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Changing lives through football

Category: Children & Youth | Sport
Available from: Nike/Ashoka Changemakers
Deadline: 11th June 2010

The 'Changing Lives Through Football' competition is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable organizations, private companies, or public entities) from all countries. The scope of the competition is to identify innovative solutions that use football to strengthen community, accelerate development and drive social change. Entries will be
considered that: reflect the theme of the challenge; indicate growth beyond the coneptual stage and have demonstrated impact and sustainability; and are submitted in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese.

Read more | Changemakers homepage

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BBC World Challenge 2010 Invites Nominations for Grassroots-Level Project Awards

Category: Community | Environment | Health | Education
Available from: World Challenge
Deadlines: 13th June 2010

BBC World News and Newsweek in association with Shell have launched the sixth annual World Challenge competition to identify and honor projects or small businesses from around the world that have shown enterprise and innovation at a grassroots level.
The 2010 Challenge invites nominations for innovative projects or ideas that demonstrate an entrepreneurial spirit working for the benefit of the community while adopting a responsible approach. Nominated projects should demonstrate the innovative use of technology or an invention; should increase investment in the local community; and should take a responsible approach toward the environment. Nominations may be submitted in the categories of community welfare and enterprise, health and education, sustainable farming, energy, water, and environment.
The first place winner of the challenge will receive a grant of $20,000, and the second and third place finalists will each receive a grant of $10,000.
The grants are awarded to projects/small businesses for their own use and furtherance of their enterprise only.
Visit the World Challenge Web site for complete program information and nomination guidelines.

World Challenege homepage

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International Social Business Competition

Category: International Affairs
Available from: Artemisia & Ashoka's Changemakers
Deadline: 28th April 2010

Artemisia and Ashoka's Changemakers have launched a global search for model initiatives and ideas that can help build the emerging field of social business.
The Leveraging Business for Social Change: Building the Field of Social Business competition invites entries describing social enterprises that demonstrate how social business initiatives can thrive and scale-up their impact on quality of life.
The competition is open to all types of individuals and organizations (charitable organizations, private companies, or public entities) from all countries. The program will consider all entries that reflect the theme of the competition, that indicate growth beyond the concept or research stage, and that have demonstrated a proof of impact. Entries may be submitted in English, Spanish, French, or Portuguese.
Three winners will each receive grants of $5,000 to advance their projects.
Visit the Changemakers Web site for complete competition guidelines.

Read more | Changemakers homepage

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Two grant making programs - ASIA and WORLDWIDE

Category: Community | Environment | Media & Arts | Science
Available from: Toyota Foundation
Deadline: See Website

Toyota Foundation offers two grant making programs. The Asian Neighbors Network Program is only for applicants and projects based in Asia and solicits proposals for practical projects aimed at resolving challenges that face communities in Asia. There are three project areas: relationship with nature; culture; and social systems. The special subject area of the program is the preservation, utilization and transmission of indigenous documents in Asia. The Research Grant Program is open to both individuals and organizations. There are no restrictions in terms of eligibility as any person with any nationality can apply. The current theme of the program is 'The search for the richness of human life and activity'. The program is soliciting proposals for creative and socially meaningful research projects that mesh with this them.

Read more | Toyota Foundation homepage

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Opportunities available in the field of arts, education and science

Category: Community | Health
Available from: Tides Foundation
Deadline: 1st May 2010

The HIV Young Leaders Fund seeks grant proposals from organizations in all countries working to address the needs of young people most affected by HIV in their communities, including young people living with HIV.
Only youth-led organizations or youth-led projects are eligible for funding. Youth-led is defined as the project or organization leader being 30 years of age or younger. Key activities supported by the Fund are: Local, national, regional or international HIV advocacy; local peer-based HIV services; and community mobilization. There are two application tracts – one for Core Funding and one for Project Funding. Applying organizations and projects must serve young people most-at-risk of HIV in their community and/or young people living with HIV.

Read more | Tides Foundation

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Supporting work at community level
Category: Community | Development | Education | Health
Available from: The Hilden Charitable Fund
Deadline: See Website

The Hilden Charitable Fund awards grants to projects both in the UK and in developing countries. The aim of the fund is to address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public subscriptions. Both the UK and overseas fund policy is directed largely at supporting work at community level. Grants are rarely given to well-funded national charities; grants are not given to individuals. For projects in developing countries, priorities are projects which focus on Community Development, Education, and Health.

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The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize

Category: Community | Human Rights
Available from: Conrad N.Hilton Foundation
Deadline: 30th April 2010

The Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the world’s largest humanitarian award established by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in 1996. It carries an award of $1.5 million annually and it is considered to be “one of the largest monetary prizes in any category – equal to the Nobel Prize. The award honors a charitable organization or an NGO which has made “extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world. “The Prize is not only intended to recognize and advance the efforts of the recipient organization, but also to call attention to the worldwide need for humanitarian aid and encourage others to expand their support.”

