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Stars Foundation - Impact Awards
Subject: Children & Young People | Education | Health | Social & Human Services
Deadline: 19th January 2010
The STARS Foundation improves the well-being of disadvantaged children around the world by supporting organisations which meet their health, education and protection needs. It is based in the United Kingdom. Impact Awards - Established as an annual award, the STARS Impact Awards support organisations committed to achieving excellence in the provision of services to disadvantaged children and encourage the replication of effective approaches and practices. Each Award provides US$100,000 of unrestricted
funding as well as consultancy support tailored to meet the needs of the recipients. In addition, a smaller Award may be made at the discretion of the STARS Board of Trustees to recognise the work of an organisation whose application demonstrates potential as a rising star. Applications are restricted to organizations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. For a full list of eligible countries and other eligibility criteria, follow the link below.
Read more | Stars Foundation homepage

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Ford Foundation - International Fellowships Program 2010
Subject: Education
Deadline: 15th December 2009
The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) seeks to build a new generation of social justice leaders worldwide. The India Program supports candidates from groups that have historically lacked access to higher education. Eligible candidates who belong to marginalized and excluded groups and communities such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, other backward classes, religious minorities, women, physically challenged and those with other kinds of socio-economic deprivationare encouraged to apply. Ford Fellows come from groups and communities that have little access to
higher education, and are selected on the strength of their academic achievement, leadership skills and social commitment. By building on Fellows familiarity with grass roots problems, IFP seeks to raise the Fellows’ capacity through knowledge, skills and networks to become effective leaders in the struggle to improve lives in their communities, countries and regions, residing and working in the states of
Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh or Uttarakhand.
Read more (PDF) | Ford Foundation homepage

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National Geographic Conservation Trust
Subject: Environment
Deadline: Rolling
The objective of the Conservation Trust is to support conservation activities around the world as they fit within the mission of the National Geographic Society. The trust will fund projects that contribute significantly to the preservation and sustainable use of the Earth's biological, cultural, and historical resources. Grants are made to individuals. Applicants must provide a record of prior research or conservation action as it pertains to the proposed project. Funding is not restricted to United States citizens. Researchers planning work in foreign countries should include at least one local collaborator as part of their research teams.
Read more | National Geographic homepage

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James S & James L Knight Foundation News Challenge
Subject: Community
Deadline: 15th December 2009
Knight News Challenge - The Knight Foundation is seeking applications from anywhere in
the world for innovative ideas on distributing news and information content to local communities.
Any projects must use digital, open source technology; distribute news in the public interest
and be directed to local communities in a specific geographic area.
Read more | Link to Knight Foundation homepage

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National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund of South Africa
Subject: Environment | Community | Media & Arts | Social & Human Services
Deadline: 11th December 2009
The Distributing Agency for Charities of South Africa, established in terms of the Lotteries Act (No. 57 of 1997), is once again in the position to consider applications for funding from the proceeds of the National Lottery. Funding will be made available for major projects of National significance in the areas of Arts, Heritage (Cultural and Natural) and Indigenous Knowledge and Environment including, but not limited to, tours, exhibitions, infrastructure development, capacity development, restoration and also for the acquisition of South African works for the long-term benefit of all South Africans. The Distributing Agency will focus on the following areas: Social welfare developmental programs; Adult basic education; After-school care programmes; and Government schools in the Inner City, Informal Areas, Townships and Rural Areas (e.g. classrooms, toilets, fencing, school social work, psychologist, school nurse). Applicants must demonstrate beneficiary community representivity in their staff and management; and board and committees.
Read more | National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (SA) homepage

