Give to Colombia

Mission

Give to Colombia (G2C) is a US-based organization with a 501c3 status that creates, promotes and facilitates alliances among international donors and Colombian non-profit organizations from both the private and public sector. G2C acts as an umbrella organization, by channeling grants in the way of resources talents and technologies to grass root organization that are closely supervised and monitored, following up on their perfomance to the international donors.

Programs

All institutions we work with in Colombia are high-impact organizations whose activities include (but are in no way limited to): self-construction of sustainable and dignified housing and communities, promoting children’s health and safety via physical activity and good nutrition, income and asset generation via development of skills, entrepreneurship, micro credit and seed funding for homes and microenterprises, improving education through access to technology and innovative pedagogies.

Current Projects on GlobalGiving

Transform the lives of children through soccer!

Bringing digital inclusion to Colombia's Villages

Give Families in Colombia a Home

Personnel Overview

Angela Maria Tafur - Executive Director
Angela Maria Tafur is a lawyer and has detailed knowledge and considerable experience in the financial sector due to her senior responsibilities in Bancol, Bancolombia and the equivalent to the Securities and Exchange Commission in Colombia. Angela Maria is one of the founding members of Give to Colombia.

Alejandra Molina - Project Manager
Alejandra is an economist with a research focus on economic development. She has broad experience with Colombia's entrepreneurship sector working as an Exports Advisor for Colombia's government TPO. She also concentrated her International Development degree in Peace and Conflict Resolution in Latin America investigating reconstruction and psychosocial rehabilitation in post conflict societies.

Nicole Stroh - Strategic Alliances Manager
Nicole was born and raised in Colombia, and studied in Israel, Spain, France and the United States. She has been involved in several non-profit organizations with different areas of focus, from malnutrition, to conflict resolution. She has experience in international cooperation from working in the United Jewish Communities (UJC), and is currently Strategic Alliance Manager in Give to Colombia

Personnel Statistics

Angela M. Tafur,
Executive Director
Founded in 2003
Employees: 6
Volunteers: 0

Financial Statistics

Budget (2008): $ 250,000
Budget (2007): $ 180,000
Maximum Budget: $ 280,000
Overhead: 5 %
Other funding sources: Grants from Tinker Foundation, Kellog Foundation, Levis Strauss Foundation, Meryll Lynch, Pfizer, Exxon Mobil Foundation among others.
Religious Affiliation: None