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PCP continues to facilitate grants for its certified NPOs; another US$ 800K in the pipeline

1. PepsiCo Foundation’s grant of US$ 678,763 to support Amal Academy’s career-prep fellowship program, facilitated by PCP and Give2Asia (G2A) in October 2019, has been successfully concluded. Under this, Amal Academy ran three semesters of Fellows hailing from 120+ different universities (including UET, PU, UOE, LCWU in Lahore, UOP, UET in Peshawar, UAF, GCUF, GCUWF in Faisalabad, and NEDUET in Karachi). The next grant of US$ 600,000 will be facilitated in January 2020 for 49 new Career-Prep Fellowships benefiting 2,100+ graduates across Pakistan.

2. PCP in collaboration with G2A is facilitating three other grants of US$ 200,000 from S&P Global Foundation and PepsiCo Foundation to (i) arrange PPEs for the frontline health workers; and (ii) support epidemic response efforts in 23 districts across Punjab and Gilgit-Baltistan to benefit 5,318 households.

3. Another PCP certified NPO, United Care Foundation (UCF), has been approved as a fiscal sponsor partner under G2A’s Fiscal Sponsorship Program. This makes a total of 5 PCP certified NPOs who have donation pages on the G2A website featuring their projects/ programs and have the facility to receive overseas donations.

PCP grants certification to 14 nonprofit organizations

The PCP panel in its 98th meeting which held online granted approval for certification of 14 organizations.

Alif Noon Parents Foundation
Water and Sanitation Services Company
AAHUNG
The National Institute of Child Health Trust
Gilgit Baltistan Rural Support Program
Ghulam Faruque Welfare Trust
Hashim Welfare Association
Society for Safe Environment and Welfare of Agrarians
Poverty Eradication Initiative
Association for the Rehabilitation of the Physically Disabled
Institute of Business Administration Karachi
Engro Foundation
Al Mujtaba Education Trust
Babar Ali Foundation (BAF)

Doing Good Index 2020: PCP and CAPS hosted a webinar to present and discuss the findings of this Report

Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) and the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS) hosted an online panel discussion to share highlights of the DGI 2020 findings for Pakistan and other 18 Asian countries. The panelists discussed recent challenges and opportunities in harnessing philanthropic giving to increase social investments and its impact on development in the country. The speakers included Dr. Attiya Inayatullah, Mr. Farhan Ali Bokhari, Ms. Shazia Maqsood Amjad, Dr. Ruth Shapiro, Ms. Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed, and Dr. Naushin Mehmood.

Recording of the webinar can be watched at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIV5jWU3Uy4

DGI 2020 is a study of the context in which private capital meets society's needs. It provides a roadmap of the policies and practices that incentivize giving and foster a thriving and effective social sector.

TThe index is aimed at helping philanthropists, policymakers, researchers, social delivery organizations (SDOs), and engaged citizens to understand what levers can best increase philanthropic giving in their countries. The index also spotlights how to improve accountability and transparency to address the trust deficit faced by the social sector that can hold potential donors back.

According to the DGI 2020 Report, Pakistan's standing improved to the second best "Doing Better" category from "Doing Okay" in the previous report and it is placed among countries such as Japan and Korea. Singapore and Taiwan are the only two countries that are doing better than Pakistan.

The report of Doing Good Index 2020 is available at https://caps.org/our-research/doing-good-index-2020/