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USAID/PHILIPPINES Annual Program Statement for Expanding Participation of Persons with Disability in Development Programming
Subject: Disability | Social & Human Services
Deadline: 30th July 2010
USAID is providing approximately $2,000,000 worldwide in FY 2009 ESF Funds for projects that address the program objectives under this APS. Concept papers submitted by USAID/Philippines will compete on a global basis for funding. The funds should be used to support projects and programs that will increase the
participation of people with disabilities within the programs and strategies of USAID/Philippines. Programs and activities that could be adapted to better expand participation of people with disabilities could include, but is not limited to, programs in education, health, government, civil society building, rule of law, HIV/AIDS,
and employment opportunities. In addition, concept papers that would help facilitate the inclusion of people with disabilities into USAID program and activities such as capacity building programs for DPOs, disability awareness raising activities, conducting disability assessments and technical assistance to develop disability strategic plans could also be considered.
Read more | Grant.gov homepage

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Tech Museum of Innovation
Subject: Environment | Health | Tech Dev. & Science | Social & Human Services
Deadline: 31st March 2010
The Tech Awards is an international awards program that honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement in applying technology to humanity's most pressing problems by recognizing the best of those who are utilizing innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent critical issues facing the planet. Each year, candidates are nominated and then invited to submit applications. Individuals, for-profit companies,
and not-for-profit organizations are eligible. International panels of judges review the applications and annually select 15 Laureates. Awards are presented in five categories: Health, Education, Environment, Economic Development, and Equality. Three Laureates in each category are honored and one Laureate per category receives $50,000.
Read more | Tech Museum of Innovation homepage

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Blue Moon Fund
Subject: Community | Environment
Deadline: See website
Blue Moon Fund's programs explore new cultural and economic approaches to resource use, energy use, and urban development. The fund has three intitiatives under which they make grants: Rethinking Consumption & Energy - aimed at developing environmentally-friendly, efficient, and economically competitive transportation and energy choices worldwide; Balancing Human & Natural Ecosystems - aimed at reducing unsustainable resource pressures and preserving biodiversity and ecosystmes, especially as they affect human quality of life; and Reenergizing Urban Communities - focused on
supporting self-organization in cities.
Read more | Blue Moon homepage

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Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund
Subject: Environment
Deadline: 1st January 2010
The DWCF seeks to promote and enable wildlife conservation through partnerships with scientists, educators and organizations committed to preserving earth's biodiversity. The fund's interests are in furthering the support of established conservation programs - particularly those long-term in nature - that contain a strong in situ component  (scientific field studies); promote education, awareness, and training in-country (education programs); and demonstrate a marked benefit to in-country participants, habitats, and species by working with local communities, regional/national NGOs, or governements that directly impact the initiative. The fund encourages global projects however it will only make grants to 501(c)(3) organizations. NGOs outside the U.S. can apply in partnership with a U.S. organization. Applications are
by invitation only. Potential applicants should contact the fund with a letter/email of inquiry.
Read more | Disney Worldwide Conservation homepage

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Grant Activity

Identifies funders who make cross border grants and gives examples of actual funding.

MacArthur Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Support Higher Education in Russia
The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced a $1.5 million grant to a network of twenty scientific research and education centers across Russia to support training opportunities for young scientists and international peer-review of research proposals submitted to the Russian government.
To be administered by the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, the grant will support the final phase of the Program on Basic Research and Higher Education, a joint effort of CRDF and the Russian Ministry of Education and Science. Funded in part by MacArthur and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the program was launched in 1998 to assist in rebuilding Russia's scientific workforce following the Soviet era by helping state universities integrate teaching and research, modernize their scientific equipment, and train a new generation of scientists in Russian higher education.
The final phase of the program is designed to protect and enhance the investments MacArthur and its U.S. and Russian partners have made over the past decade, as the Russian government takes on more responsibility for the funding and development of the network. The grant will fund joint conferences for young scientists; an annual three-week English-language immersion course for undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral researchers; and the international peer review of grant proposals submitted to the Russian MES to reinforce merit-based grantmaking in the country.
MacArthur Foundation Increases Commitment to Russian Higher Education. John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Press Release

