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Implementing innovative programs aimed at increasing breast cancer awareness, education, screening, and quality access to care
Category: Health | Medical Research | Social & Human Services
Available from: Susan G Komen Foundation
Deadlines: N/A
Although breast cancer is a global disease, beliefs and approaches to its diagnosis and treatment vary greatly, in part due to differences in cultural norms, health care systems, and economic conditions. In this context, no single approach to breast cancer will prove effective around the world. For these reasons, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is partnering with local non-profit organizations in communities worldwide to implement innovative programs aimed at increasing awareness, education, screening, and quality access to care. Through local grants they strengthen organizations and networks and replicate successful programs that can be implemented on a larger scale.To date, Komen for the Cure has awarded more than $8 million for international community health programs. At this time, Komen is not accepting unsolicited proposals. Komen is focusing funding efforts on current commitments and will be accepting proposals by invitation only. They encourage you to check the website periodically for updates on future funding opportunities. For further information you can contact the foundation on international@komen.org
Read more | Susan G Komen Foundation homepage
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Initiative aiming to increase access to grants for small and
Diaspora-led organisations
Category: Community | Education | Health | NGO Capacity Building
Available from: Dfid/Comic Relief Common Ground Initiative
Deadline: None
The initiative aims to increase access to grants for small and Diaspora-led organisations in the UK that are working to create real and sustainable changes to some of the poorest and most disadvantaged communities in Africa. This fund also aims to strengthen the capacity of small and Diaspora organisations in the UK. Applicants can apply to the health, education or enterprise and employment programmes that have been developed specifically for this initiative, or to one of Comic Relief’s six existing grants programmes. Grants are available to UK registered charities (enterprise and employment projects have broader eligibility), with an annual turn-over of less that £1m for the previous two financial years. Diaspora organisations may be of any size, and where the majority of the trustees define themselves as being of African heritage; who live in the UK but retain emotional, financial and cultural links with their country and/ or the African continent.
Read more | Comic Relief homepage
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Supporting local, national and regional organisations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment
Category: Community | Education | NGO Capacity Building | Human Rights
Available from: African Women's Development Fund
Deadline: See Website
The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) is a grant-making foundation which supports local, national and regional organisations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment. Through institutional capacity building and programme development, AWDF seeks to build a culture of learning and partnerships within the African women’s movement. AWDF funds the work of organisations which prioritise the following areas: protecting and promoting women’s human rights; mobilisation of support for women’s rights at grassroots level through networking and empowerment of community based organisations (CBOs); research on harmful traditional practices and forms of violence against women, which infringe their basic human rights; monitoring policies and legislation which infringe upon women’s human rights; harmonisation of national laws and constitutions in line with regional and international commitments and standards; training in leadership and advocacy for public advocates on women’s human rights; and Establishing national and regional networks to promote and advocate for women’s human rights.
Read more | African Women's Development Fund
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Leading the fight against arthritis in the UK
Category: Medical Research | Social & Human Services
Available from: Arthritis Research UK
Deadline: Various, See website for details
Arthritis Research UK is a British charity leading the fight against arthritis in the UK. They fund high class research and provide information and campaign on behalf of sufferers. There research funding covers all aspects of arthritis research and full details of their current focus in available on the website. Research grants and research fellowships may only be held in universities, hospitals or recognised academic research institutes in the UK although overseas applicants may apply for fellowship funding if they associated with a UK university or research institute.
Read more | Arthritis Research UK homepage
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Increasing access to healthcare in the United States and around the world
Category: Health
Available from: Baxter International Foundation
Deadline: Jan 21, Apr 13, Jul 13 & Sep 29
The Baxter International Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Baxter International Inc., helps organizations increase access to healthcare in the United States and around the world. The foundation, established in 1981, began to focus exclusively on
increasing access to healthcare in 2002 - particularly for the disadvantaged and underserved - in and near communities where Baxter employees live and work. In each of these efforts, the Foundation's fundamental purpose is to make a positive and lasting impact on healthcare and the health of communities around the world. The Baxter International Foundation funds programs or projects that improve the access, quality and cost-effectiveness of direct healthcare services. Focusing on these priorities, the Foundation makes grants to projects that are expanding access to direct healthcare services to disadvantaged or underserved populations in and near communities throughout the world where significant numbers of Baxter employees live and work.