The Prize is currently seeking nominations to honor an NGO or charitable organization “making extraordinary contributions toward alleviating human suffering anywhere in the world.” The eligibility criteria for nominees are as follows...[Read more]

Read more | Conrad. N Hilton Foundation homepage

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Recognizing and elevate those individuals who make a difference in the lives of children

Category: Children
Available from: World of Children
Deadline: 1st May 2010

The World of Children Awards program was created to recognize and elevate those selfless individuals who make a difference in the lives of children in the USA and across the globe, regardless of political, religious or geographical
boundaries. These courageous leaders recognize that our children are the world's most important asset. Their stories are heroic. The World of Children honors these leaders, and grants them funds to support the proven, high-impact programs they have created. These awards assure that more children's lives will be touched, and changed, forever.

Read more | World of Children homepage

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Focused on the support of infants, children and adolescents living with HIV

Category: Health
Available from: ViiV Healthcare
Deadline: 7th May 2010

ViiV Healthcare Positive Action for Children Fund is focused on the support of infants, children and adolescents living with HIV and their families within their communities, promoting a family-centred approach.

Projects may focus on one area of need for any subset of this age group or cover a number across the age range, including, but not restricted to: early infant diagnosis; nutrition; support around maintenance of and adherence to ARV treatment; sexual and reproductive health education, services and rights; stigma and discrimination.

Projects that are delivered in conjunction with affected communities and seek to develop continuing capacity in those communities and their organisations are encouraged.”

The Fund invites proposals from all regions around the world, but 80% of the grants will be allocated to the Sub-Saharan Africa. The funding has been prioritized to countries identified by UNAIDS with the greatest need for PMTCT services such as Nigeria, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, DRC, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Malawi, Zambia and India.

The deadline to submit proposals is 7 May 2010. For more information, visit this link.

Read more | ViiV healthcare homepage

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Grants for medical research projects

Category: Children & Youth | Health | Human Services
Available from: Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust
Deadline: 1st Jun 2010 and 1st Nov 2010

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust grants to charitable organizations in the United Kingdom.
For 2010 the focus areas of the Trust are children, youth, the elderly and medical research. The deadlines are given above, but because of the number of applications they receive, the Trust recommends that applications are sent as early as possible prior to these deadlines. Grants range from £1,000 to £20,000 however the largest grants are reserved for exceptional medical research projects with other areas receiving grants of between £1,000 and £10,000, with an average of less than £5,000.

Read more | Austin & Hope Pilkington homepage

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The Europe for Citizens programme

Category: Education
Available from: Europe for Citizens
Deadline: 30 April 2010

The Europe for Citizens programme has the following specific objectives:

1.Bringing together people form local communities across Europe to share and exchange experiences, opinions and values, to learn from history and to build for the future,
2. Fostering action, debate and reflection related to European citizenship and democracy, shared values, common history and culture through cooperation within civil society organisations at European level,
3. Bringing Europe closer to its citizens by promoting Europe's values and achievements, while preserving the memory of its past,
4. Encouraging interaction between citizens and civil society organisations from all participating countries contributing to intercultural dialogue and bringing to the fore both Europe's diversity and unity, with particular attention to activities aimed at developing closer ties between citizens from Member States of the European Union as constituted on 30 April 2004 and those form Member States which have acceded since that date.

Actions Deadline for submission

Action 1 Measure 1.1. Town twinning citizens’ meetings: 1 June, 1 September 2010
Action 1 Measure 1.2. The thematic networking of twinned towns: 1 September 2010
Action 1 Measure 2.1. Citizens’ projects: 1 June 2010
Action 1 Measure 2.2. Support measures: 1 June 2010
Action 2 Measure 3 Support for projects initiated by civil society organisations: 15 February 2011
Action 4 Active European Remembrance: 30 April 2010

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Conference: The Resource Alliance Presents - The International Fundraising Congress (IFC)

The International Fundraising Congress (IFC) is the world's leading education and training conference on fundraising. Established since 1981, the event regularly attracts around 900 participants from over 55 countries, and is renowned for its outstanding training and networking opportunities.

The 30th Anniversary event will take place 19-22 October 2010 in the Netherlands.
Take a look at our 2010 IFC brochure below:

30th IFC brochure 2010 - DOWNLOAD
To read testimonials from delegates click here or view photos from the last event.

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Workshop: Unlock your online fundraising potential

SEEKING FUNDING FROM US GRANTMAKING FOUNDATIONS?

