May 5, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
GlobalGiving — an online giving site best known for connecting donors with development projects overseas — is holding a competition to attract more American charities.
“We’ve been open to projects from anywhere in the world, including in the U.S., but a lot of nonprofits have come to us and said, ‘Oh, we didn’t know you allowed us to post projects that are based in the U.S.,’” says Mari Kuraishi, co-founder of GlobalGiving. “So we realized that we needed to make sure that people knew that we were open for business in the U.S. as well.”
The American Open allows any nonprofit group with 501©3 status to post one of its projects on the site. Groups that are able to raise at least $4,000 from 50 or more donors June 8-30 will earn a permanent place on the fund-raising site.
In addition, the three projects that raise the most money during that period will win $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000, respectively. The project that receives the largest number of gifts will win $3,000.
Applications to participate in the competition are due May 21.
