internet to transform how people can support causes they believe in.

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2006

7 articles

December 18, 2006

A Web of Giving

Seattle Times

The power of the Internet, and organizations such as GlobalGiving, not only make it possible for donors to find organizations and causes they support around the world, but it means that even small amounts by individuals can make a big difference because of the sheer volume of givers. Business reporter Kristi Heim profiles GlobalGiving, several Seattle-area donors, and the projects they support.

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December 10, 2006

Give to Get

The Huffington Post

Dennis Whittle on how GlobalGiving gives everyone choice, provides a direct connection with powerful work around the world, and enables people to give the gift of giving. What could be more fulfilling during the holiday season?

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November 27, 2006

Caridadglobal.com

BBC Mundo

This spanish language section of the BBC presents the ideas behind GlobalGiving, and the impact of two projects in Latin America. The article follows the path of GlobalGiving from its inception to present day, focusing on donations that have flowed to Agros in Mexico and ProCriança Cardiaca in Brazil. Readers also offer their opinions and commentary.

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November 10, 2006

How to Give Away a Million Dollars

Slate Magazine

Slate asks writers, artists, academics, and other thoughtful people: "If you had a million dollars to give, who would get it?" James Fallows, national correspondent for the Atlantic tells why he thinks GlobalGiving is deserving.

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October 29, 2006

How to Give to the Little Guys

TIME Magazine

The nonprofit universe is teeming with exciting new entrants, many of which are small--close to half of U.S. charities have budgets under $25,000. Yet they are making a difference, and with a little more support, they could do much more. The good news for small nonprofits is that more and more individuals are looking to find them. GlobalGiving is mentioned as a resource to help donors navigate the nonprofit world.

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March 1, 2006

Online loans help world's poor

BBC News

GlobalGiving co-founder Dennis Whittle is featured in a story about how the web is enabling a new model of international development and philanthropy, and how organizations such as GlobalGiving are playing a key role.

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2005

3 articles

July 26, 2005

Creating a Bond Between Donation and Cause Online

The Christian Science Monitor

Although 'creativity' might generally be perceived as the ability to produce art or invent a new tool, it can also mean finding a new application for tools that already exist. This week's sites are featured, not because of cutting-edge design or use of the latest web technologies, but rather because CARE International and GlobalGiving have found imaginative ways of using the Web to deal with a specific problem... Through their respective websites, CARE and GlobalGiving are using inventive methods to strengthen the relationship between subscriber and cause - CARE, by actually taking surfers to the final destinations of their contributions, and GlobalGiving, by letting them choose specific projects to support.

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July 12, 2005

Aid Recipients Might Have the Best Ideas About Allocation

The Washington Post

The customary way we dole out most aid money is through government-sponsored organizations like USAID or the World Bank, staffed by experts who are supposed to have learned over the years what works and what doesn't work. But as former World Bank economist William Easterly argues, the flaw in this "bureaucratic, supply-push approach" is that it gets very little timely feedback from its customers — the poor people in Africa, in this case. As a result, not only are a lot of the wrong projects funded, but even potentially good projects miss the mid-course corrections that markets provide... Dennis Whittle and Mari Kuraishi aim to change all that, in effect by bringing the magic of eBay, the power of intuition and the "wisdom of crowds" to the world of development aid.

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January 24, 2005

A 'Tsunami' in Private Giving - Governments Should Learn from Aid Groups

The Christian Science Monitor

Stand up, America, and take a deep bow for yourself. You have crossed a remarkable threshold in compassion. Your private donations to the tsunami survivors - already more than $400 million - have exceeded your own government's financial aid ($350 million). In fact, at least one-third of American households say they have donated money to an aid group in tsunami-hit nations.

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2004

1 article

August 26, 2004

Giving Change

The Financial Times

Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prizewinner in economics, scourge of the International Monetary Fund and all-round charmer, is getting married. Invitations to his forthcoming union with Anya Schiffrin, journalist turned academic and saloniste of Manhattan's Upper West Side, adopt a characteristically left-of-centre approach to the question of wedding gifts

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2003

1 article

January 15, 2003

HP employees chip in for worldwide causes

Cupertino Courier

GlobalGiving (or DevelopmentSpace, as it was called at the time) partners with HP to support charitable efforts around the world.

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2002

3 articles

August 26, 2002

Give the Poor a Choice

The Financial Times

William Easterly, senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington DC, and Dennis Whittle, is chief executive of DevelopmentSpace.com (the former name of GlobalGiving) propose alternatives to the “current system” and the United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development.

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August 19, 2002

AIDS Widows Put Faith in Web

The Ottawa Citizen

Ms. Kasanda has never used the Internet, but some of her 10 children have, and they have told her about it. ‘The Internet is everywhere. People can read about us anywhere. And they can help us,’ she says confidently. ‘With all the world to draw from, we know we will raise the money.

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July, 2002

An eBay for Development

Red Herring

DevelopmentSpace is an ideal Web application - an eBay for development. It creates an efficient marketplace for ideas to find money. And it enables those at the forefront of development, who actually understand the realities, to find people and organizations (not necessarily the huge development agencies) that are willing to be innovative.

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