Fund-raising
Twitter as a fundraising tool in the water sector
Water charities, especially in the United States, have embraced Twitter, the “SMS of the Internet” to communicate with their supporters and raise funds. A growing number of dedicated web sites have been set up to raise money for water projects being implemented by one or more NGOs. For a list of water fundraisers using Twitter [...]
YouTube Nonprofit Raises $10,000 for Clean Water in a Single Day
To commemorate World Water Day, YouTube featured a video from charity: water, which included a Call to Action overlay that encouraged YouTube users to donate money to help build wells and provide safe drinking water. charity:water was able to raise over $10,000 in one day from the video; enough to build two wells in the [...]
Twestivals in 175+ cities aim to raise US$ 1 million for water
On 12 February 2009 175+ cities around the world will be hosting Twestivals which bring together Twitter communities or Twitterers for an evening of fun and to raise US$ 1 million for charity: water. According to its web site, charity: water has raised over US$ 7 million and funded 1,247 water projects in two years. Most projects are [...]
WaterAid: recession has “hugely” reduced purchasing power of its funds, says Chief Executive
The 2008 Financial Times Seasonal Appeal has helped raise £144,000 in the UK for the charity WaterAid. From November 2008 to mid-January 2009, FT published a series of a field stories on WaterAid projects in Bangladesh, Nepal, Mali and Ghana. In her letter of thanks, WaterAid’s chief executive Barbara Frost also briefly reflected on the [...]
US online donation site Razoo chooses top 100 charities
Online donation platform Razoo selected a “top 100” organizations from their database of over 1.6 million registered in the US, split over 20 categories. In the category water and sanitation, Razoo chose the following organisations: Charity: Water American Jewish World Service (AJWS) Living Water International (LWI) Water for People Playpumps International, Inc Razoo has partnered with [...]
Tight belts, tough choices for charities
Humanitarian organisations face tough choices if the global financial crisis affects their income, as some analysts predict. Although it is too soon to predict the full impact of the crisis on funding, some agencies told IRIN they were reviewing possible cutbacks and some have started tightening their belts. IRIN spoke to representatives from the NGOs [...]
Global: NGOs pare down in face of financial crisis
Some of the biggest development and humanitarian NGOs are laying off staff or revising programmes for 2009 as their income streams flatten because of the global financial crisis. Fundraising experts of three of the world’s top NGOs [with an annual income of US$1.8 billion] – Oxfam GB, Save the Children UK and World Vision USA [...]
WaterAid aims to double income from direct marketing
UK charity WaterAid has appointed Whitewater as its new direct marketing agency as it embarks on an ambitious growth strategy to double income from direct marketing over the next seven years [WaterAid News blog, 19 June 2008]. In 2006/2007 WaterAid’s income rose by 15% to GBP 31 million, of which GBP 16.9 million came from [...]
ACC and USAID Unite to Bring Clean Water to West Africa
ARLINGTON, VA (June 10, 2008) – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have joined forces to help provide safe drinking water to Ghana, Mali and Niger. The groups announced a new two-year, $1.3 million partnership to implement household-based drinking water programs in communities facing some of the most [...]
Vaccine bonds provide model for other aid projects
GENEVA (Reuters) – Strong investor demand for a bond used to fund vaccines for the poor shows a novel way to tap money markets to back aid projects in the developing world. Alan Gillespie, chairman of the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm), told Reuters there was “almost limitless” demand for highly-rated bonds like those [...]
