A Humble Request for Your Support

In 2021, at age fifty-nine, the Global NGO Executive Committee was a very different organization.

The strength of the old NGODPI was in its ability to lend wisdom to general and specific discussions as to where civil society was headed, what it has achieved in relation to UN goals, and where it needs more support to do even better. It was a noble tradition to inherit.

Since then, we turned sixty and much has changed. We also hope that much has improved in terms of our value to the community we hope to serve. With so many UN DGC associated NGOs with the wisdom of sages and young activists bursting on the scene in all quarters, I have adjusted this organization more to serve needs than proffer wisdom. After a full year or so as President, I think we are following the correct path.

Today, I am asking you to make a generous donation to GNEC. We are a tax deductible, 501c3, not for profit organization – but that’s not why I’m asking you to support us, personally. It’s because I think we help serve your interests and we deserve your support.

In 2022, we have:

• Launched Innovation Academy, a free platform for SDG related coursework
• Created the podcast series, On The Ground, featuring UN DGC associated NGOs 

• Improved and upgraded the NGO Reporter, featuring and offering co-presenting opportunities to DGC NGOs (Including 10+ during CSW, alone)
• Placement of DGC NGOs on the GNEC.NGO Homepage
• Co-Hosted several Briefings online with UN DGC staff, Board and other NGOs 

• GNEC has also loaned its Zoom access and other in-kind support to DGC NGOs

 • Successfully offered three fiscal agency opportunities to NGOs and donors

GNECs Current Work For the Community:
• Columbia University data analysts are remaking the UN alpha listing for UN DGC NGOs in dramatic ways. Using algorithms, the team is identifying similarities among our community NGOs in order to make suggestions for future collaborations or partnerships in fields related to your missions. Beyond that, they plan to pair mission-related information from your associated NGOs to potential funders and sponsors. This will be game-changing – now, NGO can identify sister NGOs in our community and where they might best offer their time to new development efforts. (All this while on-boarding new board members and preparing an exciting return to live briefing and conference programming in 2023.)

GNEC is working to bring all this activity together as one focused project, offering increased ‘servant leadership’ to our UN DGC NGO community. We are working now to change our current, successful podcast series into an ongoing television series, and tell the stories of each of our highlighted NGOs. We are active to seek sponsorship funds for them and our projects.

We have set a goal of $150,000 for the support we require to continue the data gathering and assimilation, improve and add to existing services in the coming year for the NGOs we hope to serve. Note: no one on the Board receives any compensation of any kind; in fact, each of us contributes to the GNEC fund upon arrival. We need your support so we may continue to support those of us in need of an administrative hand or a megaphone for their achievements. We hope to help with this focused project.

We ask you to be generous. We ask you to donate today. Go to our Donate button, above, or send a generous check to GNEC, POB 73, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 to receive your special letter of notice and thank you for your support of this work on behalf of the UN DGC constituent community!

Together, we can help make these last years of the Decade of Action impactful. We are not asking you to help one NGO but, through us, the entire community – toward the achievement of the SDGs and the better world our NGO community, associated with UN DGC, hopes to achieve.

Thanks in advance for your generosity,

Patrick Sciarratta President, GNEC August 2022