OPPORTUNITY DETAILS
Total reward
0 $
Nonprofit organization
Deadline
04 Sep 2020
Study level
Opportunity type
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Eligible Countries
Algeria
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Comoros
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Egypt
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Jordan
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Lebanon
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Mauritania
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Oman
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Qatar
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Somalia
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United Arab Emirates
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Bahrain
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Djibouti
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Iraq
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Kuwait
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Libya
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Morocco
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Palestine
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Saudi Arabia
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Sudan
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Tunisia
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Yemen
Eligible Region
The ORG Impact Award is inviting People and non-profit organizations that are working to make the world a better place to participate in the 2020 competition. This year's award program, in the midst of the Corona epidemic, has turned into a 10-day digital experience, "The Ten Days of.ORG," enabling to focus more on finalists and more help to win a charity of their choice.
Categories:
- Combating Coronavirus – Recognizes an organization or individual whose efforts helped manage Covid-19 outbreaks, provided essential information, provided essential products or services, helped create policies to combat coronavirus or create solutions to medical equipment shortages.
- Promoting Education – Recognizes an organization or individual for contributions in promoting education for all, without regard to race, gender, or financial status.
- Outstanding Volunteer – Recognizes an individual in an unpaid role who performed above and beyond what is reasonably expected of a volunteer, made significant contributions to the programs and activities, and whose efforts positively affected the mission of the organization.
- Championing Equality, Equity and Inclusion – Recognizes an organization or individual for efforts toward furthering diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion in society through the creation of policies, procedures, and practices, creation of programs, or other activities that promote and foster diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion.
- Innovation Award – Recognizes an organization or individual who has broken new ground for an organization by demonstrating new ways of thinking, approaching, and/or solving issues or challenges.
- Advancing Environmental Sustainability – Recognizes an organization or individual whose efforts advanced or will advance a clean, healthy environment without damage to our environment or depletion of nonrenewable resources.
- ORG Newcomer of the Year – Recognizes a person or organization that started less than five years ago and demonstrated experience for exceptional contributions by demonstrating initiative and leadership around a specific task, project, or campaign.
- Fighting Hunger and Poverty – Recognizes a person or organization that has made significant contributions and innovations in the fight to end hunger and poverty on a local, national, or global scale.
- Promoting a Safer Internet – Recognizes a person or organization whose efforts promote online safety whether through education, working with policymakers, or advocacy.
- The tenth and final award is the OIA .ORG of the Year award and the winner will be selected by PIR from the nominations received in the other nine categories. This award recognizes an organization using the.ORG domain and honors outstanding achievement as evidenced by results and/or contributions to its sector, constituents, community, or society at large.
Awards:
The winners in each category of The .ORG Impact Awards will have the opportunity to direct a monetary donation to the charitable organization of their choice, as follows:
- ORG IMPACT AWARDS.ORG of the year: $30,000 USD
- Combatting Coronavirus: $15,000 USD
- All other winners: $5,000 USD
In addition to a monetary donation, winners will also receive:
- A custom trophy.
- An invitation to speak at the 2021 symposium (this is currently scheduled for March 2021, subject to circumstances).
- Free advertising and promotion during this time.
- The opportunity to be included and honored at our 2021 in-person event.
Eligibility Criteria:
- All organizations nominated to any category must have a website hosted on the.ORG domain.
- All individual nominees must have an established role at an organization with a website on the.ORG domain.
- All submissions must be in English.
- Activities highlighted in the submission must have occurred between June 1, 2019, and June 1, 2020. If the activity began before June 1, 2019, or extends beyond June 1, 2020, the entry is still eligible so long as meaningful activity occurred between the two dates.
- Organizations and individuals may submit to more than one category/subcategory, but each submission must be original (i.e., an entry for one award category may not be resubmitted verbatim for a different award category).
- The nominator must be at least 18 years old and have permission to nominate the individual or organization that uses or has a connection to.ORG domain
- Individuals or organizations who reside in Cuba, Burma/Myanmar, Iran, North Korea, Sudan or Syria, may not nominate or be identified as a “Nominee”
- Employees of Public Interest Registry and any of its parent and affiliate companies as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to nominate individuals or organizations or be considered as a Nominee for any award.
About ORG Impact Awards:
For more than 30 years, the.ORG domain has powered the inspirations of people around the globe. From individuals to large corporations, small community groups to multinational NGOs, each.ORG aims to positively impact the communities they serve. These people and organizations work tirelessly in pursuit of their missions; not for recognition or reward, but to simply make the world a better place.
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