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International health funding scheme launched
The UK-based international health charity, THET, and the British Council, the UK’s international body for cultural relations have launched a pioneering funding scheme supported by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Department of Health.
The scheme is aimed at strengthening partnerships, or ’links’, between UK health institutions and their counterparts in the developing countries.The International Health Links Funding Scheme (IHLFS), worth 3 million pounds, is a three-year scheme that provides grants and support for links.
The primary purpose of links is to build the capacity of developing countries’ health systems. Link activities can be very broad and include training and capacity building for staff, providing practical skills, continuing professional development and curriculum development.
This scheme will greatly contribute to the UK’s commitment to international development. The IHLFS will be divided into small grants of up to 3,000 pounds for ’brokering’ or supporting the development of new and young links; medium grants of up to 15,000 pounds over one or two years, and large grants of up to 60,000 pounds per year for three years. Grants will be given to links that contribute to the achievement of priorities defined in the national health plans of target developing countries, an official of British Council told APP.

Cargill Foundation Giving Tops $58 Million in 2009
The Cargill has announced grants of more than $58 million to organizations around the world working to promote nutrition, health, education, and environmental stewardship.
In response to the global financial crisis, the company donated $5.5 million for emergency hunger relief in ten countries through organizations such as Feeding America, the Salvation Army, and the Global Foodbanking Network. In addition, the company, as part of a five-year, $10 million commitment, awarded $2 million to the humanitarian organization CARE, which works to alleviate poverty in the developing world. And to help foster science, technology, engineering and math learning in Minneapolis schools, the company invested more than $3 million in two programs.
Cargill Charitable Giving Tops $58 Million in FY2009. Cargill Inc. Press Release

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WHO, UNICEF, GAVI Alliance Announce Plans to Tackle Child Pneumonia
The World Health Organization and UNICEF have announced the launch of a comprehensive plan to help save up to 5.3 million children from dying of pneumonia by 2015. In conjunction with the effort, the GAVI Alliance has announced a commitment to immunize 130 million children in poor countries against the disease over the same period.
Announced as part of the first World Pneumonia Day on November 2, the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia (23 pages, PDF) offers a three-part approach to combating the disease: providing all children with an environment in which they are at low risk of contracting pneumonia; preventing children from becoming ill with the disease by vaccinating against its causes, preventing and treating HIV, and providing zinc for children with diarrhea; and treating children who become ill with proper care and antibiotics. If the goals outlined in GAPP are reached, the WHO and UNICEF expect a 65 percent reduction in child pneumonia deaths and a 25 percent reduction in the number of severe pneumonia cases in children, compared to 2000 levels. It's estimated that the total cost of implementing GAPP in the world's sixty-eight high-burden countries between 2010 and 2015 will be $39 billion, with the annual cost expected to double over the six-year period.
To help implement GAPP, the GAVI Alliance, which was co-founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, plans to speed up the introduction of pneumococcal vaccines to children in forty-two countries through its Accelerated Vaccine Introduction initiative. The initiative also will introduce a vaccine against rotavirus, which causes diarrhea, in forty-four countries. Together, the introduction of the two vaccines could save the lives of up to 11 million children by 2030. To fund its commitment, GAVI will need to raise up to an additional $4 billion between now and 2015.
“Reducing Child Deaths From Pneumonia.” World Health Organization Press Release

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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Receives $1 Million From Google Co-Founder
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society has announced a $1 million
gift from Google co-founder Sergey Brin (pictured right) to support the organization's efforts to rescue and protect Jewish and other refugees and migrants.
The unrestricted gift will be used to expand HIAS's capacity to offer refugees and migrants legal protection, help those fleeing persecution to resettle and integrate into welcoming communities, inspire a new generation to advocate for just and humane immigration legislation, and reconnect American Jews to their immigrant forbears and migration history. HIAS works in partnership with the U.S. government, the United Nations, and NGOs in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Vienna, Russia, and the United States.
Since it was founded in 1881, HIAS has assisted more than 4.5 million refugees and migrants, including more than 400,000 Jewish refugees who fled the Soviet Union. Among the Soviet Jewish immigrants HIAS assisted was Brin, whose family fled the country when he was six years old. Brin's gift coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of his arrival in the United States.

