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Google offers in-kind advertising in grants programme

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Search engine Google’s new grants programme offers at least three months of free text advertising on its AdWords system. However, it is still only available to non-profits based in the United States with 501(c)(3) status.

Google isn’t offering cash grants, but is instead donating at least three months of AdWords adverts to qualifying US non-profits. This allows them to place adverts for their services, fundraising appeals, or any other kind of support such as volunteers on other relevant Web sites.

Google’s AdWords system targets adverts to relevant content on participating Web sites. As a result it is one of the most popular online advertising tools at the present time.
Google gives three examples of how non-profits have benefited from such grants:

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The chances of securing support are high: in Google Grants’ first year, 80% of the organisations applying met the criteria for the award.

Decisions on grants are made every three months.

UK Fundraising will report when Google, as it promises, chooses to expand this grants programme to the UK.
 

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