Read more | Baxter International Foundation homepage
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Two research grants of up to $100,000 each to support innovative original research in enterprise solutions to poverty
Category: Community | Social & Human Services | Tech Dev & Science | Women
Available from: The Seven Fund
Deadline: 15th October 2010
The Seven Fund is a virtual entity run by entrepreneurs whose strategy is to increase the rate of innovation and diffusion of enterprise-based solutions to poverty. The annual open "Enterprise-based Solutions to Poverty" is now open. The competition
will awared up to two research grants of up to $100,000 each to support innovative original research in enterprise solutions to poverty. The competition has four goals: 1) to expand scientific inquiry to include disciplines fundamental to a deep understanding of entrepreneurship and economic development currently unsupported by conventional grant sources; 2) to forge and maintain useful collaborations between researchers and on-the-ground actors of enterprise-based solutions to
poverty; 3) to provide the public with a deeper understanding of this area and its potential implications; and 4) to find, research, and analyze role-model entrepreneurs and companies whose lesson may inspire others. Anyone may submit an initial proposal in order to compete for a SEVEN grant as long as the proposal reflects the scope and guidelines stated. Applicants are expected to be think-tanks, economists, professors from business schools as well as other departments, researchers, entrepreneurs, business experts, strategy experts, graduate and post-graduate student researchers, economic
development experts, business strategists, non-governmental organizations, etc.
Read more | The Seven Fund homepage
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Elsevier Foundation supports the efforts of libraries to enhance the quality of life in developing countries by advancing knowledge in science, technology and medicine
Category: Education | Science | Social & Human Services
Available from: The Elservier Foundation
Deadline: 15th September 2010
The Foundation provides one, two and three year grants to libraries in the developing countries and supporting organizations in the following areas: programs to enhance library infrastructure, technology or information services in ways that significantly enhance their ability to make STM (scientific/social sciences, technical and medical) information available to those who need it -- researchers, clinicians, students, policymakers and the wider public; programs that enhance or expand library information resources in the developing world through digitization or preservation of information that advances science, health, the environment, and indigenous knowledge; Training and education programs, for library staff, students or researchers, contributing to sustainable improvements in the library’s capacity to provide STM information in the developing world; partnerships between libraries in the developing countries and institutions in the developed countries to provide technical assistance or training. Developed country partner organizations include libraries, learned societies, universities, intergovernmental organizations and other non-profit organizations. Proposals are welcome for single-year grants in amounts between US$5,000 to US$50,000 and will be accepted for multi-year programs (up to three years) for grant amounts of US$5,000 to US$50,000 per year. The Elsevier Foundation will also reserve a percentage of the 2010 grant funding for projects under $15,000. Proposals must be submitted online between 1st Aug and 15th Sept 2010.
Read more | Elservier Foundation homepage
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Challenging the current state of international drug policy
Category: Education | Health | Human Rights | Social & Human Services | Tech Dev & Science
Available from: Open Society Institute Global Drug Policy Program
Deadline: 1st October 2010
The Open Society Institute Global Drug Policy Program aims to broaden, diversify and consolidate the network of organizations actively challenging the current state of international drug policy. Stemming from the notion that the "war on drugs" is actually a "war on drug users," the program advocates a more balanced approach in international drug policy with a greater focus on human rights. The program is dedicated to utilizing scientific evidence and input from organizations and
individuals engaged in and affected by drug use and drug policy in the development of policy recommendations. The Global Drug Policy Program welcomes proposals from organizations worldwide. We support a broad range of institutions
working in different fields, such as economics, policy, public health, human rights, and the media. While the program does not have upper or lower funding brackets, projects are expected to demonstrate co-funding. The Global Drug Policy program
funds projects which do not exceed one year. In 2010, the program will accept applications on a rolling basis from March 1 until October 1.
Read more | Open Society Institute homepage
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Grant Activity
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Carnegie Corporation has announced 33 grants totaling nearly
$25.2 million to organizations around the world.
Category: Various
Grant Amount: $25,174,200
Grant made to: Various organizations
Grant made from: Carnegie Corporation
The Carnegie Corporation has announced thirty-three grants totaling nearly $25.2 million to organizations working in the United States and around the world.