How about...3-hours of hands-on research at a dedicated workstation using the most up-to-date and comprehensive US foundation database available.

As part of it's ongoing 2010 tour of the UK & Ireland Chapel & York is presenting a unique one-day workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland. Delegates will have the opportunity to spend 3-hours of hands-on research at a dedicated workstation using the most up-to-date and comprehensive US foundation database available allowing you to access the multi-million dollar funding opportunities of US Grantmaking Foundations.

American Foundation Research – Researching US Foundations, a practical approach
Date: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Time: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Venue: iTrain Scotland, CBC House, 24 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG (view map)
Cost: £201.25 plus VAT

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Awards: X Prize Foundation to Launch $100 Million in Prizes Over Next Decade

The X Prize Foundation has announced that it will launch $100 million in prizes over the next ten years to address worldwide challenges in four key areas.
Through new competitions in the areas of energy and the environment, life sciences, the exploration of the oceans and space, and education and global development, XPF will work to accelerate the rate of positive change in these areas, capture the public imagination, and inspire results. The foundation already has launched several successful competitions, including the Ansari X Prize, which awarded $10 million in 2004 for the creation of the first private spacecraft, and the Progressive Automotive X Prize, which anticipates awarding $10 million in September for the development of clean, production-capable vehicles that exceed 100 MPG energy equivalent.
Competitions under consideration for the upcoming decade include a prize funded by the Federal Aviation Administration to encourage the widespread adoption of clean aviation fuel; a partnership to support small-scale second-generation biofuel production technologies; a prize focused on ocean research, exploration, conservation, and healing; a prize to promote better management of tuberculosis around the globe; and prizes that could lead to breakthroughs in education technologies, education systems and structures, clean energy production and storage, hunger and agriculture, poverty abatement, and water and sanitation.

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Call for Ideas - "Ten Ideas for tomorrow's Africa "

Within the framework of the 50th anniversary of African independence,the Social and Human Sciences Sector of UNESCO (SHS) is launching a “Call for Ideas” for prospective proposals in favour of Africa’s development within the next decade.

Among the proposals, which should be submitted before Friday 30 April 2010 at midnight (Paris time), 10 ideas will be selected by an international jury and presented by their author(s) during 10 small-scale conferences to be held at UNESCO Headquarters, in mid-June 2010.

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Training: EGYPT - CMRS Course On Refugee Participation

June 13-17, Cairo

The Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at the AmericanUniversity in Cairo, Egypt is pleased to offer a short course on “Refugee Participation in Policy and Practice” June 13-17 2010, to be taught by Professor Barbara Harrell-Bond, one of the world’s leading scholars and activists in the field of refugee studies.

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Report: Only a quarter of London Marathon income goes to charity, documentary claims

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Report: Big Banks Draw Scrutiny for Profiting From Microloans

Microfinance, the movement that aims to help lift the world's poor into better lives, has grown so popular that some of its most ardent supporters are wringing their hands over the direction it has taken, the New York Times reports.
According to Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion, large banks and finance firms now serve 60 percent of all microcredit clients — a $60 billion field — while nongovernmental organizations serve 35 percent and credit unions and rural banks serve the remaining 5 percent. Indeed, drawn by the prospect of healthy profits from even the smallest of loans, some banks are charging interest rates of 100 percent or more — a policy that many industry observers say compromises the spirit of the microfinance movement. Questions such as what is an appropriate interest rate and how much profit is too much profit have even made it to the House Committee on Financial Services, which earlier this year held hearings focused in part on trying to determine whether some microcredit institutions were exploiting the poor.

“Banks Making Big Profits From Tiny Loans.” New York Times

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Report: Forbes Rich List Has Implications for Global Philanthropy

The richest man in the world is no longer American, but Mexican, a sign of the developing world's wealth -- and potentially foreshadowing a shift in philanthropy. With $53.5-billion, the Mexican telecommunications investor Carlos Slim Helu edged out Bill Gates as the top billionaire, says Forbes magazine. It also notes that Brazil, Russia, and Turkey experienced significant growth in the number of superwealthy.
While America is still home to the largest number of billionaires (403), the growing personal assets in other places could lead to big giving. Experts have predicted India, China, and Brazil could have a boom in splashy charitable donations in the near future.
Mr. Slim himself has pledged part of his fortune to charity, though he has at times questioned the ability of charitable giving to solve big social problems in Mexico. In 2007 he said he would increase his foundation's endowment from $4-billion to $10-billion by 2011. And last year as the recession sapped much of Mexico's philanthropy, he promised to give more to hard-hit charities, according to a Chronicle article about Latin American donors. To be sure, not everyone is plesased by the Forbes findings. The Associated Press reports that some Mexicans argue Mr. Slim's concentration of wealth is bad for a country where 50 million live in poverty.

