Non profit Net4kids online brokerage - giving underprivileged children a better future

Since its beginnings in 1999 with Loek and Anke van den Boog, the organisation quickly expanded and became more professional. Net4kids exists thanks to a close-knit team of very involved people. Individuals who believe in a better world for underprivileged children, and who contribute to the realisation thereof from their own areas of expertise.

Loek and Anke van den Boog founded Net4kids in 1999.

Born from a personal quest
"Net4kids was born out of our own search for a concrete way to support underprivileged children. Around the turn of the century that wasn’t very common. Most charities had broad, general goals that were difficult to trace back to recognisable projects. They had a ‘just trust me’ attitude, and the money collected – without any further reports – only partially reached the projects. The rest was spent on overhead costs, or sat in bank accounts, generating interest. We didn’t want any part of that system.

It turned out we weren’t the only ones. Many sponsors, both private and business, want to know what happens with their money. With Net4kids, we hope to offer more people the accountability and involvement that we look for ourselves."

A passion
"We have since met a lot of people who think about things the same way we do. Sponsors, project partners and volunteers. Together, we have made Net4kids what it is today: a professional internet platform for child aid projects. Until now, we have managed to nearly double the funds raised every year. We wanted to help more children with our model. We’re succeeding, and we’re proud of that. And we’ll keep on going."

Net4kids has a single Board of Directors that maintains oversight over the activities of the three foundations:

Net4kids Aid Foundation
Net4kids Organisation
Net4kids Continuity Fund

The Board consists of:

Loek van den Boog	Founder and Board Chairman
Pieter Jonker	Treasurer
Peter Willeme	Board Member
Ton aan de Stegge	Board Member
Simon de Koning	Board Member

The day-to-day running of the foundations is divided among the management team as follows:

Odette van Zijdveld	Managing Director
Annelies Brinkman	Manager Fundraising
Anke van den Boog	Manager Donor Relations
Suzanne Glorie	Manager Marketing
Remco van Wessel	Manager IT
Norbert du Pied	Manager Finance & Administration

The following people are on the Net4kids Recommendation Board:

Job Cohen
Mayor of Amsterdam. Previously also Secretary of State for Education and Science, Secretary of State for Justice. Letter of recommendation (in Dutch, pdf)

Jacqueline Rijsdijk
Division director De Nederlandsche Bank. Also chairwoman of the Supervisory Board for the Informatie Beheer Groep. Letter of recommendation (in Dutch, pdf)

Herman van Veen
Singer and author, founder of various child aid foundations for the Rights of the Child, including the Herman van Veen Foundation. His song 'Anders Anders' (different, differently) was given to Net4kids for support in its external presentations.

Herman Wijffels
Chairman of the Social Economic Council (SER) until March 2006. Dutch executive Washington World Bank. Also chairman of the Charity Good Governance Commission. Letter of recommendation (in Dutch, pdf)

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Net4kids exists thanks to a large number of professionals who support the organisation from their respective areas of expertise. Almost all of them are volunteers who take on a number of fixed tasks, allowing the organisation to be run like a regular company: professional, responsible and involved.

An overview of our volunteers:

Andrea Hulskamp Graphic design		"The Net4kids styling and Max, the mascot, were designed by me. I looked for a design that reflected the no-nonsense approach Net4kids has."

Anke van den Boog Founder & Donor Relations		"As a founder of Net4kids, it’s great to see how many people get involved – and how this translates into more satisfied sponsors."

Annelies Brinkman Fundraising & Account Management		"Net4kids stands for cooperation and personal involvement. Emotional entrepreneurship; which also accounts for our sponsors. I’m proud to participate in this process."

Emile van de Klok Project Account Management		"My daughter will make her own choices while she grows up. She will be able to live her dreams during life. If you realise that many children in this world don’t have the opportunity to decide their own future, it’s simply an honor to work for Net4kids"

Femke van Son-Verheijen Office Management

Hugo Lingeman Online marketing		"I feel rich in that I can make choices. One of those choices is to work as a volunteer to help underpriviledged children. Hopefully these children will in turn also be able to make choices and break out of the spiral of poverty."

Jerry Rozenbrand Finance

Karen Blanken Project Account Management		"Many organisations support children who would otherwise not have many chances for their future. The way Net4kids works, demand-based, transparant, sustainable and locally anchored, makes the difference for me. That is why I really like to add my contribution to Net4kids!"

Katrien Broeders Project Account Management

Loek van den Boog Founder, Chairman of the Board & Fundraising		"With the aid of all the volunteers, Net4kids is run like a regular company. Clear agreements, clear results. Great!"

Marc van Es Finance Controller

Marijke Hulskamp Management Assistant		"I’m responsible for assisting management and board. I also take on some of the financial and project administration and manage the secretarial pool. It’s great to be active at the heart of the organization. You know a little bit about everything, and you see how much time and energy all the volunteers pour into the organization in order to help these children. It’s a sight to behold."

Mignonne Schleiffert Marketing

Mila Heijmeriks Donor Relations & Marketing

Norbert du Pied Finance Manager

Odette Van Zijdveld Managing Director

Petra de Jong Fundraising & Account Management

Philipp van Ekeren Graphic design		"Taking personal responsibility towards our world. My commitment of sharing my skills and experience as a designer for Net4kids. To serve an underpriviliged young generation and make an effort to contribute to their future. That’s what matters to me."

Remco van Wessel Manager IT

Ronald Leenstra Project Account Management

Sandra Kooijman Project Account Management & Coordination		At Net4kids it’s all about helping as much children as possible in a durable and structural manner, so they will eventually have better chances in life. To me the task to monitor the progress of projects and to get plausible justifications on these. Besides I coordinate a very motivated projectteam. It is really satisfying to see what an impact a project can have on the life of a child!

Sophie Vossenaar Project Account Management		"Direct project reporting increases involvement. It makes a world of difference if you know that Anil, Goma and Sarmila are doing well in 2nd grade because you sponsored their orphanage."

Suzanne Glorie Marketing Manager		Next to running FFective, my marketing services organization, I find it inspiring to contribute my knowledge and experience to Net4kids. It is wonderful to work with a highly motivated team of professionals. It creates positive energy. Energy that helps make a difference for underpriviledged children by giving them a better future. Click here to find me on linked in.

Willemijn de Boer Administration

Annick de Lange Project Account Management		All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.

Bert Haver IT		IT support

Eric Dolleman Finance

Frouke Maas Project Account Management

Holger van Es Search Engine Marketing		With his company Page Perfect, Holger van Es optimizes website for high rankings in the results on search engines and manages paid advertising through e.g. Google Adwords. These are the services that Page Perfect will offer to Net4kids.

Juul Coumans Donor Relations		"I am very inspired by and committed to the mission of providing sustainable help to underpriviliged children and moreover by the way Net4kids works: the business like approach and organisation, the team of professionals and their commitment and passion."

Michiel Bestebroer Internet

Peter Willeme Board member

Pieter Jonker Board member

Rien van de Velde Finance		"Accounting may seem a world away from child aid, but I know that it’s one of the factors that will contribute to a better life for the children."

Rogier Bestebroer Internet

Simon de Koning Board member

Ton aan de Stegge Board member

Veronika Uhl Project Account Management		"I’ve been involved with Net4kids from the beginning, helping put together the team of experts that Net4kids relies on. Nothing is as satisfying as working from your heart."

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