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Eva Longoria Is Celebrity Philanthropist Of The Year
Eva Longoria was named Hollywood Reporter’s Philanthropist Of The Year for her increasing involvement in numerous children’s charities.
During the event, which was attended by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Roselyn Sanchez and of course Eva, The Reporter’s publisher Eric Mika said:
“I’ve never met a more conscientious and socially aware young, energetic talent. Eva’s efforts on behalf of the causes near and dear to her are Herculean.”
Eva founded the Heroes charity in Texas, which provides an after school programme for children with developmental disabilities and that’s just one of many charities she’s involved with.

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Madoff Trustee Seeks Billions From Picower Estate
Jeffry M. Picower (pictured right), a longtime investor in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme who suffered a fatal heart attack last month, left a multibillion-dollar estate that likely will be targeted by Irving H. Picard, the trustee working to recover assets for the victims of Madoff's fraudulent activities, the New York Times reports.
Although Picower's will leaves the bulk of his estate to charity, the amount will depend on how much the family pays to settle legal claims brought by Picard. According to the Times, the estate is large enough to add several billion dollars to the $1.4 billion Picard has gathered so far. While Picard has demanded the return of $7 billion that he claims Picower and his wife withdrew from their Madoff accounts over several decades, lawyers for the couple say that they only withdrew $2.4 billion during the six-year period covered by the trustee's claims.
William D. Zabel, a lawyer for the family, told the Times that a settlement with Picard should still leave "hundreds of millions of dollars" to establish a new charitable foundation, as stipulated in Picower's will, and to pay more than $240 million in cash bequests, including $1 million each to the New York Public Library, Harlem Children's Zone, and the Nurse-Family Partnership. The will also specified that the new foundation award $1 million each to four scientists conducting research on Parkinson's disease and make a first-year grant of $25 million to the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; the institute had been underwritten by the Picower Foundation, which had all its assets invested with Madoff and was forced to shut its doors when the fraud was uncovered last December.
Trustee Seeks Billions for Madoff Investors. New York Times

GuideStar - Connecting People with Nonproft information
Encourages nonprofits to share information about their organizations openly and completely. Any nonprofit in the database can update its report with information about its mission, programs, leaders, goals, accomplishments, and needs–for free. [View] (US) [View] (UK)

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Foundation Search
FoundationSearch is a leading source of US fundraising information for non-profits and charities. This online resource includes more than 120,000 foundations, representing billions of dollars in annual granting, and includes tools to locate grants by type, value, year, recipient, donor and historical giving trends, and much more. [View]

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Charity Commission Database
The Charity Commission for England and Wales is established by law as the regulator and registrar of charities in England and Wales. Their aim is to provide the best possible regulation of these charities in order to increase charities’ efficiency and effectiveness and public confidence and trust in them. [View]

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OSCR: Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
OSCR is the independent registrar and regulator for Scotland's 23,500 charities. They are a Non-Ministerial Department and form part of the Scottish Administration. [View]

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Directory of Social Change Trustfunding Database
Trustfunding details all trusts included within Directory of Social Change (DSC) and Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) publications and is updated regularly throughout the year.
It includes information on over 4,200 UK grant-making trusts with a total of over £3.1 billion a year. [View]

