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Impact Guru offers free limited fundraising for NGOs
MUMBAI: Crowdfunding platform ImpactGuru.com is celebrating its third anniversary with the Impact Month Challenge for NGOs. This campaign will help the nonprofit community by offering their platform and services without applying their fees, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor who has agreed to cover the costs.
Impact Guru has already began enrolling for the challenge and estimates a participation of over 200 NGOs. Among those already registered are Teach For India, CRY, Oxfam, Salaam Balak, Care India, Beti Foundation, Hope Foundation, Global Vision and many others.
As per this first-of-its-kind challenge, all fees (platform fee, transaction fee + taxes) will be waived for all Indian NGOs that raise a minimum of Rs.50,000 in the given period from 20 unique donors on their platform.
However, the benefits for NGOs that take up this challenge go far beyond free fundraising. The crowdfunding platform is offering all its value added services like a dedicated relationship manager for every NGO, free webinar sessions to help guide NGOs about effective crowdfunding, guiding them through a quick due diligence process to start receiving international funds, and free use of its mobile-friendly crowdfunding platform.
Moreover, Impact Guru’s strategic partnership with the non-profit global crowdfunding platform, GlobalGiving, allows NGOs to attract more funds from US/UK donors by offering local tax benefits on their donations.
Brands
Hardik Jhaveri named senior director marketing at Colgate-Palmolive Asean hub
Former Hill’s Pet Nutrition general manager returns to the company to steer marketing for South Asean from Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR:Â Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed senior director marketing for the South Asean hub at Colgate-Palmolive, marking a return to the consumer goods major after a three year stint with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will lead marketing strategy for the region.
Jhaveri joins the role after serving as general manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Taipei, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the business with full profit and loss responsibility. The role placed him at the helm of operations in Taiwan, managing growth in what he described as a start-up style environment within a global multinational.
Before that, Jhaveri spent over a decade with Colgate-Palmolive across several marketing and innovation roles in Asia. As associate director innovation for Apac excluding China, based in Hong Kong, he led new product development and launches across multiple markets.
His portfolio ranged from developing specialised oral care products such as a diabetes focused toothpaste for the Indian market to launching premium oral care experiences under the Colgate Total brand in Australia. Alongside innovation, he also worked on launch planning, brand strategy and communications for the company’s oral care portfolio.
Earlier in his Colgate-Palmolive journey, Jhaveri held roles including marketing manager innovation, senior brand manager and brand manager. His work spanned urban and rural markets in Mumbai and customer development responsibilities in the Greater Kolkata Area.
Prior to his long association with Colgate-Palmolive, Jhaveri worked as brand officer home care at Unilever, where he helped drive marketing initiatives for the Rin detergent brand, including nationwide relaunch and on ground activation campaigns.
He began his career in advertising with Bates David Enterprise, working on brands such as IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
Jhaveri holds a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business and has also completed a level 4 diploma in wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Announcing the move, Jhaveri said he is excited to begin his new chapter at Colgate-Palmolive’s South Asean hub and thanked colleagues and mentors who supported his journey at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
