Deadline: 24 April 2015 GlobalGiving is an online fundraising platform that gives social entrepreneurs and nonprofits from anywhere in the world a chance to raise the money they need to improve their communities. It offers a secure and trusted platform to receive donations; connects you with new individual and corporate donors around the world; and… [Read More]
Global Giving
Global Giving is a charity fundraising web site that gives social entrepreneurs and non-profits from anywhere in the world a chance to raise the money that they need to improve their communities. Since 2002, Global Giving has raised $169,634,755 from 429,598 donors who have supported 11,939 projects. Thematic areas Education Women and girls Health Economic… [Read More]
Water invites you to become the Fundraiser to Provide Safe Water to those in Need
Deadline: 30 September 2014 One of the most critical problems in developing world (rural and urban area) is lack of access to safe water. Around the world 2.5 billion people have no sanitary facilities and 1 billion people defecate in the open. If you are an NGO supporting Water and Sanitation projects, you can make… [Read More]
9. Businesses for NGOs
Businesses run by NGOs are part of the non-conventional funding sources for NGOs themselves. The first and the foremost question about NGOs running businesses is that whether it is ethical to do so since they have been emerged from the spirit of nonprofit-ism. If nonprofits become profit-oriented, then the very basic values are challenged. In… [Read More]
10. Cost-Recovery for NGOs
NGOs need to be more professional when they are managing businesses. The idea of cost recovery is critical for this. While operating donor-funded projects, this may not really be of much concern for organizations, but while they are investing financial and human resources into a project so that businesses are operated for the benefits of… [Read More]
8. Communication for Local Fundraising
We know how as organizations we struggle to put ideas on paper while preparing proposals. We also try to present our organizational work in the most attractive manner through publicity material. We also try to present all these ideas in a relatively foreign language, which is usually English and which is one of the most… [Read More]
6. The Alternatives
If NGOs start thinking about lessening their expectations from foreign donor support, their first question would likely be, “Then, what is the alternative?” Of course, there are alternatives. NGOs can exist without foreign donor support. But this kind of existence not only means sacrifice, but also some creativity and effort involved in the way of… [Read More]
7. Non-Financial Resources for NGOs
If carefully planned and managed, NGOs can benefit tremendously from the non-financial resources. But what are the non-financial resources? They are many. There is volunteer time, first of all. If NGOs look around, there will be many supporters who are ready to keenly provide their services. They can be sought among friends and other known… [Read More]
5. The Dangers of Foreign Funding
Foreign funding to NGOs has been one of the most controversial issues for governments in many countries. Often the governments try to introduce new policies to scan and restrict these funds to the detriment of the very survival of the NGOs. But governments are not the only obstacle between NGOs and foreign assistance. There are… [Read More]
4. Unsustainable Funding Support
Most of the NGOs in most of the developing countries are now aware what unsustainable funding support is. Every organization, small or big, at one point of time or another has encountered the problem of unsustainable funds. The over-dependence of NGOs on foreign funding has been the biggest factor for un-sustainability. The foreign funding and… [Read More]
