2. Training Agenda
• Challenge Overview
– Bonus Grants
– Donation methods
– Definition of a “Unique donor”
– Disbursement of funds raised
– Posting a Project
– Important Dates
• Todd Bernhardt from the Grameen
Foundation
• Questions
3. September Open Challenge
• Thresholds: Raise at least $4,000 from a
minimum of 50 unique donors
• One month – September 1st -> September
30th
• Success = a permanent spot on the
GlobalGiving platform!
• Leaderboard:
www.globalgiving.org/leaderboards/
global-open-challenge/
4. Bonus Grants
• $18,500 in grants powered by Dell
• Most Funds: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
• Most Unique Donors
• Most Facebook Shares (must reach $2,000
and 25 donors)
• Bonus Day!
– 15% match
– $6,000 in funds
5. How can my donors give?
• Credit/Debit cards: for int’l donors, be sure it
is registered at their bank!
• Check: U.S. and International (over $100)
• Wire Transfer
• PayPal
• Mobile Donations: do not apply
during the Challenge!!
• Offline Events
6. What is a unique donor?
• An individual entity who is giving to your
project
• On the site, this is tracked by email
address
• GlobalGiving monitors all donor activity
during the Challenge and can invalidate
any unique donations that are not in
the spirit of having individuals donate.
7. Disbursement of Funds
• When will GlobalGiving disburse my funds?
– End of October 2012
• How will GlobalGiving disburse my funds?
– For U.S., either by check or ACH
– For Int’l, either by wire transfer or FXecute
• How will I know which donations are
included?
– GlobalGiving’s disbursement report
• Will I know which donors added
on the 15%?
– Included in the disbursement report
8. Posting a Project
• How?
– Step-by-step instructions can be found here:
http://help.globalgiving.org/s/how-to/m/5809/l/11707-how-to-create-a-new-project
• What makes a great project?
– http://www.globalgiving.org/project-posting/
• Why?
9. Important Dates
• August 29th: Project Posting deadline
• September 1st (12:01 am EDT): Challenge
begins
• September 30th (11:59 pm EDT): Challenge
ends
• End of October 2012: Funds are disbursed
10. Todd Bernhardt, Grameen
Foundation
• Participant in the April 2012 Global Open
Challenge
• Raised $5,125 from 105 unique donors
• http://www.globalgiving.org/
projects/ckw/
