International Fundraising
August 31, 2017 at 12:30 pm
A human rights nonprofit has purchased billboard space in New York City’s Times Square as part of a campaign to refocus discussion on North Korea. In July, the Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea purchased time on an electronic billboard in Times Square to feature three ads—one about the estimated 120,000 North Koreans…
August 15, 2017 at 10:33 am
A Courthouse-based nonprofit has launched a new investment fund to help coastal fishers in Asia be more sustainable, raising $10 million in its first round of funding. Non-governmental organization Rare, which focuses on global conservation, manages The Meloy Fund, an investment fund that looks to incentivize sustainable fisheries and increase the number of fish in…
July 31, 2017 at 10:53 am
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau encouraged people over the weekend to donate to the Canadian Red Cross to help British Columbians affected by raging wildfires and he made a similar appeal for Ontario and Quebec flood victims earlier this year. However, unlike many international disasters like the earthquakes in Nepal two years ago or in Haiti in 2010, Canada's appeal for domestic donations isn't…
June 13, 2017 at 11:49 am
The public health world is gearing up once again for a final push to eradicate polio and, with only five cases recorded in the world so far this year, that elusive goal seems tantalizingly within reach. On Monday, representatives of charitable groups and governments gathered at the Rotary convention in Atlanta and pledged an additional…
May 23, 2017 at 10:50 am
The Wenchuan earthquake in Sichuan that killed 69,000 people in 2008 shook up China’s social media and online giant Tencent Holdings, located 1,000 kilometers away in Shenzhen. Social media was buzzing with users who wanted to lend a hand during one of China’s worst disasters in modern history. The company previously made scattered efforts involving philanthropy,…
May 23, 2017 at 10:45 am
Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest on Monday made the country's biggest philanthropic gift by a living individual, donating $298 million to causes covering health, education and fighting modern slavery. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull sang the praises of the one-third owner of world No. 4 iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd, who has faced occasional…
March 23, 2017 at 7:00 am
A direct mail package’s letter helps transport the donor to the heart of this group’s mission.
March 23, 2017 at 12:11 am
A direct-mail package’s letter helps transport the donor to the heart of this group’s mission. Mailer Name: FINCA International Date Mailed: April 2015 through December 2016 FINCA, which stands for the Foundation for International Community Assistance, fights poverty with microfinancing. Founded in 1984, it has 21 affiliates around the world. First, this fundraising effort stands out […]
March 3, 2017 at 10:22 am
The Wyss Foundation today announced a commitment of up to $65 million to the South African-based conservation organization African Parks to support the protection and management of four existing parks in Rwanda and Malawi and to enable the nonprofit organization to conserve up to five new protected areas yet to be identified in other countries. African Parks,…
February 24, 2017 at 6:20 am
Rihanna is Harvard-bound—not to study, but to pick up the university's prestigious Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. The Barbados-born singer will receive her award next Tuesday at the university. "Rihanna has charitably built a state-of-the-art center for oncology and nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat breast cancer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados,"…
