One question we get asked a lot at Goodgate is: "Why do you focus on the Muslim world?" We have been accused of being divisive, exclusionary, discriminatory, "too Islamic" and all kinds of other things because people don't understand why Goodgate is focused on the Muslim world. So here is the
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1 year, 5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 2 hours, 35 minutes ago
We often think of philanthropy as the world of wealthy people writing fat cheques to worthy causes, or setting up private foundations whose boards meet in wood-paneled conference rooms. Or big companies giving away millions and using their PR machines to tell the world. It's the world of famous
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1 year, 6 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
A lot of Muslim donors may not care about where their charitable giving goes, or how effective it is. The attitude is that as long as the donor is satisfied with her good intentions, her charity is considered a success. The idea that the intention is the most important aspect of giving is also
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1 year, 9 months, 1 week, 2 days, 16 hours, 4 minutes ago
Welcome to Goodgate.org, the BETA website of Goodgate social enterprise. The goal of this site is to solve a simple problem: the difficulty people have in discovering and learning about charities around the world. There are hundreds of thousands of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) out there, but
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1 year, 10 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 15 hours, 24 minutes ago
Pakistan is suffering the worst humanitarian crisis in its history, with unusually heavy monsoon rains causing massive flooding throughout the country. Over 20 million people have been affected by this disaster, and four million people have been made homeless. Over 1,600 people have died, and countless thousands are at risk of dying. One-fifth of the country, a land area larger than all of Italy, is underwater. No country can manage a disaster of this scale alone. Please, do what you can to help, NOW.
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