Second-quarter grants awarded through the foundation's international program include $3 million over three years to eThekwini Municipality in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to help establish a model city library; $350,000 over two years to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., to help develop a new security architecture for the Euro-Atlantic region; $2 million over four years to the University of Pretoria, South Africa, to establish a master's program in information technology within the university's school of information technology; and $885,000 over two years to Harvard University for executive training programs for military officers and policy makers.
Through its national program, Carnegie awarded $5 million over two years to the San Francisco-based New Schools Venture Fund for general operating support; $275,000 over two years to the Boston-based Center for Public Interest Research for a new voters project designed to promote youth civic engagement, especially at community colleges; and a six-month, $250,000 grant to Public Interest Projects in New York City to supplement the Four Freedoms Fund's immigrant integration activities, especially in the area of strategic communications.
For a complete list of the foundation's second-quarter grants, visit the Carnegie Corporation Web site.
“Carnegie Corporation of New York's Board Approves 33 Grants Totaling $25,174,200.” Carnegie Corporation of New York Press Release
Carnegie Corporation
University of Pretoria | Harvard University | eThekwini Municipality | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Two nonprofit leaders working in the field of international human rights - awarded the Charles Bronfman Prize
Category: Human Rights
Grant Amount: $100,000
Grant made to: Freedom Now | Mapendo International
Grant made from: Charles Bronfman Prize
Now in its sixth year, the $100,000 prize recognizes the vision and talent of an individual or team under the age of fifty whose humanitarian work has contributed significantly to the betterment of the world and whose Jewish values infuse his or her humanitarian accomplishments, providing inspiration to future generations. This is the first time two prizes have been awarded in the same year.
Jared Genser, the founder and president of Freedom Now, was honored for his tireless defense of prisoners of conscience worldwide. Genser has helped secure the release of prisoners from a number of countries, including Burma, China, Egypt, Pakistan, and Vietnam, by creating an innovative approach to human rights defense that combines legal, political, and public relations advocacy for each campaign.
Mapendo International founder and executive director Sasha Chanoff was recognized for his successful efforts to rescue and resettle at-risk and forgotten African refugees. Chanoff has worked for more than a decade in refugee rescue, relief, and resettlement operations in Africa and the United States and has devised and implemented solutions to identify, rescue, and protect people fleeing from conflict and violence in Africa whose lives are in imminent danger and who fall outside existing humanitarian relief efforts.
“The Charles Bronfman Prize Names Two 2010 Recipients.” Charles Bronfman Prize Press Release
Charles Bronfman Prize | Freedom Now | Mapendo International
Responding to the rapidly escalating tobacco epidemic in India
Category: Health
Grant Amount: $5,000,000
Grant made to: Public Health Foundation of India
Grant made from: Gates Foundation
The Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) has announced a three-year, $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of a new initiative designed to strengthen the National Tobacco Control Program in the states of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh.
The initiative, Project STEPS (Strengthening of Tobacco Control Efforts Through Innovative Partnerships and Strategies), will provide district-specific strategic responses to the rapidly escalating tobacco epidemic in India, where smoking kills one million people annually. The project will work to reduce the health burden of tobacco and associated risks and promote health equity by engaging, enabling, and empowering stakeholders in the two states.
“Departments of Health, Gujarat & Andhra Pradesh Announce the Launch of Project STEPS With Public Health Foundation of India.” Public Health Foundation of India Press Release
Public Health Foundation of India | Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Investment fund to support small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia
Category: International Development
Grant Amount: $20,000,000
Grant made to: TBA
Grant made from: Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative | Carlos Slim Foundation
The Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative and the Carlos Slim Foundation have announced the launch of a $20 million investment fund to support small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia.
Supported by $10 million each from CGSGI and the Slim Foundation, Fondo Acceso is designed to provide creative financial solutions to Colombian SMEs that are underserved by existing sources of financing. The fund will work to provide growth financing that achieves both financial and social returns, with an emphasis on job creation. As such, each investment will be considered based on its financial return, its risk profile, and its social relevance as measured in terms of sustainable job creation.
“President Bill Clinton and Philanthropists Frank Giustra and Carlos Slim Launch Fondo Acceso SAS, a USD $20 Million Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Colombia.” William J. Clinton Foundation Press Release
Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative | Carlos Slim Foundation
Gates Foundation Commits $1.5 Billion for Integrated Women's and Children's Health Programs
Category: Children | Health | Women
Grant Amount: $1,500,000,000
Grant made to: TBA
Grant made from: Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a five-year, $1.5 billion commitment to support maternal and child health, family planning, and nutrition programs in developing countries.
