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                 Website: European Funders Online
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                         ***FUNDERS ONLINE***

 Funders Online - building Europe's online philanthropic community

 Funders Online, an initiative of the European Foundation Centre, aims
 to promote the use of Internet technology among independent funders
 in Europe and to create a single point of reference to Europe's
 philanthropic community.

 The Funders Online website features the first Internet directory of
 independent funder websites. Through Funders Online, users
 can access the websites of 300+ foundations and corporate funders in
 Europe with a total annual expenditure of over 3.5 billion euros.

 The directory is designed to classify both foundation and corporate
 funder website details as well as types of activities. It aims to
 facilitate online funding information research and to increase the
 visibility of the online independent funding community. Funders
 can get involved by registering their website with Funders Online.

 Funders who do not yet have a website can make use of the Funders
 Online model websites - a fully operational tool which enables
 funders to create a simple web presence with a minimum knowledge of
 HTML.

 Further, Funders Online offers access to a wealth of other Internet
 resources on philanthropy and publishes major news from the
 independent funding community.

 Other features of the Web site include:

 - the Funders Online directory, enabling visitors to look for project
   partners and find out in a quick and easy way how peers employ the
   web to do their work and promote philanthropy.
 - the Funders Online Web Toolkit, which includes two sets of easy to
   use model templates to help foundations develop
   simple web presences and gain initial experience in using the web.
 - the Grantseeker's corner, providing useful tips on how to research
   and approach independent funders

 Funders Online is an initiative of the European Foundation Centre
 Orpheus Programme. The mission of the European Foundation
 Centre (EFC) is to promote and underpin the work of foundations and
 corporate funders in the New Europe. Orpheus, the information and
 communications programme of the EFC, provides a public
 record and a public information service on foundations and corporate
 funders active in Europe. Funders Online is also part of ARIES, the
 electronic information service of the social economy in Europe.

 Visit http://www.fundersonline.org/ for more information.




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