# GlobalGiving raises $3 million for Ebola relief through crowdfunding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/12/18/globalgiving-raises-3m-ebola-relief-crowdfunding/
- Published: 2014-12-18T17:07:36+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Over $3 million has been donated via crowdfunding site GlobalGiving to 29 community
organisations that are fighting the spread of Ebola in West Africa.

 

The [GlobalGiving Ebola Epidemic Relief Fund](http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ebola-epidemic-relief-fund/)
helps donors make donations that reach organisations working on the front line of
the Ebola epidemic.

## Advertisement

 [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/)

 

Over 3,800 individual donors from 68 countries contributed to the appeal, as did
some private charitable foundations. For example The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
gave $100,000 in a matching grant. In November, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley
Charitable Trust gave $2.2 million to the Fund.

 

The donations were made via the GlobalGiving.org and GlobalGiving.co.uk websites.

 

GlobalGiving’s co-founder and president, Mari Kuraishi explains:

 

> “We work not only to connect small groups to major funding, but also to help those
> organisations build their own capacity and funding networks so that their communities
> will be stronger and more resilient in the face of ongoing challenges and future
> crises.”

 

She added:

 

> “We’re also making sure that local organisations have access to the information
> and ideas they need to be as effective as possible. We’re connecting organisations
> of all sizes to technology and information that would have otherwise only been
> available to major international NGOs.”

 

Nonprofits listed on GlobalGiving have all been vetted. They also commit to providing
donors with regular updates about how donations are put to work.

 

 

 

**About GlobalGiving**

GlobalGiving’s mission is to catalyze a global market for ideas, information and
money that democratises aid and philanthropy. Since 2002, GlobalGiving has helped
raise more than $158 million from more than 400,000 donors for more than 11,000 
projects in more than 160 countries through GlobalGiving.org and GlobalGiving.co.
uk.

 * **[How Kids Company raised £100k+ in two months using crowdfunding](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/12/kids-company-raised-100k-two-months-using-crowdfunding/)**(
   12 February 2015)
 * **[AXA offers £15k matched funding for crowdfunded road safety campaigns](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/17/axa-offers-15k-matched-funding-crowdfunded-road-safety-campaigns/)**(
   17 February 2015)
 * **[JustGiving unveils crowdfunding tool for charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/04/08/justgiving-unveils-crowdfunding-tool-for-charities/)**(
   8 April 2015)