A significant portion of the funding will support programs in India, Ethiopia, and other countries that have relatively high rates of maternal and child mortality. "The world must come together to save women's and children's lives," said Melinda Gates. "In poor countries, pregnancy and childbirth often end in tragedy. Our goal must be to build a world where every birth brings joy and hope for the future."
Initial grants totaling $94 million in India and $60 million in Ethiopia will be directed largely to nongovernmental organizations and research institutions working to develop interventions and comprehensive programs that could have a major health impact, social and behavioral research on life-saving practices, effective strategies that expand the availability and use of voluntary family planning services, and rigorous evaluation of innovative programs.
“Melinda Gates Calls for Global Action to Save Women's and Children's Lives.” Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Press Release
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced grants totaling more than $10 million to three organizations in Israel
Category: Health | Human Services
Grant Amount: $10,000,000
Grant made to: Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | Weizmann Institute of Science | Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization
Grant made from: Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center was awarded nearly $4.3 million for a project designed to help patients avoid post-surgery complications and teach them about the origins of inflammatory bowel disease. The project will use real-time monitoring of the inflammatory process in recent surgical patients and will work to obtain clinical data and laboratory markers that predict surgical complications and provide treatment options.
In addition, the trust awarded a $3.9 million grant to the Weizmann Institute of Science to seed a wide-ranging set of scientific investigations into Crohn's disease. Among other things, the institute hopes to obtain a greater understanding of the complex interplay of the human immune system, microbiology, and genetics in creating and fostering diseases of the digestive system. And the trust awarded a $2 million grant to the Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization to construct and equip a state-of-the-art center in Beersheva, Israel, that will provide rehabilitation and support services for disabled veterans and victims of terrorism. The $23.3 million project is scheduled to be completed in the fall.
“The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces $10 Million in Grants to Three Projects in Israel.” Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Press Release
Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust |Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center | Weizmann Institute of Science | Zahal Disabled Veterans Organization
$150 Million Public-Private Initiative Launched to Reduce Health Inequities in Mesoamerica
Category: Health Services | International Development
Grant Amount: $150,000,000
Grant made to: TBA
Grant made from: Gates Foundation | Carlos Slim Foundation | Inter-American Development Bank
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Health Institute of the Carlos Slim Foundation, the government of Spain, and the Inter-American Development Bank have announced the launch of a $150 million initiative to reduce health inequities affecting millions of poor people in Mesoamerican countries and to support government efforts in the region to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals.
Funded with $50 million each from Spain and the Gates and Slim foundations, the five-year Salud Mesoamérica 2015 initiative will promote the use of health services and the adoption of healthier behaviors for the poorest 20 percent of the population in Central America and southern Mexico in the areas of reproductive health, maternal and neo-natal health, maternal and child nutrition, immunization, and preventing and controlling dengue and malaria. IDB will serve as the agency responsible for working with the region's governments to prepare, implement, and monitor projects funded by the initiative, commission independent evaluations, and manage the donors' funds.
“Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Carlos Slim Health Institute, Spain, and the IDB Collaborate to Improve Health of the Poor in Mesoamerica.” Inter-American Development Bank Press Release
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | Health Institute of the Carlos Slim Foundation | Inter-American Development Bank | Salud Mesoamérica 2015
MasterCard Foundation, Plan Canada Launch Financial Empowerment Program for West Africa
Category: Children & Youth
Grant Amount: $4,100,000
Grant made to: Uganda Foundation for AIDS Orphaned Children
Grant made from: McKnight Foundation
The MasterCard Foundation and Plan Canada have announced the launch of a four-year, $4.1 million program designed to economically empower youth in West Africa. Building on Plan Canada's efforts in the region over the past two years, the program will support the formation of savings and loan associations that will serve some 70,000 young people ages 15 to 25 in Niger, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. Youth will be involved at all stages of planning the program and will serve as key members of advisory boards in each country. At least 70 percent of the participants will be female.
“Plan Canada and the MasterCard Foundation Expand Youth Microfinance Project in West Africa.” MasterCard Foundation Press Release
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Ibrahim Foundation Decides NOT to Award $5 Million Prize
For the second year in a row, the London-based Mo Ibrahim Foundationhas announced that it will not award its $5 million annual prize for excellence in African leadership.
