Elsa Coughlin

Unlike most NGOs, NPI does not work directly on the ground, serving people through projects, volunteers, donations, or research. Instead, as its name suggests, NPI is an incubator for NGOs and social enterprises, nurturing them from undeveloped ideas or small, two to five person projects to become professional, self-sufficient organizations. NPI provides selected non-profits with free or subsidized office space and supplies, IT support, mentoring, training, and, perhaps most importantly, a well-established network of government officials, business and individual donors, and other NGOs. To date NPI has incubated more than 500 NGOs and social enterprises from its nine offices and more than thirty project sites stationed around China from Shanghai to Shenzhen and Inner Mongolia. It is currently the largest non-profit incubator in China, with a staff of about 250 around the country. Conducted research on philanthropic fundraising market of the United States and collect typical cases that could be implemented in Chinese NGOs and social enterprises Collected major charity laws and regulations in the United States that would influence Chinese participation in the US market Assisted the supervisor on works related to philanthropic marketing and fundraising, this included attending workshops and meetings with corporations working to expand their corporate social responsibility programs in China