What is Global Giving?
- GlobalGiving.co.uk is a web based charity that directly supports vetted grass root charity projects in over 70 countries throughout the world.
- GlobalGiving.co.uk ensures a direct impact by sending donations straight to the chosen project and provides communication between the donor and the project through regular email updates.
- Donations can start from just £5.
- GlobalGiving.co.uk offers an alternative to traditional gift giving. Gift vouchers are sent to the gift recipient who can then choose which project to donate to. The value of the gift can be split between a number of projects. GlobalGiving.co.uk also offers a wedding list service.
- Established projects often struggle to get continuous financing, the GlobalGiving.co.uk online marketplace concept means that projects receive funding for their lifespan.
- All projects and organisations are vetted to ensure they are genuine, proper and charitable, meaning donors do not have to worry about their donation getting straight to the project.
- 90% of all donations go direct to the project with just 10% going towards GlobalGiving.co.uk’s own charitable costs. These costs are sourcing, researching and vetting projects, promoting the website, credit card processing, foreign currency exchange and transaction costs and Gift Aid processing costs.
- GlobalGiving.co.uk works with a range of UK, developing world and overseas charities of all sizes from well know organisations such as VSO to small projects such as Trans Tanz, a free bus service in Tanzania that transports people with HIV/AIDs from villages with no healthcare system to hospitals.
- All projects are run locally by dedicated project leaders.
- Online fundraising has been growing in excess of 50% a year in the USA and the UK.
- GlobalGiving.co.uk’s partners and corporate sponsors include CAF, Venturesome, the Travel Foundation, Expedia, Google and PayPal
- The GlobalGiving concept was established in 2001 in the USA, it has since generated over $12 million to fund more than 1000 projects worldwide.
- GlobalGiving.co.uk was launched in September 2008 and aims to replicate the success of the American website by offering UK donors the opportunity to donate directly to grass root projects.
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November 23, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
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