Social Actions is a nonprofit initiative that helps you find and share opportunities to change the world. I have been working closely with the team for quite a while now because I think that versatile connections online are the only way for independent platforms to really be successful. Peter Deitz is the man behind Social Actions and here’s is how the $20.09 fundraising campaign started:
For the last 2.5 years, I have been working extremely hard to build an organization from scratch that makes it really easy for people to find and share opportunities to make a difference.
The organization, now called Social Actions, has experienced a tremendous boost in the last twelve months. I started 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa with the simple goal of working fulltime on Social Actions by July 1st.
To reach that goal, I pulled together a talented team, attracted some financial resources, and logged thousands of virtual and real world miles spreading my vision for the micro-philanthropy sector.
Remarkably, my efforts have paid off. Social Actions is now an initiative with six team members, 34 organizational partners, 100s of supporters, and a substantial list of accomplishments to its name.
Last week, from my home office in Montreal, Canada, I wrote up 9 ambitious goals for 2009.
Social Actions can meet and exceed all 9 goals, but we need roughly $12k / month to make it happen.
My team is actively pursuing foundation grants, event sponsorships, individual monthly donations and consulting services. Our efforts in these income-generating areas should start to prove themselves by February or March of 2009.
In the meantime, we are asking for individual one-time donations to cover our costs through 02/02/2009. Between now and then, we estimate our financial expenses at $20,009.
So, I gave $20.09 and you can, too! After donating, Peter emailed me to ask if I would provide a statement about why I donated to support Social Actions. Here’s what I said:
“Social Actions is a place where I find ways to contribute to the global process of making this world better. It’s the place where I have a say in how we can make a platform and a tool that helps more people find ways to change the world, too. I’m happy to be part of the extended Social Actions family; but I’m most happy to be a supporter and a user. Go Social Actions!”
You can read more about the 9 goals for Social Actions in 2009 here, which include scale, translate, report, change, measure, standardize, collaborate, lead, and inspire.
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