Nationale Postcode Loterij

Nationale Postcode Loterij
Agency overview
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website
http://www.postcodeloterij.nl

The Nationale Postcode Loterij (National Postal Code Lottery) is a national lottery of the Netherlands.^[1] It was founded in 1989 by Novamedia, a marketing agency for charitable organizations.^[2] Fifty percent of the proceeds of this lottery are donated amongst 75 charities, which, in 2009 amounted to over 256 million euros.^[3]

Prize winners are the lot owners whose postal code, a code that forms part of the winners' residential address, has been drawn.

Ambassadors

Several notable individuals endorse the lottery, and have been appointed ambassadors, including:^[4]

• Rafael Nadal, tennis player
• Nelson Mandela
• Bill Clinton, whose Clinton Foundation was a recipient of proceeds from Nationale Postcode Loterij^[5]
• Johan Cruyff

Proceeds donated to charities

Figures are in millions of euros:

• 2000 - 159.0
• 2001 - 177.1
• 2002 - 203.3
• 2003 - 217.4
• 2004 - 225.2
• 2005 - 212.5
• 2006 - 216.7
• 2007 - 226.0
• 2008 - 244.4
• 2009 - 256.5

Charities

Charities receiving proceeds include:^{[6] [7]}

• Amnesty International
• AMREF Flying Doctors
• ARK
• Artsen Zonder Grenzen
• BiD Network
• Carbon War Room
• Clinton Foundation
• Cordaid Memisa
• Cordaid Mensen in Nood
• Dance4Life
• De12Landschappen
• Defence for Children-ECPAT
• De Provinciale Milieufederaties
• De Vrolijkheid
• Dierenbescherming
• Dokters van de Wereld
• Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance
• European Partnership for Democracy
• Fairfood International
• Fair Trade Original
• Free Voice
• Goois Natuurreservaat
• Greenpeace
• Hivos
• Humanitas
• Human Rights Watch
• ICCO
• IMC Weekendschool
• IUCN Nederlands Comité
• IVN natuur- en milieueducatie
• Landelijke Vereniging van Wereldwinkels
• Landschapsbeheer Nederland
• Leprastichting
• Liliane Fonds
• Mama Cash
• Milieudefensie
• MYBODY
• Natuurmonumenten
• Nederlandse Rode Kruis
• Nelson Mandela Kinderfonds
• Oranje Fonds
• Oxfam Novib
• Peace Parks Foundation
• Plan Nederland
• Postcode Lottery Green Challenge
• Prins Claus Fonds
• Resto VanHarte
• Rocky Mountain Institute
• Save the Children Nederland
• Sea Shepherd
• Simavi
• Skanfonds
• Solidaridad
• SOS Kinder-dorpen
• Stichting AAP
• Stichting Buurtlink
• Stichting DOEN
• Stichting Max Havelaar
• Stichting Natuur en Milieu
• Stichting Vluchteling
• Stichting voor Vluchteling-Studenten UAF
• STOP AIDS NOW!
• Terre des hommes
• The Climate Group
• UNHCR
• UNICEF
• University for Peace
• Vereniging Nederlands ultuurlandschap
• VluchtelingenWerk Nederland
• Vogelbescherming Nederland
• Waddenvereniging
• War Child
• Wereld Natuur Fonds
• World Food Programme

References

1. ^ Nationale Postcode Loterij - De grootste goededoelenloterij van Nederland
2. ^ NovaMedia - Nieuwe pagina
3. ^ Nationale Postcode Loterij - Goede Doelen
4. ^ Nationale Postcode Loterij - Rafael Nadal nieuwe ambassadeur Postcode Loterij
5. ^ Why Susan Rice Should not be US ambassador to UN | Sahara Reporters
6. ^ http://www.acleu.eu/web/file?uuid=31ab2a41-0861-4a5a-b998-7bdccb0edc96&owner=1e6daf00-405a-4a78-a5f1-9b4790310ed6
7. ^ http://www.novamedia.nl/web/file?uuid=1d157485-3dc1-401c-9f1f-3fe4f3f6d175&owner=874e75aa-37a6-4719-8e45-622956ce0e9b

External links

• Charities receiving proceeds