The Big Give

The Big Give

theBigGive.org.uk is a free to use website that helps major donors find high-level charity projects in their field of interest. Any registered UK charity may register and post their projects on the site. theBigGive.org.uk is the brainchild of Alec Reed, founder of Reed (Company) and a number of international charities. theBigGive.org.uk is fully funded by the Reed Foundation, the charitable arm of the Reed Recruitment Group. The Reed Foundation is donating a £1 million promotional budget to theBigGive.org.uk.

uccess Stories

In December 2007 a multi-million pound grant-making organisation used theBigGive.org.uk to successfully identify £500,000 of projects to fund. theBigGive.org.uk has proved to be a useful destination for high wealth donors and philanthropists.

The organisation, which wishes to remain anonymous, commented, "Rather than going through the traditional project proposal process, it was good to proactively select the shortlist. We managed to find projects in our very specific field, and had drawn up a shortlist of projects in 5 minutes."

The first mailing to over 15,000 high wealth individuals landed in December 2007, so it is likely that these donations will be the first of many.

theBigGive.org.uk's Target Market

The target market (worth well over £7 billion annually) can be broken down into four groups:
1. High Net Worth Individuals & Advisors
2. Trusts & Foundations
3. Corporate Giving
4. Legacies

The UK's top 30 philanthropists gave or pledged £1.2 billion last year, double last year's amount (Sunday Times Rich List 2007). theBigGive.org.uk is aiming to attract far more than just the top 30 donors, through mailing campaigns, targeted PR, and exclusive events.

The Top 500 grant-making trusts gave £3.3 billion last year (Charity Trends 2007). Whether a great historical trust or a founder-run foundation, theBigGive.org.uk will communicate the benefits of using the website to find new funding opportunities and keep a check on the existing field. Mailings, conferences and our friends at the ACF will help to achieve this.

CAF's Top 500 corporate donors gave over £1.1 billion in 2005/6. Working with some of the most philanthropically engaged companies and organisations, theBigGive.org.uk's goal is to help corporate donors find projects that really deliver value.

The 2007 legacy market is worth £1.6bn (Legacy Foresight). Many high wealth individuals don't worry about legacy planning, as they know they are invincible! Working with legal experts, theBigGive.org.uk will showcase what UK charities can do with those resources that can't be taken beyond the grave.

External links

* [http://www.thebiggive.org.uk Official site for thebiggive.org.uk]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Big Lebowski — Theatrical release poster Directed by Joel Coen Ethan Coen (Uncredited) …   Wikipedia

  • The Big Chill (film) — The Big Chill Theatrical release poster Directed by Lawrence Kasdan Produced by …   Wikipedia

  • The Big Comfy Couch — Format Children s television series/Educational Created by Cheryl Wagner Starring Alyson Court …   Wikipedia

  • The Big Model — is a body of role playing game theory developed primarily by Ron Edwards. It serves as a capstone and organizing principle to the amorphous body of work commonly referred to as GNS Theory.tructureThe Big Model attempts to contextualize the many… …   Wikipedia

  • The Big Dish (band) — The Big Dish links here. For the gameshow, see The Big Dish (gameshow). The Big Dish were a Scottish pop/rock band formed in Airdrie, Scotland in 1983. The band initially comprised Steven Lindsay (vocals/guitar), Mark Ryce (guitar) and John… …   Wikipedia

  • The Big Green Egg — is the brand name of a kamado style ceramic charcoal cooker which is manufactured in a variety of sizes.HistoryThe Big Green Egg is commonly referred to as a kamado barbecue because of the origins of the basic design that lie in southern… …   Wikipedia

  • The Big Bad Wolf (novel) — The Big Bad Wolf is the ninth book by James Patterson featuring the former Washington, D.C. homicide detective and forensic psychiatrist and current FBI agent Alex Cross.Plot summaryThe book begins with a Russian mobster known as The Wolf buying… …   Wikipedia

  • give someone the big E Brit. — give someone the big E Brit. informal reject someone. [E from elbow.] → big …   English new terms dictionary

  • The Big Night In with John Foreman — is an Australian variety show airing on Network Ten and Ovation. It premiered on 3 December 2005 and concluded its first series 6 January 2006 then returned for another season in October 2006.It runs overnight, usually starting at either 11.30pm… …   Wikipedia

  • The Big Chill Cafe — is a chain of cafes located in New Delhi, the capital of India. The cafe is owned by Aseem Grover and Fawzia Ahmed. The cafe started out in 2000 with its first outlet in East of Kailash, an area in South Delhi. Presently, it has three outlets,… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”