Friends of Ecuador Fundraising Criteria

1. We support organizations that do grassroots development work in Ecuador.
2. We prefer to support organizations where small donations of $1,000 or less can make a difference. Organizations that have large or established sources of funding should not apply. Important Note: Our model of fundraising relies very much on your organization's ability to fundraise. Once approved, we will add your organization to the drop-down menu in our secure e-pay page; we host your project description and we promote your project in our newsletters and email communication. While FOE members do donate to our approved projects, the most successful projects have relied on their own web of contacts, friends and family to visit our site. We are facilitators of funding but have very limited money of our own.
3. For ease of communications, organizations we support must have an e-mail address and, preferably, a website. We will post descriptions of the organizations and the project on our website.
4. Organizations that receive support from Friends of Ecuador must submit a progress report within six months of having received a donation. A reporting form will be available on-line. Failure to fulfill reporting criteria will make an organization ineligible to receive further funding from FOE.
5. To be able to fundraise through Friends of Ecuador, an organization must provide three references who are not relatives of contact person, at least two of which have e-mail addresses.
6. Applications can be in English or Spanish but must be submitted on-line to foe@friendsofecuador.org
7. Any indication that funds have been spent for personal use will make the organization ineligible to receive further funding from FOE.