In addition, a range of new organizations have been established in recent years to connect donors to recipients in novel ways. A number of new organizations now collect and pool funds from individual donors to support organizations identified and vetted by the host, while other intermediaries create a forum or marketplace to help donors to develop, learn about, and connect with possible recipients and projects around the world.
The Global Greengrants Fund helps to connect donors with effective grassroots organizations in developing countries and has made more than 1,500 grants to groups in 107 countries. The Fund is informed by nearly 100 advisors around the world, linked in a network of regional and global advisory boards, that capitalizes on first-hand knowledge to identify urgent and promising work in countries across the globe.
The Global Fund for Women is an international grantmaking foundation that provides assistance to women’s groups around the world. Since 1987, the Global Fund has raised money from individual donors, making grants totaling $14 million to seed, strengthen and link 1,400 women's groups in 148 countries and territories around the world.
The Acumen Fund is a global nonprofit venture fund that pools support from a network of global philanthropists and uses a venture capital model to support and scale up enterprises that provide affordable, critical goods and services to the poor.
GlobalGiving creates an “Internet-based marketplace" that builds a direct connection between donors and local social entrepreneurs around the world and allows individuals, companies, and other institutions to identify, learn about, and support high-impact, grassroots social and economic development projects.
The Synergos Global Philanthropists Circle is a forum for helping concerned individuals and families to investigate, learn about, and invest in efforts in countries around the world in order to address poverty, social exclusion, and the gap between rich and poor. The Circle provides a tailored series of activities for participants, including organized trips, interactive workshops, individual visits, and specialized advisory services.
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