2009 America's Giving Challenge Winners Announced
The Case Foundation and Parade magazine have announced the winners of this year's America's Giving Challenge.
Funded by the Case Foundation, the Aspen Institute, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the thirty-day online competition on the Facebook Causes platform was designed to raise money and friends for nonprofit causes. As part of the challenge, participants competed for daily and overall cash awards based on the number of donations to their cause. Overall, the challenge generated more than 105,000 donations totaling $2.1 million. In addition, thousands of nonprofits and individuals were exposed to new social media technologies and encouraged to think strategically about leveraging social networking to engage supporters for their causes.
This year's overall winners were Gan Liang, who won $50,000 for the Houston-based Overseas China Education Foundation (13,722 donations, $156,637 raised); Steve Kowarsky, who won $25,000 for the Los Angeles-based Prem Rawat Foundation (11,981 donations, $187,398 raised); Hua Xiao, who won $25,000 for the Toledo, Ohio-based Overseas Save Chinese Children Foundation (10,203 donations, $112,922 raised); and John Wordin, who won $10,000 for the Calabasas, California-based Ride 2 Recovery (8,230 donations, $85,225 raised). For a list of this year's winners, visit the Case Foundation's Web site. America's Giving Challenge Inspires More than 105,000 Donations. Case Foundation Press Release

Fundraising from Europe
Part I: Donors from Europe – people, companies & foundations
Part II: EU Grant Opportunities
An introduction to the largest philanthropic market outside the USA – the US$19 billion philanthropic market in continental Europe. The market will be covered, explaining the background to philanthropy in Europe, showing examples of current giving and fundraising, and illustrating where and how UK organisations have succeeded in winning funds, as well as the potential pitfalls. You will be shown where and how to find out more about people, companies and foundations as donors, and outline successful strategies for development.
Delegates will also receive a complimentary copy of EU Grants Directory 2009 (which includes 12 months access to EU Grants Update Service)

Date: Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Venue: The Sloane club, 52 Lower Sloane Street, London, SW1W 8BS (view map)
Time: 10.30am - 4.30pm
Cost: £205.00 + VAT
Speaker, Part I: Chris Carnie, Factary
Speaker, Part II: Dr. Paul Quantock, Senior Partner, European Consultancy Services
For further details and outcomes delegates can expect please and to book a place please visit
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Chase Commits $5 Million for Innovative Giving Program on Facebook
JPMorgan Chase has announced the launch of a $5 million community giving program on the social networking site Facebook that it hopes will inspire a new approach to corporate philanthropy.
The Chase Community Giving program invites Facebook users to nominate nonprofit organizations with operating budgets of no more than $10 million working in the areas of education, housing, the environment, health and human services, arts and culture, and animal welfare to receive a grant from Chase. The initiative is in addition to Chase's traditional philanthropic efforts to higher-profile nonprofits. If the effort is successful, the bank will likely commit more of its annual giving through this method of crowdsourcing nominations of smaller local charities.
The one hundred organizations that receive the most votes by December 11 will each receive $25,000 from Chase and advance to the program's second round, where they will have the option to submit a "Million Dollar Proposal" to Facebook users detailing the difference they would make in their local community with the extra resources. Starting January 15, Facebook users will be able to vote again. On February 1, the organization receiving the most votes will be announced as the winner of $1 million, with the five runners-up each receiving $100,000. In addition, a special advisory that includes celebrities and Facebook and Chase executives will award $1 million to the nominated charity of its choice, while members of the board who do not work for Chase or Facebook will receive a $25,000 honorarium to donate to a charity of their choice.
Facebook Users Can Help Chase Find Small Charities. Associated Press

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World Wide Web Foundation Launches Global Operations
World Wide Web Foundation (Web Foundation), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the Web to empower people, announced yesterday the launch of global operations including the existence of its first projects. Speaking at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a Web Foundation board member, unveiled the organizations new partnerships with VU University Amsterdam (VU) in the Netherlands and CDI (Center for Digital Inclusion) based in Brazil.
Web Foundation is delighted to announce a partnership with the VU to expedite “re-greening” initiatives throughout the African continent. This new program, Web Alliance for Re-greening in Africa (W4RA), will train and assist local developers to implement and deploy mobile Web- and voice-based platforms to improve communication between agricultural specialists and farmers in Burkina Faso, Mali and other countries. Web Foundation is an international not-for-profit organization. In the United States it is a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit. Please visit www.webfoundation.org/programs for more information about Web Foundation and its new programs.

