Early this year, The Pachamama Alliance received a momentous challenge grant in the amount of $1 million from an anonymous donor. This individual sees the profound importance of The Pachamama Alliance mission and the great impact of the work we are doing all over the world. This challenge grant presents an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate the work of the Pachamama Alliance. In order to receive the full $1 million dollars we need to match those funds by raising an additional $1 million dollars.
Recently, we celebrated our first milestone – we reached the first $500,000 in order to receive payment for the first half of the grant. We want to thank all of our donors for their contribution to this achievement. By making your Stewardship Circle payment early, being a monthly contributor, making a new one-time gift, or committing to a new pledge, you have helped to increase the pace by which we can accomplish our strategic objectives for this year, and we thank you. We are now working to generate the second $500,000 in revenue by June 30th to receive the remainder of the grant.
This challenge grant is an exceptional acknowledgment of the leadership that The Pachamama Alliance and its dedicated community of donor-activists are providing in the world. It is also an extraordinary invitation to expand this leadership — an opportunity for all of us to act boldly and with urgency to address the most pressing issues of our time by inviting ourselves and others to rise to this challenge with a financial contribution — all gifts will be matched dollar for dollar up to $1 million dollars.
If you would like to make an additional gift to help meet this challenge, please click here.
It is through the commitment of each and every donor, facilitator, volunteer, and supporter over the years that brought The Pachamama Alliance to this place of recognition, and continues to bring forth this work. Thank you for your partnership.
This challenge grant and your continued support allow The Pachamama Alliance to enact our key strategic initiatives for 2010:
• Awakening the Dreamer: Dramatic acceleration of waking people up to the challenges and opportunities before us through the Awakening the Dreamer Initiative, with a focus on youth and people of all generations throughout the globe.
• FOUR YEARS. GO.: Linking together individuals and organizations to generate demonstrable action and a structure for achieving it through the continued roll out of this collaborative campaign, FOUR YEARS. GO.
• Rainforest protection:Continuing our precedent-setting work in rainforest and cultural preservation with indigenous partners throughout the Amazon basin, as well as expanding Rights for Nature into constitutions through the Andean Community of Nations.
