10 x 10 was started by a group of Sydney-based young professionals and creatives who wanted to fight apathy and engender a culture of giving and philanthropy within our communities.

THE PROBLEM

There are thousands of charities – how do you know which one to support?
How do you know where your money’s going?
I don’t have enough time to find out what’s out there, let alone whether they’re legit.
I’m not a millionaire so how can I make a difference?

THE 10 X 10 SOLUTION

1) 10 x 10 is a scalable platform of events that provide a unique and social forum for young professionals and creatives to give to emerging charities whose causes resonate with them.
2) Each event showcases three emerging local charities, carefully chosen as organisations creating solutions to complex social issues in our communities.
3) Supported by the 10x10 founders, each event is planned and hosted by a fresh committee of 10, typically guests at prior events. Each committee member hosts 10 guests at the event, bringing together over 100 people who each each contribute $100 or more, raising $10,000 (at least!).
4) Each charity has five minutes to pitch in the style of the popular UK television show, The Dragon’s Den, and are then questioned by a special guest Dragon about their cause and business model.
5) The amount you donate through Pozible in advance ($100 or more) is turned into vouchers for 'Charity Dollars' in increments of $50.  After hearing the pitches, you choose the organisations you most want to support.  Many people want to support all three charities so they contribute $150 or more.  
6) All costs of each event are covered by event sponsors, to ensure that ALL funds raised on the night go directly to the three charities.

THE CHARITIES

These are the three charities selected for the event on 13 November 2014:  

CuriousWorks
CuriousWorks is a community arts and media organisation that identifies, nurtures and builds a new generation of storytellers. We enable individuals and communities in the margins of Australia society to tell their stories powerfully and sustainably and ensure these stories occupy a central space in cultural digital distribution channels. We seek to increase social, cultural and economic capital for individuals, communities and society by building storytelling and leadership capacity. Our ultimate goal is to become redundant in the communities in which we work.

We increase social capital by building local networks, in order to reduce social isolation and improve relationships between diverse groups.

We increase cultural capital through grassroots/professional artistic production to address mainstream Australia culture failing to reflect the depth and diversity of Australia.

We increase economic capital through education and skills development to increase productivity and participation, and to address high socio-economic disadvantage.



40K Group
40K Group is as a business collective made up of three separate companies all united by one important thing; to make a MASSIVE positive social impact.

The first company is the 40K Foundation, which runs an after-school education program for children in India utlising electronic tablets and gamified learning – currently supported by donations and 40K Globe and 40K Consulting income. The families sending their kids to 40K PLUS pay $1/month, however we aspire to get the set-up costs, which are sponsored by the Foundation, to be eventually covered by our other social business income streams.

The second company is 40K Globe. The Globe program is a unique one-month internship in India open to tertiary students and career-breakers, providing them with grass roots training in social entrepreneurship. Globe sends students out with teams of Aussies into a rural village to build a sustainable social business that improves the lives of the local community. Globe is a for-profit business that subsidises the overhead costs of the Foundation.

And finally, 40K Consulting works with young professionals in big business to promote the benefits of shared value. This revolutionary program encourages people to seek out inventive opportunities where making money and ‘doing good’ can be successfully united in their business.

In essence, 40K is all about education - We educate kids living in poverty so they can have better lives. We educate young Australian students in how to build social businesses in India. We educate young leaders to make a sustainable impact in the businesses they work for.


Tribal Warrior Association
The Tribal Warrior Association (TWA), located in Redfern, is a non-profit community organisation initiated and operated by indigenous people with Indigenous Elders. Shane Phillips, the CEO and the Indigenous community leader of Redfern, is intimately connected to the Indigenous community in Redfern.

The mission behind TWA is to empower the Indigenous community by providing its members with the tools to enable them to become economically self-sufficient by securing gainful employment as well as eventually owning and operating their own small businesses. We support disadvantaged Indigenous people in their educational and employment pursuits within the framework of our cultural and community background.

TWA provides mentoring, training and recreational and Indigenous cultural learning programs to underprivileged young Australians, as well as helping the broader community better understand Indigenous culture through our youth mentoring programs, maritime training programs and cultural tours and cruises.


THE 10 X 10 SYDNEY EVENT - 13 NOVEMBER 2014

AS OF 4:30PM ON 13 NOVEMBER, THE EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. 

WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT ACCOMMODATE ANY FURTHER ATTENDEES. 

THANK YOU.  

Join us for the fourth edition of the 10x10 Sydney event:

Thursday 13 November 2014
6:30pm – 8:30pm (Drinks & canapés from 6:30pm. Speakers begin at 7:00pm)
Google Headquarters, Cylon Room, Level 2, Fairfax Building, 1 Darling Island Road, Pyrmont NSW 2009
Registrations close Wednesday, November 12th but may sell out before this date! You will not be admitted to the Google office without confirmation from Pozible.
Take a free ride either to or from the event to the value of $40 with UBER (details will be provided).

THE 10x10 GUEST 'DRAGON'

10x10 Sydney is thrilled to have Deanne Weir as our guest 'Dragon' in November.  Media entrepreneur, company director and philanthropist Deanne Weir has more than 20 years’ experience in media and communications. Deanne chairs the boards of four private companies, is Deputy Chair of Screen Australia and a board member of the International Women’s Development Agency, Playwriting Australia and the Australian Women Donors Network. Deanne is a director of WeirAnderson.com, which is home to the WeirAnderson group of investments in media and communications companies. Deanne is also a director of the WeirAnderson Foundation: a Private Ancillary Fund with a particular emphasis on projects that will improve the lives of women and girls.

THE 10x10 SYDNEY NETWORK

Like us on Facebook for more information on our events and charities we've worked with:  www.facebook.com/10x10sydney

THE SPONSORS

Special thanks to our generous event sponsors:  

M.H. Carnegie & Co. (Food & Beverage)
Object Trading (Food & Beverage)
MAN Australia as the (Event Sponsor)
Pozible (Online Platform)
UBER (Transport)

This event is in association with Philanthropy Australia’s New Generation of Giving program and inspired by collective giving groups around the world like The Funding Network, The Awesome Foundation, and Tipping Point Community.

1. Your ‘buy-in’ to come along is a donation of $100 or more. You pre-pay this on Pozible, one of Australia’s leading crowdfunding websites, and get a confirmation of your contribution. The pooled funds are held securely by Pozible.
2. When you arrive on the night, you’ll get the amount of your donation back in the form of vouchers for charity dollars in $50 increments - so you'll receive 2 or more depending on how much you donated through Pozible.  You will be able to allocate each voucher worth $50 charity dollars to any of the three charities over the course of the event. Each charity has a jar to collect charity dollars.
3. Each of the three charities will have 5 minutes to deliver their pitch in the style of the popular UK TV show, the Dragons Den. They’ll be pitching to you and the crowd, and to our resident dragon.  
4. The Dragon will question each charity about their pitch and business model.
5. The audience will then have 5 minutes to ask their questions.  
6. When all the pitches are done, you drop your charity dollars into the jar of the charity (or charities) who you loved the most. If you’re really inspired by the charities on the night, we’ll give you instructions on how to make an additional donation.
7. ALL of the the pooled funds will then be distributed to the charities based on the tallied up contributions.