The list of 100 winners was determined by user voting. Each of the top 100 vote getting groups will get a grant and the chance to pitch why they should get the bigger prize – $1 million for the ultimate winner and $100,000 for five runners up.

These contests are an increasingly popular way for big brands to engage with their customers who care about doing good. I think as that happens, contests are going to have to put up bigger bounties to capture attention, and they’re going to have to get more creative.

FORGE founder Kjerstin Erickson wrote a great post about the downside of these competitions which is the relatively high cost of participation in terms of the time it takes staff to engage their communities, and the social cost of asking for one more thing. It’s a must read for anyone interested in this space.

Stay tuned for more info about Chase and congrats to all the first round winners.

Source:http://socialentrepreneurship.change.org/blog/view/chase_community_giving_announces_100_25000_winners

Click below to vote or visit their website: www.facebook.com/chasecommunitygiving

Please check out our friends on the list: Angel Heart International (our partner in the Little Red Scarf Alliance to provide life-changing heart surgeries and aftercare) and Half the Sky Foundation (saving and caring for the orphans of China).

A note from Half the Sky Foundation:

Dear Friends of Half the Sky,

If you haven’t heard it already, you’re about to hear some wonderful news.

Half the Sky has the great good fortune of being one in only 100 nonprofits competing for a $1 Million prize in the Facebook Chase Community Giving contest.

If we win, we will be able to do something we’ve only dreamed about. We will be able to transform the lives of ALL of China’s orphans within just a few short years.

We need your help.

If you have a Facebook account, we need you to vote for our “Big Idea” January 15-22.

If you don’t have a Facebook account, we need you to start one – if only for a day or two.

Watch and forward our video and our Big Idea 
 

Post our video and stories about Half the Sky on Facebook walls

Tweet the news
 

Become a fan of Chase Community Giving and
 

Vote January 15 – 22 

And what a difference we can make if we win. Please tell your friends and your family and your co-workers and everybody you know who thinks all children deserve a chance. Tell the world.

A vote for Half the Sky is a vote for every forgotten child.
 

We can do it!!
 

with love and gratitude,
 

Jenny Bowen
 

Executive Director,Half the Sky