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Source: Ian Wilhelm | Chronicle of Philanthropy

Blog: 10 must-read Facebook resources for non-profits

Like it or loathe if you're looking to engage with your users or donors your charity needs to pay attention to Facebook.
In no particular order, here's ten must-read Facebook resources for non-profits via Ross Mcculloch

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Blog: 2009 Nonprofit Benchmarks: How Does your Organization Measure Up?

If your nonprofit is not developing yearly benchmarks for its fundraising program, website visits, email and e-newsletter open and click-through rates, start now. Establishing benchmarks helps organizations better leverage supporters, engage activists and keep websites dynamic with compelling content that drives people to take action. While benchmarks should be set realistically based on each organizations goals and year-to-year metrics, it’s always important to know what the average benchmarks are for the nonprofit sector and compare how your own metrics measure up.  

Even in this dismal economy, online donations grew 14% and 69% of nonprofits raised more in 2009 than 2008. The study also noted that 49%of online mid-level and major donors visited a nonprofit's website before donating money online or offline for the very first time. 92% of organizations that grew their fundraising in 2009 had an increase in the number of gifts they receive and 43% of organizations that raised more in 2009 had an increase in their average online gift amount. However it’s not all good news. The economy certainly took its toll. 61% of organizations’ average gifts dropped in 2009.

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Big £41million community funding delivery day

On the 16th March 2010 The Big Lottery Fund delivered its biggest wave of community funding with over £41 million rolling out across the UK to a total of 143 organisations.

The multi-million pound funding is from BIG’s flagship programme, Reaching Communities, which supports work with some of the most vulnerable and socially excluded groups.

Sanjay Dighe, chair of the Big Lottery Fund’s England Committee, said: “The impact of the £41 million good cause funding will be felt in energetic and worthwhile community projects across the country. The range of community action it represents across the 143 organisations is truly inspiring.

“We look forward to receiving many more applications from groups which aim to promote
health and well-being, increase opportunities, improve rural and urban environments
and build stronger communities.”

A selection of England-wide Reaching Communities grants awarded:

Family Action £369,153
The National Deaf Children's Society £282,895
Prison Radio Association £160,000
The Sand Rose Project £113,289
The Rural Media Company £316,695
National Schizophrenia Fellowship £361,313
Jennifer Trust For Spinal Muscular Atrophy £409,810
Healing Our Past Experiences £478,929
Deafax £299,368

Full list of the 143 grants announced are available on request or downloadable from www.biglotteryfund.org.uk

Supporting vulnerable Children throughout the World

Category: Children & Youth | Health
Available from: Doreothea Haus Ross Foundation
Deadline: Contact the Foundation

The mission of the Dorothea Haus Ross Foundation is to support organizations that serve vulnerable children throughout the world. The Foundation has compassion for all children, regardless of circumstances. However they are most concerned with young children who are vulnerable through no fault of their own. They have a special interest in children who are ill, disabled (mentally and physically), injured, disfigured, emotionally disturbed, with little or no access to education, learning disabled, orphans, those vulnerable by way of natural disaster and conflict, the physically abused and neglected, the poor-disadvantaged and the malnourished.  
Read more | Dorothea Haus Ross homepage

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Improving the human condition around the globe

Category: Human Rights
Available from: John D & Catherine T MacArthur Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing

The MacArthur Foundation is a private, philanthropic organization based in the United States that makes grants with the aim of helping improve the human condition around the globe. As well as the United States, the foundation has four offices around the world in Nigeria, Mexico, India and Russia. Grants in Nigeria aim to expand and strengthen the network of human rights organizations that provide the basic infrastructure for a national human rights culture based on the rule of law. Grants support leading human rights organizations, both nationally and in selected states, including Rivers, Lagos, Plateau, and Kano. Grants are awarded only to organizations that define clear objectives for their work and measures of progress toward those objectives.
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Research: Online Fundraising - is it working?

The internet was expected to transform charity fundraising in much the same way as it changed world communications. But the revolution is a slow burner, as Kaye Wiggins reports
For a medium that was expected to revolutionise fundraising, the internet has so far failed to prove its worth as a money-spinner. On average, only 2 per cent of charities’ total voluntary income came from online fundraising in 2007, according to The 21st Century Donor, a report by research agency nfpSynergy.
Since the internet was created, we have heard talk of a revolution in giving, says the report. We do not believe that revolution has come, and we do not believe it ever will.
Joe Saxton, co-founder of nfpSynergy, stands by the comments in the 2007 report. People thought charities would do away with other fundraising techniques and do it all online, he says. But it’s clear now that it isn’t going to happen.
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Source: Kaye Wiggins | Third Sector

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