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Social Media: What are you afraid of?
By Elisa Birnbaum. Charity Village.com
As the interview begins, James Topham apologizes and takes a moment to read and respond to an urgent tweet. Another typical day for the communications and marketing director of War Child Canada, where tweeting and Facebook updates are as commonplace as checking one's email. With social media the buzzword of late, some nonprofits are taking the plunge, hoping these newfangled modes of outreach will help them reach their goals. But how useful is social media, really? And how can one ensure it's being used effectively instead of needlessly tying up already limited resources?
What and why? "Everybody is on Facebook," says Topham, and War Child has been using it for years. The response to the organization's Facebook page has been extremely positive, outperforming even their website. Considering how much time people spend with the medium, it's not hard to see why. And besides, he adds, "It's a good communication tool." Twitter - which War Child started using a year and a half ago - is quickly gaining ground too. "It's a very useful place to make deeper connections with people and build a community." Read the article here

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A non-profit online marketing blog.

CharityChannel
Connecting nonprofit professionals worldwide.

Getting Attention
Helping nonprofits succeed through effective marketing.

Marketing for Nonprofits
Jocelyn Harmon shows us how to use the Internet for change.

Nonprofit Technology Blog
Covers blogging, marketing, communications, strategy and just about everything else!

Online Community Report
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New Reports on U.S. and European Philanthropic Support to HIV/Aids in 2008
Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) and the European HIV/AIDS Funders Group (EFG) have released new reports documenting that HIV/AIDS-related philanthropy in 2008 totaled $618 million among U.S.-based philanthropies and €91 million ($134 million) among European-based philanthropies.
While total HIV/AIDS philanthropy funding among U.S.-based funders increased in 2008 over 2007 by approximately $63 million (11%), this is only due to an increase in funding by the worlds largest private foundation engaged in AIDS work, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Without funding from the Gates Foundation, estimated expenditures by U.S.-based philanthropies remained flat from 2006 to 2007 and decreased slightly (by approximately 3%) from 2007 to 2008. The reports show that total funding for HIV/AIDS by European-based philanthropies was lower in 2008 compared with 2007 by approximately €1.7 million (1%), and total funding has decreased by approximately €5 million (7%) since 2006.
OTHER KEY FINDINGS INCLUDE:
In both the U.S. and Europe, HIV/AIDS-related philanthropic funding remained concentrated among a relatively small number of funders in 2008. In the U.S. the top 10 funders (ranked by total expenditures) accounted for 82% of all HIV/AIDS-related expenditures, and 84% of all expenditures amongst the top 10 funders in Europe. .
To download the complete reports:
U.S. Philanthropic Support to Address HIV/AIDS in 2008 at www.fcaaids.org
European Philanthropic Support to Address HIV/AIDS in 2008 at www.hivaidsfunders.org

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Email Is Not Yet Dead: 9 Tips to Make It More Effective
There have been dire warnings about the death of email recently because of the increasing use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook including a report featured in the October edition of G&R but is it way too early to declare the demise of our most effective online communication? After all, everyone with a computer, or even a mobile phone, uses email, while adoption of social media, while impressive, is not yet universal. Don't get rid of your email to donors and supporters. Just make it as effective as possible...more... (source About.com Joane Fritz)

