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Fundraising Tools
Fundraising Tools
Volunteer fundraising is critical to the implementation of Global Brigades’ Holistic Model through Brigade programming. Once a volunteer meets a set Donation Goal for their interested program and country, they are eligible to join us on-the-ground to see their fundraising efforts put into action by participating in a Brigade. Volunteers have up to 1 year to participate in a Brigade after they meet their Donation Goal. If a volunteer decides not to participate in a Brigade, the funds raised will be utilized to support Global Brigades’ mission. Find out more about fundraising below.
Set Your Donation Goal 2021-2022
Our in-person brigade programs have been closed due to COVID-19 since March 2020. Our teams are moving through phases of slowly re-opening our in-person brigade programs in a way that ensures safety for volunteers, staff, and community partners. For updated information on which programs are currently open in which countries for in-person Brigades please refer to the “Responding to COVID-19” page on our website. This will be the most up to date information on the brigade program options and will be updated as information changes and more countries are able to re-open their in-person operations.
When a volunteer participates in a Brigade, the volunteer’s ground transportation, food, lodging, and emergency insurance are all covered by their Donation Goal. The funding that the volunteer raised also supports all the necessary costs for program implementation, supplies, and staff. Airfare is not included in the standard Donation Goal. To learn more about where your donation goes, visit the Financials page of our website to view a breakdown of our entire annual budget. Brigades that would like to extend beyond 7 days (8 days for Ghana) can do so by increasing their Donation Goal by €90 for every extra day they would like to volunteer. The entire brigade must increase the length of the brigade. See the Donation Goal graphic for your program by selecting your program type and then clicking on your program country.
IMPORTANT: TeleBrigades Donation goals are directly related to the number of participating volunteers. As you increase the number of volunteers, you will grow from the sustainable level to the empowered level and all the way to the scaled level. Once you reach a new level, each volunteer on your brigade will receive a scholarship, and as a result, their donation goal will be lower. Due to our in country capacity restrictions (as a result of Covid-19) we will be temporarily shifting away from a tiered donation goal structure for in person brigades in 2021. It is our hope to incentivize large groups for their recruitment efforts again in the future.
Medical Brigades
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*Panama Medical Brigades are on a case-by-case basis only
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Medical TeleBrigades
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Dental Brigades
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Medical / Dental TeleBrigades
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Engineering Brigades
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Engineering TeleBrigades
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Water Brigades
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Public Health Brigades
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Public Health TeleBrigades
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Business Brigades
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Business TeleBrigades
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Legal Empowerment Brigades
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Legal Empowerment TeleBrigades
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Start Fundraising!
Start fundraising for your brigade as a group or individually as early as possible to give yourself plenty of time! Check out this Chapter Fundraising Guide for more tips, tricks & fundraising strategies.
Meet Your Fundraising Deadlines
In order for Global Brigades to prepare for upcoming Brigades, all volunteers who wish to participate in a Brigade must meet the following Donation Goal fundraising deadlines. If a volunteer is unable to meet their Brigade’s fundraising deadlines, they can instead join a future brigade to give themselves more time to meet their Donation Goal.
| DEADLINE | IN PERSON BRIGADE | TELEBRIGADE | |
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| INITIAL DONATION GOAL DEADLINE | 97 days pre-brigade | Volunteers must have €100 on their fundraising page to secure their spot in their Brigade | Volunteers must be signed up and have €100 on their fundraising page to secure their spot in their TeleBrigade. |
| TRAVEL DONATION GOAL DEADLINE | 60 days pre-brigade | All volunteers must complete roster questionnaires and must have flights completed |
No additional fundraising needed, but all volunteers should have completed their volunteer roster questionnaire. Your chapter’s Individual Donation Goal will be set! |
| FINAL DONATION GOAL DEADLINE | 14 days pre-brigade | Volunteers must have the total donation goal (donation goal + airfare) on their MyBrigades fundraising page | Volunteers will meet their Full Donation Goal to complete fundraising for their TeleBrigade |
Fundraising and Donating
Global Brigades Germany cannot accept cash or check donations. All monetary donations should be made by credit card or wire transfer.
Instructions for Credit Card Donations
Global Brigades Germany utilizes a third-party fundraising platform, betterplace.org. Contact the chapter you’d like to support to see if they are accepting credit card donations through betterplace.org.
Wire Transfers
Global Brigades Germany offers the option to donate via wire transfer directly to the GB Germany bank account. Further information can be found here.
Other Material Donations
As we strive to be as sustainable as possible, we cannot support handing out in-kind donations (old clothing, school supplies, toiletries, etc.) Handing out small amounts of such items results in unfair distribution of donations and can cause challenges within our community partners. To make the most of items such as used clothing, we suggest looking into organizations like thredUp. ThredUP takes like-new clothing and gives money to the donor’s charity of choice.
For certain brigade types (e.g. Medical Brigades) we may be accepting urgently needed material donations. Please contact us for further information.