News

A nation of women

02/02/2012

"Anadolu" (Anatolia) may very well be the "land of mothers," but as Turkey finds its place as a global leader, it needs to become a nation of women. According to the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap report released this week, it has a long way to go. Read more.

Raising girl power on Twitter

01/24/2012

On Tuesday, January 31 at 2PM EST and 9PM IST, we'll host a Twitter chat about empowering young girls with the hashtag #gendergap. Read more.

Social Entrepreneurship on the Rise in Turkey

01/17/2012

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise worldwide, especially Turkey. Ashoka Türkiye's Zeynep Meydanoglu and Matthias Scheffelmeier share insights about what's going on in Anatolia in this blog post.

301,927 has been raised to-date through Van Earthquake Relief Fund

01/10/2012

As long as individuals, corporations and foundations show interest in supporting the longer term recovery and reconstruction process in Van, Turkish Philanthropy Funds will keep the Van Earthquake Relief Fund open for contributions. Read more.

FAQ : Corporations

How can I get my company involved?

There are multiple ways to engage your company in the work of TPF. The following are a few suggestions:

1. Get TPF added to your company's list of approved non-profit organizations. This enables employees to select TPF as the designation for their charitable giving, and enables them to make matching corporate donations.
2. If your company has a corporate foundation, suggest TPF for corporate funding. We are always looking to expand and diversify our funding base, and we would welcome introductions to any corporate foundation that is interested in supporting our work.
3. You can start a corporate fundraiser within your corporation to support one of TPF's projects. These campaigns can center around holiday parties or perhaps a summer outing. Once the fundraising goal is reached, everyone who participated gets the satisfaction of seeing the final TPF report on the given project.
4. If your company has a good year financially,  you can start a "Named Fund" for your company and use your contributions to support NGOs in Turkey or in the US while getting tax-deduction for the current year you make the donation.
5. Or, you can ask your company to match your gift.

These are some of the more popular ways in which people choose to get their companies involved with TPF.

If you need additional information or have an idea on how you want to get your workplace involved with TPF, please let us know by sending an email to info@tpfund.org!