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GlobalGiving and Zahana
GlobalGiving is a second avanue for Zahana to raise US-tax deductible donation on-line since November 2008. More details can be found below. Zahana has currently three projects with GlobalGiving:
More about GlobalGiving:
Global Giving is an innovative website where, after a rigorous due diligence process, small international non-profits can raise tax-deductible donations in the USA. Not everybody is able to partner with the Tides Foundation as a fiscal sponsor, which has made Zahana’s work possible in the first place since 2005… On the Global Giving website donors select projects they want to support, can make a tax-deductible contribution, and get regular progress updates - so they can see their impact.
Why Global Giving for Zahana?
Global Giving holds an annual competition, called the “Global Giving Open”. To increase exposure for Zahana we applied for the Open in November 2007, after our last visit to Madagascar. If selected this can earn a permanent space on the Global Giving website.
In August were invited to participate in the Global Giving’s “Project Challenge 2008”, suggesting one project only, to try to earn a permanent place in the Global Giving database.
We filled out the necessary paperwork (quite a bit) and created our web site contribution before the world’s financial markets stated to crumble. Zahana was invited to participate in the ‘Project Challenge 2008’ so we have to try, or forever regret it for not daring.
The Global Giving Project Challenge 2008:
Each organization participating has to raise at least US$3,000 from at least 75 unique donors in three weeks between November 1 and November 21, 2008.
If we make the $3,000/75 donors threshold, Zahana will have earned a permanent presence on the Global Giving website and we can suggest additional projects (more than one), such as a school for the village of Fiarenana or a water sytem for another village.
Global Giving offers many employee matching fund options and access to other funding sources, so getting a permanent presence there is attractive for Zahana. The good news is that any amount we raise for Zahana we can use for our work in Madagascar.
The organization with the largest amount of unique donors during the challenge can win an additional US$4,000 from Global Giving. Number two gets US$1,000.
As always, you can still continue to contribute to Zahana via the Tides Foundation in San Francisco, because our trusted fiscal sponsor will always be with us, regardless if we get a permanent spot on Global Giving’s website. If you prefer, feel free to mail us checks or use Groundsping’s “donate now” option.
Thank you for visiting our GlobalGiving link.
Read about the village of Fiarenana, the Zahana Project for the Global Giving Challenge.
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