OAR Enters Case Foundation's Giving Challenge
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The Case Foundation has awarded a total of $750,000 in charitable grants through the America’s Giving Challenge presented by Parade and the Causes Giving Challenge on Facebook.
Here’s how it worked: using the same communication tools you use every day, like; email, blogs, webpages, social networks, and charity badges, participants helped to mobilize their friends, supporters or anyone who shares their passion to help generate support for our organization.
The objective of both Challenges was simple: to get the greatest number of donations between December 14 and January 31.
OAR would like to thank each individual that helped us compete this year. Your generous donations will
help to support our many projects and programs.
Log onto Facebook to learn the results of the Causes Giving Challenge: 
To learn the results of Parade's America's Giving Challenge, click here:  |
FAQs
How do I participate?
Can I work with other people who have a charity badge for the same cause?
What is the minimum donation?
What's the objective of the Challenge?
What is a "unique donation"?
What does it take to get $50,000 for a charity?
How does a charity get $1,000?
Can a charity get more than one award?
What is the timeline for participating in the Challenge?
Do I need access to a computer to participate in the Challenge?
Can I donate to a charity more than once?
Can I donate to multiple charities?
How do I participate?
Participation is easy. There are two ways to get involved through America’s Giving Challenge presented by Parade. To begin, visit the Challenge homepage anytime between 3:00 p.m. EST on December, 13, 2007, and 3:00 p.m. EST on January 31, 2008. You will be given the option to “champion a cause” or “give to a cause.”
One individual has stepped up to champion the OAR cause. Each donation placed through her charity badge, located on this page, brings us closer to winning a $50,000 grant!
You can also log onto http://apps.facebook.com/causes and participate in the Causes Giving Challenge by search for the Organization for Autism Research. All donations to the cause "Applied Autism Research for Today" go directly to OAR.
Can I work with other people who have a charity badge for the same cause?
Yes. Having teams of people distribute the same charity badge/widget on behalf of one badge “creator” and one charity can be an effective way of participating in the Challenge. The benefit comes from working together to get the greatest number of individual donors to give to the same charity badge. If you would like to help distributing OAR's charity badge, please contact Alyssa Napolitano by e-mail or phone (703-243-9717).
What is the minimum donation?
The minimum donation is determined by the Challenge’s donation-processing partners -- Network for Good (typically U.S.-based charities) and GlobalGiving (typically international charities). A minimum donation of $10.00 is required when you “give to a cause” or donate through a charity badge/widget.
What's the objective of the Challenge?
The objective of the Challenge is to introduce new ways of giving and connecting with others. The Challenge is not focused on how much money can be raised using online tools, but on how championing a cause online helps build networks of people that make a real, lasting difference. Therefore, to succeed at the Challenge, the goal is to get as many “unique donations” to your charity as possible.
What is a “unique donation”?
A unique donation is defined as one single donation per individual. This means that duplicate donations from the same individual to a single charity badge/widget will only count once towards helping a fundraiser get $50,000 for his or her charity.
Network for Good and GlobalGiving will be processing all donations for the Challenge and will be checking donation records for each charity badge at the conclusion of the Challenge to verify the total number of unique donations.
What does it take to get $50,000 for a charity?
The eight cause champions, or fundraisers, who inspire the most people to give to their charity through their charity badge/widget will get $50,000 for their charity. Fundraisers will use their charity badge/widget to collect donations online. The eight awardees will consist of four U.S.-based charities and four international charities. Awards will be based on the greatest number of “unique donations,” NOT the total amount of money collected.
How does a charity get $1,000?
100 charities will receive $1,000 each; the 100 awardees will consist of 50 U.S.-based charities on Network for Good and 50 international charities on GlobalGiving that received the most total donations. Every online donation made to a charity via the Challenge will count toward earning that charity a $1,000 award. The $1,000 award is not based on “unique donations.”
Can a charity get more than one award?
A charity can get more than one $50,000 award. These awards will be given to the charities whose cause champions, or fundraisers, inspire the most people to give to that cause through a charity badge/widget created for that charity. Since more than one charity badge/widget can be created for the same charity, it is possible that a charity could receive more than one award.
The $1,000 awards will not be available to charities more than once.
In addition, charities that receive $50,000 awards are not eligible for $1,000 awards.
What is the timeline for participating in the Challenge?
The Challenge begins at 3:00 p.m. EST on December 13, 2007, and ends at 3:00 p.m. EST on January 31, 2008.
Do I need access to a computer to participate in the Challenge?
The object of the Challenge is to introduce people to new and innovative ways to do good, make donations, and spread the word about their causes online. Access to a computer -- any computer -- connected to the Internet is essential to participating in the Challenge.
To participate you need to establish an account on either Network for Good, to focus on U.S.-based charities, or GlobalGiving, to concentrate on international charities. And to be successful in the Challenge, it helps to have easy access to a computer through which you can fundraise, donate, reach out to your network of potential donors, and encourage others to give.
You might consider using a friend’s computer or, according to the rules of use, a computer at a public library, community center, school, or place of worship. Please see the TIPS page for more information on using your charity badge/widget and spreading the word.
Can I donate to a charity more than once?
Supporting a charity by donating through a charity badge/widget: While you can make donations to the same charity badge/widget as many times as you like, only your first donation will count towards helping that badge’s fundraiser get $50,000 for his or her cause. Remember, all funds will be awarded based on the number of unique donations, NOT the total amount of money collected.
In addition, please note that different cause champions may choose to fundraise for the same charity. This means that there could be more than one charity badge/widget per cause. You can donate to multiple badges/widgets associated with the same cause if you want to help each badge/widget gain one “unique donation.
Supporting a charity by choosing to “give to a cause.” You can donate to the same charity by selecting the “give to a cause” option as many times as you like. The 100 charities (50 US-based on Network for Good and 50 international on GlobalGiving) with the greatest number of donations to their cause at the end of the Challenge will each receive $1,000.
Can I donate to multiple charities?
Donating through a charity badge/widget. Yes. Please feel free to donate to as many different charity badges/widgets as you please. Your donation to each charity badge/widget will count as one “unique donation” on that badge/widget.
Donating by choosing to “give to a cause.” Yes. Please feel free to donate to as many charities as you like. Each time you make a donation, you help that charity get a chance to receive $1,000.
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