Inspiration
TIG is a persistent, resilient and multi-faceted network of young leaders who derive inspiration from each other, from each other’s stories of accomplishment and activism, and from TIG’s mere presence and encouragement while they tackle some of the world’s most trying issues.
Fostering an organic growth ethic of providing leadership to feed the needs of youth navigating their communities and seek information, education and activism beyond their front door. TIG’s growth in new projects, new programs and new initiatives have added to the invaluable resource that TIGweb.org has become. Hard work, determined interns and tireless leadership has brought 10 years of accolades, over 350,000 members, millions of users, and amazing relationships with funding organizations and foundations, while resulting in an increasingly underfunded core service and operational budget.
Information
As new projects and grants are sought, funders seek assurance of continued delivery of the project beyond the funding years. As projects fold themselves within the TIG brand and operate within TIGweb.org, TIG provides translation, upkeep, staffing, and resource management, adding to increasing costs in a climate of increasing competition for funding dollars.
TIGweb.org is the lifeblood of the TIG network. It connects, educates, facilitates, encourages and builds the young individual’s momentum into a global movement of global citizens, united to tackle global issues. In recent TIG history, fundraising efforts to inspire donations from individuals has neglected to have the full attention of a funded staff member, until now!
Involvement
The TIG you know tackles new projects, and our new project is Future Fund. Future Fund is an endowment fund to secure TakingITGlobal’s future operational budgets, growth initiatives and ongoing delivery of TIG’s core service, tigweb.org. To build our Future Fund, as one element in a larger meaningful sustainability strategy, is a formidable challenge. We hope to raise $1 million by the end of 2011 to be safely stowed in the Future Fund, on our way to a $15 million target by 2015, which would provide ongoing funding to sustain TakingITGlobal's core operational costs into perpetuity.
If you're interested in making a commitment to TakingITGlobal's Future Fund, contact TakingITGlobal's Executive Director Jennifer Corriero at [email protected]
