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Puja Marwaha accepts the 5th Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize at WINGS Funders Meeting

3 April 2018
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Puja Marwaha of CRY (Child Rights and You) was announced as the 5th winner of the Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize at the WINGS International Meeting for Funders in Barcelona, 26–27 March. Also nominated for the prize this year include: Frederick Mulder, The Funding Network Florencia Roitstein, Ellas: Women & Philanthropy Henry Timms & Asha Curran, 92Y #GivingTuesday Priya Naik, Samhita Smita Ramakrishna, Rang De All finalists were invited to attend the conference and participated in …

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Meet Smita Ramakrishna, Rang De – final candidate for this year’s Olga Prize

25 February 2018
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About Smita Ramakrishna Rang De is India’s first online micro-lending website. Its premise is that poverty can be overcome by helping people become economically self-reliant. Working with partners, Rang De identifies people, primarily women, who will benefit from small loans that can transform their lives. The organization also aims for complete transparency throughout the process. Everyone involved knows the interest being charged and where it goes, and investors, too, are kept in close touch with …

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Meet Puja Marwaha, CRY – the penultimate finalist of this year’s Olga Prize

24 February 2018
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About Puja Marwaha Over the last 38 years, CRY has been a pioneer in the area of public philanthropy in India, introducing the retail model of giving to the country through what were at the time innovative means such as selling greeting cards, direct mailing and the country’s first face-to-face marketing channel of giving. By these means, it has encouraged over 1,800,000 modest, individual donors to see that they could, by their contributions, support an …

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Meet Priya Naik, Samhita – the fourth of this year’s Olga Prize finalists

23 February 2018
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About Priya Naik Samhita was founded in 2009 when few companies were engaged in corporate philanthropy and still fewer were strategic about it. Samhita’s aim was to attract not just philanthropic money from the corporate sector but to leverage its various attributes and to help it create real partnerships with the social sector. However, its activities have a much wider scope than corporate philanthropy. In addition to running companies’ CSR programmes – it does everything …

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Meet Henry Timms & Asha Curran, #GivingTuesday movement – the third of this year’s Olga Prize finalists

22 February 2018
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About Henry Timms and Asha Curran In 2012 New York non-profit 92Y came up with the idea of a campaign …

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Meet Frederick Mulder, Funding Network – the second of this year’s Olga Prize finalists

21 February 2018
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About Frederick Mulder The Funding Network (TFN) was co-founded in the UK in 2002 by Frederick Mulder. It holds over …

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Finalists for fifth Olga Prize revealed – plus interview with first finalist; Florencia Roitstein, ELLAS

20 February 2018
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As we count down to the unveiling of the 2018 Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize winner, over the next six days we will …

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Meet the 2018 Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize finalists

20 February 2018
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We are delighted to announce the six finalists for the fifth Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize. They come from Argentina, India, …

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TODAY is the CLOSING DATE for nominations for Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize

19 January 2018
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The closing date for nominations for the Third Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize is Friday 19 January, so today is the …

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JUST THREE DAYS TO GO for nominations for Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize

16 January 2018
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The closing date for nominations for the Third Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize is Friday 19 January, so just three days …

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ONE WEEK MORE for nominations for Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize

10 January 2018
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The closing date for nominations for the Third Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize is Friday 19 January, so just nine days …

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Deadline extended for nominations for Fifth Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize

19 December 2017
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The closing date for nominations for the Fifth Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize has been extended to 19 January 2018! Established …

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Inviting nominations for the Fifth Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize

4 December 2017
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The Fifth Olga Alexeeva Memorial Prize will be awarded to an individual who has demonstrated remarkable leadership, creativity and results …