Funding Needs for Global China Center
updated August 17th, 2011.
Note: The following list falls into two parts; within each part, the needs are presented more or less in the order of priority, though of course we consider all of the needs important!
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A. Capacity-building
1. Conference attendance:
GCC: To build relationships with both Chinese and Western scholars, we need to be able to attend, and make presentations at, conferences in the West and in Asia. We try to use one of these as a retreat for our workers each year.
Cost : $10,000 - $14,000 for 2012
2. Travel by the Director and others:
To stay in touch with out associates, Wright Doyle and other team members must occasionally travel to visit them and see their actual situation. In 2012, trips are needed to Indiana; San Francisco; Boston; Cambridge, England; and Taiwan, and S.E. Asia.
Cost: $5,000 – 10,000
3. Financial accountability:
Hitherto, our small budget has kept us from applying to the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability, but we now believe membership in this organization is imperative for us. They require a full financial audit, which we have not been able to afford in the past, but we plan to conduct one for 2009 and thereafter.
Cost: $2,500 for 2011.
4. Design/set up new websites for our specific books or book series:
Cost: $2,000 for 2011; $2,000 for 2012.
B. Further development
1. Website Development:
Continued development of our web sites, especially the Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity (www.bdcconline.net) and the Global China Center site (www.globalchincenter.org). Although the BDCC is receiving greater support from Chinese Christians, we still need funding for our editors and writers. Likewise, the GCC site requires constant attention by our senior associates as well as research associates.
Needs for 2011:
Mr. Jason Truell, Webmaster: $12,000
Dr. Yading Li and his wife Dr. Cui’an Peng: $12,000
Dr. G. Wright Doyle and his assistant: $15,000
Dr. Carol Lee Hamrin: $1,200
Dr. John Barwick: $2,000
Other writers (mostly in China, some in the West): $5,000
Equipment: Our Chinese editor needs a new computer to replace the old one, which is broken: $1,200.
2. Other Publications:
Our editorship of the Wipf & Stock series, Studies in Chinese Christianity, requires funding for editorial and proof-reading work, as well as for publisher’s fees and promotion. We shall also need funds for the translation of the last two volumes of the Salt & Light sub-series and for two other volumes of the main series.
Cost: $10,000