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Philanthropists website off to a flyer
By Emma Rigby, Third Sector Online, 5 October 2007
The Big Give website, which allows wealthy philanthropists to browse for charitable projects, has registered 243 projects asking for a total of £154m since its launch earlier this week.
The site gives UK-registered charities the chance to attract funding for projects requiring between £100,000 and £10m. It is the brainchild of Alec Reed, the founder of the Reed recruitment company and the Reed Foundation, who has pledged to give £1m to promote the site to wealthy individuals, corporate foundations, grant-making trusts and legacy advisers.
The Big Give lets major donors search for projects in their fields of interest by donation amount, geographical location, charitable sector and type of beneficiary. Projects listed so far include a £10m request to build an endowment fund for the Royal Opera House to help provide secure, unrestricted, long-term funding and Battersea Dogs & Cats Home’s request for £1m to help fund facilities including animal maternity units and rehab areas.
The Down’s Syndrome Association has asked for £10m to fund a global Down’s Syndrome bio-bank that would hold 1,500 DNA samples from individuals with the syndrome to help researchers identify the genetic characteristics of the condition.
The objective of the site is to initiate conversation between charities and donors. Charities have responsibility for managing donations and ongoing relationships. Once donors have chosen projects, they can access guidance via links to the Charity Commission and Philanthropy UK.
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Taylor Hammond, 11 October 2007, 15:31
Is it intended to create a professional service pool within this site. I am an Architect and work with the NSPCC, I would like to register my suitability as an enabler for these projects that involve construction.[Report this post]
Bidhan Pramanik, 6 May 2008, 06:48
FromBidhan Chandra PramanikCity-Mia Para(Ranivilla) RajshahiCuntry-BangladeshPost-ghoramaraPostal code-6100bidhan_1969@yahoo.comTeam leader & General Secretary of Prodip Shikkha Unnayan FoundationMobile-01711587095 Dear Sir/Madam,Very warm greetings from Bangladesh . I would like to take this opportunity to introduce our organization Prodip Shikkha Unnayan Foundation a Non government voluntary development organization in Bangladesh. You are aware or the fact that Bangladesh is one of the poorest countries of world. Majority of its people reside in the wrong side of the poverty trap. The number of the hard-core poor in this country is exceedingly high and mere survival is uphill task. Our organization is committed to the cause of the disadvantaged, the distressed and risky group people with a particular focus on women. We are storing hard to bring qualitative change in life style of the under privileged people. Hence we need external support and assistance. We would be gratified to develop a working relationship with your organization. We, therefore approach you that gracious honor would be considerate enough to send us guidelines stating your priorities so that we could submit a project proposal for your support. We would send information of our organization and current activities to you attachment with email so that you may form a fair idea about our organization. If you have application (if any) for applying assistance, we would be gratified to receive that. Please also feel free to ask me any question on our organization and activities. Expecting very coordinal cooperation from your good affairs.Looking forward to hearing from you soon ThanksYours FaithfullyBidhan Chandra PramanikTeam leader & General Secretary of Prodip Shikkha Unnayan[Report this post]