Created in 2007 by Sudan-born billionaire Mo Ibrahim, the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership honors a former African head of state who has demonstrated leadership that improves the prospects of people on the continent. Recipients of the prize, who receive $5 million over ten years and $200,000 annually for life thereafter, must be democratically elected and have left office within the past three years. The first two recipients of the prize were Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique and Festus Gontebanye Mogae of Botswana. In addition, South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela was named an honorary laureate in 2007.
According to the Associated Press, the seven-member prize committee considered "some credible candidates" — including former presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, and John Kufuor of Ghana — in 2009 but eventually decided not to award the prize. This year, the committee told the foundation's board that there have been "no new candidates or new developments and therefore no selection of a winner had been made." The foundation will continue to promote complementary initiatives, including the Ibrahim Leadership Fellowships, a new initiative designed to identify and prepare the next generation of African leaders.
As measured by the foundation's Ibrahim Index, which uses eighty criteria to assess the performance of African countries, the overall standard of governance on the continent is improving. "Many African countries are making great strides not just economically, but also in terms of their governance," said Mo Ibrahim. "Nevertheless, the foundation is anything but complacent....[Our] mission is to improve governance and nurture leadership in Africa. [And it] is clear that much more needs to be done."
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“If you had $1 million to change Healthcare for the underserved, what would you do?” Alliance Healthcare Foundation’s new international competition
The Innovation Initiative (i2) is a unique funding opportunity aimed at transforming the way vulnerable and underserved communities access health andhealthcare . This global competition aims to engage and inspire the world’s best thinkers in finding bold, new solutions to our most pressinghealthcare challenges..
The Innovation Initiative is a single grant of up to $1 million, distributed over as many as three years, to a single entrepreneurial idea aimed at transforming the healthcare delivery system for the underserved. The grant dollars may be used to fund an entire program, or may contribute to launching a program with other sources of secured funding.
This competition is open to non-profit organizations or partnerships of organizations that include a 501(c)3 nonprofit (the grantee) and other non-profit, for profit and/or governmental agencies. Alliance is committed to facilitating compatible partnerships that meet these requirements.
Instructions for submitting a Letter of Intent for the Innovation Initiative grant can be found online at www.alliancehf.org.
The deadline for submitting letters of intent is 28 June 2010
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Research & Reports
Report: Global Fund suspends aid for Zambia over corruption
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has suspended more than $300 million in aid to Zambia, citing concerns that Zambian officials have not done enough to root out corrupt officials within the health ministry. Sweden and the Netherlands have suspended aid to Zambia, and the European Union has canceled funds for Zambian roads. Health Minister Kapembwa Simbao said that the government has made the necessary structural reforms to prevent corruption, but the Global Fund has demanded action on specific individuals before aid can proceed.
Source: BBC
Report: European Foundation Leaders call for Statute to aid cross-border giving
Key European foundation leaders have called for new regulation in Europe to enable them to work across borders in order to maximise their impact in today’s challenging financial climate.
“A statute enabling foundations in Europe to work in neighbouring countries is long overdue – not having this mechanism in place is stopping foundations realising their potential - and in these difficult financial times foundations have an increasingly important role to play,” said Gerry Salole chief executive of the European Foundation Centre, which represents foundations from all across Europe.
Under current regulation, a foundation in one of the 27 member states will find it hard to set up a programme in another European country, even if it has the funds to do so. This means that vital work is not being carried out where it could make impact to ordinary lives in Europe.
“This is not in line with the European vision that we all support so fervently,” said Salole. “Foundations have the potential to play a key role in supporting the EU’s 2020 agenda, but at the moment they are lacking the tools to do it.”
A recent study by the EU estimated that there are some 110,000 foundations in Europe, collectively spending between 83 and 150 billion euros annually on projects and programmes, and providing employment for to up to 1 million Europeans.
A recent Gallup poll shows that 70% of interviewed MEPs think that foundations have a vital role to play in supporting the development of the EU Europe 2020 initiative. 86% of respondents think the EU should play a role in facilitating the work of foundations via a European Foundation Statute.
“With a European Foundation Statute in place, foundations can make a real contribution to a strong Europe – many have already endured for hundreds of years – surviving war and political turmoil,” noted Salole. “They have shown themselves to be resilient during the global economic downturn, demonstrating responsible leadership and creativity. Let’s use this exceptional capacity to make a positive impact and a stronger Europe.”
