Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Tue, 5 Nov 1996 17:02:46 -0800 (PST)
NGOs and the Corporate Community in Eastern Europe
The last issue of NGO News, published by the National Forum
Foundation office in Budapest, carried a lead article on
"NGOs and the Corporate Community." The article referred to
recent studies in the Czech Republic and Estonia which found
that corporations have begun to fund NGOs in Eastern Europe.
The study in Estonia found that 80% of Estonia's top 200
companies contributed to philanthropic activities in 1995,
with the top 20% contributing more than $40,000. Both
studies found that corporations favor short-term, high
visibility projects. In Estonia projects for social
services, education and training, and sports activities
received the most grants while environmental organizations,
political parties, and scientific research received the
fewest.
The article included some tips for NGOs on how to approach
corporations. It also included brief case studies of 3
successful partnerships between NGOs and international
corporations.
NGO News is available on-line at the National Forum
Foundations' Web site at:
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