The Virtual Foundation - your donation makes it happen
Who Donates and Why?
What type of person contributes to the Virtual Foundation?
- An individual or family who decides to make a financial commitment to
support progress on a specific issue
- A small family foundation interested in international philanthropy
but with insufficient staff.
- A church which wants to find a specific type of overseas mission
project
- An individual from a project country who wants to contribute locally
- A school group which wants to find a worthwhile project in a country it
has studied
- A company which wants to donate 5 percent of its profits to a project
that matches the company product line
- A community or youth organization
- An ethnic association which wants to support work in a specific country
or region
- Those who believe that individual acts of kindness and generosity are
the best antidote to negativity, violence, and hatred
Here are several of our donors, and their reasons for donating:
- Ron Blum
- "I found the Virtual Foundation to be a great way to help out people
around the world ...to make a small amount of money go a long way..."
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- Church of the Epiphany, Friends of the Fragile Earth Committee
- "We decided that we'd waited long enough for someone to fix things
for us, that it was time to start thinking and acting  
globally..."
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Shannon Simrell, ECOLOGIA Staff Member
"Two years ago, when the Virtual Foundation became a reality, I was
poring through my Christmas list, wondering why I hadn't caught 'the
holiday spirit...'"
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These are but a few of our numerous donors. View
the list of donors.