The call for a European Foundation Statute was made at Foundation Week that took place in Brussels to showcase the work of European foundations and to map out the future roles foundations can play to improve the lives of European citizens.
Source: The Global Media Centre
Report: Oprah Winfrey's Angel Network to Dissolve
The
Angel Network, the charity founded by media mogul Oprah Winfrey, has announced that it will cease operations as soon as its remaining funds are dispersed.
Launched in 1998 with initial donations from viewers of Winfrey's populartalk show, the charity raised more than $80 million from 150,000 donors, the Associated Press reports. Its best-known projects include supporting rebuilding efforts in Gulf Coast communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina and building fifty-five rural schools in a dozen countries. All the network's final grantees have been chosen, and the charity is no longer accepting grant requests or donations.
The decision to dissolve the network comes as Winfrey prepares to wrap up production of her talk show next fall after twenty-five years on the air, according to Angel Network spokeswoman Angela DePaul. Winfrey remains committed to philanthropy, and her new Oprah Winfrey Network will highlight charitable organizations.
“Thank You to Our Grantees.” Angel Network Announcement
“Winfrey's Angel Network Closing as Show Nears End.” Associated Press
Report: Bill and Melinda Gates, Warren Buffett Ask Nation's Super-Rich to Give Half Their Wealth to Charity
In what some are calling the biggest fundraising pitch in history, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett have launched a campaign to encourage the nation's billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity,
Fortune reports.
The genesis of the campaign can be traced to a May 2009 meeting convened by Bill Gates that brought together some of the nation's — and the world's — wealthiest philanthropists, including David Rockefeller, who hosted the event in New York City; Michael Bloomberg; Peter G. Peterson; George Soros; Chuck Feeney; Oprah Winfrey; Ted Turner; and Eli and Edythe Broad. At the meeting, the group, which at the time had a combined net worth of $130 billion and a collective history of generous giving to charity, discussed their ideas about philanthropy, including how to encourage wealthy Americans to give more. Over the next year, several additional meetings were held, and the campaign quietly began to take shape. Starting with the Forbes list of the four hundred wealthiest Americans, the campaign will encourage the nation's super-rich to pledge at least 50 percent of their net worth to charitable causes, either during their lifetimes or at death.
With a combined net worth in 2009 of roughly $1.2 trillion, the Forbes 400 could give an additional $600 billion or more to charity if they rose to the challenge — and that's not counting billionaires who may have been left off the list. To put that in perspective, total charitable giving in the United States, which surpasses all other countries in philanthropic generosity, has topped $300 billion in each of the last three years. According to IRS records and estimates by Fortune, the wealthiest Americans gave between 8 percent and 11 percent of their total adjusted income to charity in 2007, while among individuals paying estate taxes charitable bequest gifts accounted for 12 percent of the $229 billion in gross estates.
Although the definition of success in the campaign may take years to determine, in the short-term the Gateses and Buffett simply want to encourage the nation's wealthiest individuals to think more seriously about giving. Indeed, said Buffett, anyone who is rich has thought about what to do with his or her money. "They may not have reached a decision about that, but they have for sure thought about it," Buffet told Fortune. "The pledge that we're asking them to make will put them to thinking about the whole issue again....If they wait until they're making a final will in their nineties, the chance of their brainpower and willpower being better than they are today is nil."
“The $600 Billion Challenge.” Fortune Magazine
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Report: Only a quarter of London Marathon income goes to charity, documentary claims
London Marathon Trading attacks 'stunning ignorance' of Channel 4's Dispatches, which says remainder goes on salaries and 'undisclosed costs'
The Channel 4 (UK) programme Dispatches has claimed that the organisers of the London Marathon gave only a quarter of the money raised by the event to its parent charity last year.
London Marathon Limited, the trading subsidiary of the London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited, gave £4.5m of the £17.8m raised in 2009 to the trust.
Tracing the Marathon's Millions, first broadcast at 8pm on 9th April 2010, will claim that the remainder is "eaten up in salaries and undisclosed costs".
It also claimed that one member of staff, which London Marathon Limited refuses to identify, was paid between £240,000 and £250,000 last year.