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Landmark tax ruling on cross-border donations
Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity wins fight for tax relief on Belgian legacy.
A British charity has won a landmark case that entitles it to a charitable rate of tax on a legacy left by a foreign taxpayer. The Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity was left a legacy worth about €1.2m (£1.1m) from a Belgian resident in 1996. The Belgian government ruled that because the charity was not Belgian the tax on the donation should be 80 per cent rather than the 8.8 per cent rate afforded to domestic not-for-profit organisations.
However, a Brussels court ruled this month that the charity should have been charged the 8.8 per cent rate, meaning it will receive €1.5m (£1.4m), including interest on the delayed payment.
The case comes after a legal victory last year for a German donor, Hein Persche, who won tax relief on an €18,000 (£16,300) donation to a Portuguese charity. This latest case is the first involving a British charity.
Charles Whiddington, partner and head of the competition and EU regulatory group at Field Fisher Waterhouse, which represented the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, said the case set an important precedent for recognition of the British charity model, which is different from the legal structure used by continental. Read more
Source: Third Sector

Social media helps DEC raise £3 million in one week
The Disasters Emergency Committee has acknowledged that social media has contributed significantly to the income it has raised for its current appeal.
In the first week of the DEC's appeal for Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, over £3 million was donated, over £1 million which was given in the first 24 hours.
BBC websites have been the most significant online referrer to the DEC donations page, but Twitter, which the DEC only started using on 2 October, was the second most important. Facebook, which the charity had previously used very little, was the third largest source of traffic.
The appeal for emergency aid for the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and landslides in East Asia was championed early on by Twitter users Sarah Brown and Stephen Fry who, between them, have more than 1.5 million followers.
@Stephenfry wrote at 13:35 on 4 October: "Do see if you can find it in your heart support the DEC Disasters Appeal for Indonesia, Philippines & Vietnam - donate now at www.dec.org.uk "
@Sarahbrown10 wrote at 20:33 on 6 October: "RT @decappeal - Big international call to support #DEC disasters appeal: www.dec.org.uk Help them make a difference!"
DEC were able to take advantage of the almost instant impact of social media by opening its phone lines and website for donations on Sunday 4 October ahead of the main appeals broadcast on Tuesday 6 October. DEC also uses Flickr and YouTube

Why Email No Longer Rules
Email has had a good run as king of communications. But its reign is over. In its place, a new generation of services is starting to take hold – services like Twitter and Facebook and countless
others vying for a piece of the new world. And just as email did more than a decade ago, this shift
promises to profoundly rewrite the way we communicate – in ways we can only begin to imagine.
We all still use email, of course. But email was better suited to the way we used to use the Internet – logging off and on, checking our messages in bursts. Now, we are always connected, whether we are sitting at a desk or on a mobile phone. The always-on connection, in turn, has created a host of new ways to communicate that are much faster than email, and more fun.
Why wait for a response to an email when you get a quicker answer over instant messaging? Thanks to Facebook, some questions can be answered without asking them. You don't need to ask a friend whether she has left work, if she has updated her public "status" on the site telling the world so. Email, stuck in the era of attachments, seems boring compared to services like Google Wave, currently in test phase, which allows users to share photos by dragging and dropping them from a desktop into a Wave, and to enter comments in near real time. [Read more] Source: Wall Street Journal

Gates Foundation pours $115 million into new malaria drugs
Health experts around the globe were chilled earlier this year by the discovery that malaria in Cambodia has evolved resistance to the most promising drug in medicine's arsenal.
With the effectiveness of artemisinin under threat, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is stepping up its investment in new malaria drugs with a $115 million grant to the Geneva-based Medicines for Malaria Venture. The grant brings the foundation's total funding for the group to $317 million.
Malaria has long been a top priority for the Gateses, who in 2007 took the controversial step of calling for eradication of the disease. Many experts question whether that will ever be possible, but foundation CEO Jeff Raikes recently said the world's biggest philanthropy is refocusing its malaria programs with the goal of eradication in mind.
The "E-word," which some malaria scientists utter with trepidation based on past failures, is repeated three times in MMV's four-paragraph press release on the new grant.
In February, MMV and drugmaker Novartis introduced a sweet-tasting version of the combination malaria drug Coartem for African children. The group is funding work on more than 50 drug candidates, ten of which are in clinical development. Read more
Source: Seattle Times

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