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What is the 100% model
When we founded Still I Rise, we made a promise: to allocate the majority of the funds we raise directly to our programs and activities, minimizing management and fundraising costs as much as possible.
For years, we have succeeded in this. In 2023, 95% of the funds spent were directed to our programs and activities, with only 5% used for management and fundraising costs — an excellent result compared to the industry average. From June 2024, we’re doing even better. We are allocating 100% of donations to programs and activities, ensuring every donor the opportunity to build our children’s future with full transparency and without any waste of money.
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For years, we have succeeded in this. In 2023, 95% of the funds spent were directed to our programs and activities, with only 5% used for management and fundraising costs — an excellent result compared to the industry average. From June 2024, we’re doing even better. We are allocating 100% of donations to programs and activities, ensuring every donor the opportunity to build our children’s future with full transparency and without any waste of money.
How did we manage it?
We’re able to keep this promise thanks to the support of a private family foundation that believes in our mission and, starting mid-2024, has committed to covering all operational costs — including general support, management, and fundraising expenses — for Still I Rise.
The foundation’s contribution will allow us to allocate every donation we receive from donors directly to our programs and activities until 2026.
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General Support Costs
Materials for association activities and projects, annual membership fees, various consumables, stamps, paper and stationery, travel insurance, currency exchange differences, employee annual insurance, active rounding, travel expenses, certification costs, volunteer reimbursement, expenses for teaching, training, and coaching.
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Financial and Fundraising Costs
Bank fees, risk and liability provisions, expenses for regular fundraising promotion, postal services for regular fundraising, purchase of goods for regular fundraising.
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Other Expenses
Other expenses for training and coaching, software licenses and IT support, translation services, other fees, other charges, minor assets, telephony and video communications, shipping, public hall rentals, volunteer insurance, legal-administrative-fiscal consultancy, other administrative services, representation expenses.
What will fund your donation?
With your help, we can build free schools, provide hot meals, medical care, psychological support, and protection to children living in challenging contexts. But that’s not all: you also sponsor our valuable Research and Development work, which allows us to refine our teaching and educational techniques and share them freely with schools around the world. It funds the INSIEME project, an educational program designed to raise awareness among Italian school students on topics like migration, hospitality, child labor, and the right to education. By donating, you will contribute to our legal, advocacy, and awareness-raising efforts, fighting alongside us for human rights at the institutional level. You will also support the reporting, accounting, and coordination work that makes Still I Rise one of the most transparent and effective organizations in Italy. Every contribution counts. Every donation builds a future.
