ThinkImpact selected by JP Morgan Chase Community Giving Advisory Board for $37,000 Award
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director ThinkImpact, an international non-profit that connects young Americans to villages in rural Africa to incubate social innovations, has been selected from 94 organizations to receive $37,000 from JP Morgan Chase in their Chase Community Giving program on Facebook. ThinkImpact successfully collected enough votes in the first round to win … Read more
Announcing the Impact Corps
What if you could impact 50,000 lives in rural Africa? What if it only took 10 hours? What if you won a free iPod nano for volunteering? Would you do it? ThinkImpact is calling on you to join the Impact Corps – a group of 75 supporters that are committed to alleviating poverty through sustainable development. The … Read more
Letter to Supporters from Executive Director
Dear Friends- Today is the day we can win $25,000 for ThinkImpact (formerly Student Movement for Real Change). Help us reach 30,000 more people through our Global Development Program with 3 easy clicks. VOTE NOW AT http://tinyurl.com/chaseSMRC The Facebook-Chase Community Giving contest ends tonight, December 12th at 11:59pm EST. Some people have had trouble with the … Read more
Anything But Clothes… build community
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Fundraising for many people is the least exciting activity they can think of. Most of my friends loathe raising money, even if it is for a cause they absolutely love and believe in with genuine passion. That is why fundraising should be fun. Sarah Whitney and the GW SMRC … Read more
Summer Plans???
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director This summer is poised to be an incredible one. We will have over 30 people working in Kenya and South Africa on a number of projects and activities that will provide the communities we work in ample opportunities to develop new enterprises and organize for the common good. We … Read more
Through the eyes of a Global Dev. Ambassador
Posted by Bill Gelfeld, Global Development Ambassador Having been fortunate enough to receive the opportunity to travel to South Africa with Student Movement for Real Change (SMRC), a DC-based NGO, I was able to witness first-hand the incredible work that they are doing in collaboration with local communities in the province of Manyeleti. SMRC promotes … Read more
What Makes a Brand?
Brand is how people talk about the organization, what people think of when they hear the name “Student Movement for Real Change,” how much legitimacy people feel we have, who we work with, who we are funded by, and so much more. There is no end to any of this, but I ask you, when you think about great non-profits… what makes a brand?
EVENT: Tomorrow at Madams Organ
Posted by Saul Garlick, Executive Director Join SMRC and your friends at a happy hour event TOMORROW night (Thursday, 5:00pm onward!) to celebrate the incredible development of a Community Center in Uta, South Africa. Sarah Whitney and Claire Bristow, SMRC Global Development Fellows are on their way to implementing a remarkable space for youth and … Read more
Bootstrapping – Building a Non-Profit
Nathaniel, thanks for the post. I am of the opinion that Bootstrapping (something I have been doing for 2 years) is both rewarding and terribly damaging. [More...] It is rewarding because it feels a lot like you are as “close to the ground” as possible in your work. I really feel every $10, $50 and $100 donation that comes in, and it has immense rewards when you know your hard work has produced something – in spite of all the insecurity getting there.
