# GlobalGiving Enables Businesses And Individuals To Effectively Reach Out To Communities Overseas

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/11/24/globalgiving-enables-businesses-and-individuals-effectively-reach-out-communities-overseas/
- Published: 2003-11-24T15:27:12+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Global Philanthropic Exchange Allows HP Employees to Select and Support International
Development Projects of Their Choice

 

Washington D.C. (November 25, 2003) ­ Bethesda-based GlobalGiving, the trusted, 
global philanthropic exchange, today announced it is enabling HP’s employees to 
donate to international, grass-roots projects of their choice through a flexible,
easy-to-use online solution. GlobalGiving’s global philanthropic marketplace quickly
and effectively matches low-threshold, social development needs with funding sources.
More importantly, GlobalGiving allows employers to broaden employee-giving programs
to better match employee interests.

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The GlobalGiving Corporate Program features a Web-based exchange where employees
can access numerous international social and economic development projects, each
one vetted and sponsored by a recognized non-profit organization. Employees can 
then select and fund projects that complement their own interests and philanthropic
goals.

 

HP piloted the corporate giving program last year during its annual employee-giving
campaign. Based on overwhelmingly positive feedback from employees, HP has decided
to include GlobalGiving projects along with the four other charitable federations
that are part of HP’s annual employee giving campaign. Through a customized online
interface, HP employees can easily search through, support and track various social
and economic development projects and directly the progress of the specific project
or projects that match their individual interests.

 

“At HP, we are committed to providing innovative and positive ways for our employees
to engage with the communities where we live and do business,” said Debra Dunn, 
senior vice president of Corporate Affairs at HP. “Through GlobalGiving, our employees
are able to support international programs as easily as they would local community
causes.”

 

“HP leads the corporate sector in innovation in the area of employee-giving. Last
year, HP employees worked with us to support more than 50 projects around the globe,”
said Dennis Whittle, CEO and co-founder of GlobalGiving. “HP is showing tremendous
leadership by making this new model of giving available to its employees.”

 

The GlobalGiving model offers an innovative option for businesses seeking more strategic
employee-giving opportunities.

 

The GlobalGiving model connects philanthropic projects with individuals and businesses
interested in donating funds. An individual or an organization may submit a proposal
for a community-based project. Once vetted, the project is listed along with a detailed
proposal on the GlobalGiving marketplace Web site. Individuals and businesses can
easily review proposals from around the world and directly fund those they wish 
to sponsor. Updated status reports are published on the GlobalGiving Web site to
ensure that projects are transparent and accountable to donors.

 

About GlobalGiving

 

Founded by former executives of The World Bank, GlobalGiving is the trusted, global
philanthropic exchange. It uses a market-based approach of directly connecting low-
threshold, social development projects with individuals and businesses that have
a stake in global prosperity. GlobalGiving is supported by philanthropy and industry
leaders that include Hewlett-Packard, The Skoll Foundation, The Omidyar Foundation,
USAID, The Sall Family Foundation, The Hewlett Foundation, The Charles Stewart Mott
Foundation, The Calvert Foundation and The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, among others.
For more information, please visit our Web site at www.globalgiving.com.

 

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