Nick Bitel, chief executive of London Marathon Limited, said the documentary displayed "stunning ignorance" of charity trading and that the marathon generated more money for charity than any other running event in Europe. The marathon's costs include toilets, barriers, venue hire, staff and rent. He said its costs compared favourably with other, similar events.
"This is an attack on charity trading companies," said Bitel.
He would not reveal the identity of the highest-earning employee, but said the person's salary last year included a one-off bonus for saving the marathon £3m by finding a new sponsor without using a sponsorship agency. David Bedford, race director of the marathon, said the programme displayed "a toxic mixture of opinions and half-truths masquerading as facts". A statement by London Marathon Limited said it planned to refer the production company, Blakeway, and Channel 4 to communications regulator Ofcom. This year's London Marathon is on 25 April.
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Finding science-based solutions to agricultural problems in developing countries
Category: Agriculture | Science
Grant Amount: $20,000,000
Grant made to: Various Agricultural Projects
Grant made from: National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation has announced fifteen grants totaling $20 million to support basic research that builds a foundation for generating sustainable, science-based solutions to agricultural problems in developing countries.
The grants, representing the first funding cycle of NSF's Basic Research to Enable Agriculture Development (BREAD) program
— a five-year initiative jointly funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — will enable scientists to employ novel, creative approaches and technologies to address common constraints facing small-holder farmers, including stresses such as drought and diseases. Awarded to forty-two institutions in seventeen states, the grants include international collaborators in Kenya, South Africa, Malawi, Australia, Colombia, Mexico, Switzerland, Denmark, Pakistan, India, Papua New Guinea, and the United Kingdom. Scientists from the Centers of the Consultative Group for International Agriculture and the private sector will also participate in some of the projects.
For a complete list of this year's BREAD grant recipients, visit the National Science Foundation Web site.
“NSF Provides $20 Million to Support 15 Projects Through BREAD Program.” National Science Foundation Press Release
National Science Foundation | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Website: Virgin Money Giving nets half as many pages as rival JustGiving
More than 9,000 London Marathon runners raised money through new site
More than 11,000 people set up fundraising pages for this year's London Marathon on the new Virgin Money Giving website.
A Virgin spokesman said 9,279 of the new pages were used for donations and the rest were inactive. Between £5m and £7m had been raised on the site so far, he said, and a total would be provided in the next few weeks.
A spokeswoman for Virgin Money Giving's main rival, the long-established JustGiving, said it had 20,872 London Marathon pages this year, 847 fewer than last year; 15,011 of these pages were active. More than £19.5m had been donated on the site to support London Marathon runners so far this year, she said; the average per page was up 4.5 per cent on last year's figure, at £1,308.
The Virgin site was launched in October last year after it was announced that Virgin would take over sponsorship of the marathon from Flora. The London Marathon website describes Virgin Money Giving as "the official fundraising website for the Virgin London Marathon".
The Virgin spokesman said marketing for the marathon and the website had been "entwined". He said there were 1,500 more runners in this year's marathon than in last year's, which partly explained the increase in the overall number of people setting up fundraising pages online.
The increase might also have been caused by a shift away from smaller fundraising sites, or by people choosing to raise money online for the first time, he said.
The spokeswoman for JustGiving said she expected this year's fundraising total on the site to be close to last year's figure of £25m. She said integrating JustGiving with social networking site Facebook had encouraged runners to use the site.
Source: By Kaye Wiggins, Third Sector
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Online Petition: The Iraq's Missing Campaign
The Iraq’s Missing Campaign seeks both to support relatives of missing persons in Iraq and help them find answers as to the fate of loved ones.
In Iraq, there are an estimated 1 million people missing and presumed dead who have not been identified. So far over 200,000 bodies have been excavated from over 300 mass graves.
Yet, despite the growing importance of human rights and international law in world affairs, it appears that the international community remains complacent toward crimes of the scale inflicted on Iraqis. Could this be the single greatest obstruction to securing peace and reconciliation in Iraq?
Alleviating the pain that relatives suffer in the search for their lost loved ones is important to allow peace to be given a chance and to secure a more peaceful future for Iraqis. We urge anyone who can spare just a minute of their time to sign our petition, which calls on members of the international community to recognise the extent of the crimes and prosecute those responsible as a matter of urgency.
Please read and sign our online petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/im123456/. For more information and how to take further action please visit our website at www.iraqsmissing.org, email: iraqsmissing@gmail.com or call us on (0113) 2438880.
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