# Innovation in Giving Fund shortlist announced

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/11/23/innovation-giving-fund-shortlist-announced/
- Published: 2011-11-23T06:13:11+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Nesta, the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts which aims to
make the UK more innovative, has announced the shortlist of initiatives for the 
first round of its £10 milion Innovation in Giving Fund. The Fund is designed “to
deliver a significant increase in the giving and exchange of time, assets, skills,
resources and money”.

Over 400 applications were received and Nesta has chosen 62 of them to go through
to the next selection phase.

The shortlist includes:

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Blue Dot World Ltd

Buzzbnk

Charities Aid Foundation

CharityGreetings.com

Community Foundation Network

Fairshare Music Limited

Givey

Guess2Give Holdings Ltd

Help the Hospices

Impetus Trust

JustGiving

KEOdigital

National Union of Students

OneWorld UK

Rogavi Network Ltd

See The Difference

Streetbank

The DoNation

The Pennies Foundation

Timebanking UK

timto ltd

V.

YouthNet

UK Fundraising’s application was not successful.

Craig Hartzel, CEO of CharityGreetings told UK Fundraising: “We are delighted to
be shortlisted to the next round of the Innovation in Giving Fund. It’s these type
of grants that allow smaller companies to continue to evolve.”

Nesta expects to open a second round of applications in Spring 2012.

www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/giving/assets/features/innovation_in_giving_fund