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Company Profile

GlobalGiving's online marketplace allows donors to find and fund grassroots projects that appeal to their specific interests. GlobalGiving offers projects in more than 100 countries, in a variety of themes ranging from education and health care to economic development and the environment.

History

GlobalGiving was founded by two former World Bank executives who have created a new, higher-impact way for individuals and organizations to direct their philanthropy to their choice of high-quality, trackable projects in the U.S. and around the world. The GlobalGiving platform aggregates many donations from all types and sizes of donors, creating a new source of reliable funds for projects leaders working to improve social, economic, and environmental conditions in their local communities and the world at large.

Company Headquarters

GlobalGiving
1816 12th Street NW - 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009

Executive Team

Dennis Whittle, Founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, ManyFutures, Inc.
Mari Kuraishi, Founder and President
Donna Callejon, Chief Operating Officer
James Krejci, Chief Financial Officer
Allison Koch, Director, Strategic Partnerships
John Hecklinger, Director, Business Development
Joan Ochi, Director, Marketing Communications
Steve Rogers, Director, Engineering
Wylia Sims, Director, Development Finance

Vision

Unleash the potential of people around the world to make positive change happen.

Mission

Build an efficient, open, thriving marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them.

Structure

The GlobalGiving Foundation is a 501(c)3 public foundation that ensures that all projects funded through GlobalGiving are led by organizations that are compliant with all international grant-making and antiterrorism provisions of US law. The GlobalGiving Foundation provides all donors with a confirmation of tax deductibility of their contribution and disburses 90% (less transaction fees) to the project selected by the donor. The GlobalGiving Foundation retains 10% to cover operating expenses. The GlobalGiving Foundation has licensed ManyFutures, Inc. to provide technical and marketing infrastructure for the GlobalGiving platform.

Board of Directors


GlobalGiving Foundation

Chairman: Thomas Bird, Founder and President, Farm Capital Services, LLC
Robert Kushen, Executive Director of the Harvard Pepfar Program
Dennis Whittle, Founder, CEO, and Chairman, ManyFutures, Inc.


ManyFutures, Inc.

Chairman: Dennis Whittle, CEO and Founder
Debra Dunn, Advisor to Social Ventures and Associate Consulting Professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University
Mari Kuraishi, Founder and President, GlobalGiving Foundation
Chris McGoff, Chief Executive Officer, The Clearing

Advisory Board

John Buckley, Author and Former Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications AOL
Craig Cohon, Chief Executive Officer, Globalegacy
Claire Costello, Former Director of Philanthropic Advisory Service, The Citigroup Private Bank
David de Ferranti, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institute
Gary Dillabough, Vice President of Global Citizenship, eBay
John Goldstein, Co-Founder, Imprint Capital Advisors, LLC and Senior Managing Director, Medley Global Advisors
William Hogan, Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and Former CEO, Lynx and Eternal Systems
Felicidad Imperial-Soledad, Executive Director, Philippine Council for NGO Certification
Todd Johnson, Partner, Jones Day
Randy Komisar, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Johannes Linn, Wolfensohn Initiative Executive Director, The Brookings Institution
Mike McCurry, Principal, Public Strategies Washington, Inc.
Tom Rautenberg, Partner, Generon
Carole Bayer Sager, Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter
Lex Sant, Director, Alternative Energy Group for The AES Corporation
Manoj Saxena, Vice President, Solutions and Assets, IBM
Martin Shampaine, Former Executive, Time Inc. and Former President, Time Life Video
Chuck Slaughter, President, Living Goods USA/Director, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Jessica Stoner Steel, Vice President of Business Development, Pandora.com
Sheila Tan-Salvucci, Vice President of Marketing, Moka5
Holly Wise, President, Wise Solutions, LLC
Ethan Zuckerman, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society

Project Catalog

We offer more than 500 high-impact grassroots level projects at any given time in over 100 countries worldwide. Project themes range from education and economic development to health and environment.

Employees

18 employees

Key GlobalGiving Metrics

  • Over $8 million in donations since 2001
  • Over 1,016 projects have received funding to date
  • More than 12,500 unique donors
  • Top-tier corporate clients, including eBay, Yahoo!, Google, AOL, PayPal, Nike, The North Face, Gap, Hewlett-Packard, Ford, Participant Productions and Pandora to name just a few

See a full list of our partners.

Contact

Joan Ochi, Director, Marketing Communications
1816 12th Street NW - 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 232-5784
Fax: (202) 232-0534