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GlobalGiving Foundation

AKA GlobalGiving, Global Giving

Washington, DC

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Also Known As:: GlobalGiving, Global Giving
Physical Address:: Washington, DC 20005 2602
EIN:: 30-0108263
Web URL:: www.globalgiving.org
Blog URL:: blog.globalgiving.org
Leadership:: Ms. Mari Kurashi, Chief Executive

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Fiscal Year Starting: Jan 01, 2009
Fiscal Year Ending: Dec 31, 2009

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Total Revenue	$10,175,496

Expenses
Total Expenses	$10,706,383

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GlobalGiving Foundation

Also Known As:: GlobalGiving, Global Giving
Physical Address:: Washington, DC 20005 2602
EIN:: 30-0108263
Web URL:: www.globalgiving.org
Blog URL:: blog.globalgiving.org
NTEE Category:: Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security; Q12 Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution; Q International, Foreign Affairs, and National Security; Q32 International Economic Development; T Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking; T50 Philanthropy / Charity / Voluntarism Promotion (General)
Year Founded:: 2003
Ruling Year:: 2003

Mission Statement

GlobalGiving's mission is to build an efficient, open, thriving marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them.

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Chief Executive

Ms. Mari Kurashi

Term:

Since May 2003

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Program: Global Giving

Budget:: $3,553,097
Category:: Philanthropy, Voluntarism & Grantmaking
Population Served:: General Public/Unspecified

Program Description:

With support for over 700 projects worldwide, through GlobalGiving, donors support local leaders, many of them women, who are implementing strategies in education, health and other services that will improve the long term sustainablity of their communities. Donors have the option of directly communicating with the extraordinary social entrepreneurs who run these projects and can receive reports and updates directly from the field. By supporting the GlobalGiving Foundation and its projects donors are investing in global prosperity.

Program Long-Term Success:

Increased contributions to projects worldwide.

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News

“New Fame for the Everyday Donor,” The New York Times

November 12, 2009

This article highlights the growing significance that smaller donations have in the realm of global aid giving. GlobalGiving is noted as having raised “$22 million since it started in 2002, with an average gift of [only] $54.” The article champions the idea that the “everyday donor is emerging as philanthropy’s newest hero,” and it stresses that organizations such as GlobalGiving are providing channels for these new donors to contribute in significant and meaningful ways.

“Expanding Your Horizons: For Donors Looking to Target Specific Causes Overseas, the Old Standbys Don’t Always do the Trick,” The Wall Street Journal

November 09, 2009

This article focuses on the void which organizations such as GlobalGiving have been able to fill by acting as intermediaries for donors wanting to give internationally. By vetting hundreds of grassroots groups around the world to ensure they meet U.S. tax and antiterrorism rules, GlobalGiving enables donors to easily claim tax deductions on contributions made to the most pressing global causes. Furthermore, donors such as Pandju Merali, a philanthropist who utilizes GlobalGiving’s services to donate to women’s educational initiatives in the developing world, noted in the article that he greatly appreciates the fact that he receives updates from the projects which he is supporting, and he “feels [his] money is going the way [he] wants it to go.”

“Do-It-Yourself Foreign Aid,” The New York Times

August 23, 2009

Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl Wundunn, co-authors of “Half the Sky,” discuss the importance of making aid count by contributing to causes which benefit women. For example, they suggest utilizing the GlobalGiving.org website to “find a woman abroad whose cause you identify with and make a small gift.”