May 21, 2013 @ 9:10 pm By Staff Reports  |  

A brand new business launches this month with a new take on shopping and charitable giving. CabinetHardware.org debuts an new business model fusing crowdfunding and ecommerce to offer a way to give back to some of the most deserving projects in the world. Each time a shopper makes a purchase online via CabinetHardware.org, 10% of… Read More

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May 21, 2013 @ 4:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

GiveForward, a crowdfunding site helping families and friends raise money for a loved one’s medical bills, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Medical Bill Mediation of the Karis Group, Inc., a service which helps patients consolidate and reduce their healthcare bills. This alliance stems from both organizations’ shared mission of empowering patients to… Read More

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May 16, 2013 @ 8:13 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Planet Money, a joint project of NPR and This American Life, has trail-blazed a new path for NPR.  They have crowdfunded themselves on Kickstarter.  The initial campaign commenced on April 30th and ended on May 15th.  The goal was an admirable $50,000 target.  The finally tally far exceeded that – amounting to $590,807.00.  Over 20,000… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Offerings, Strategy  |  Tagged charity, kickstarter, npr, planet money, t shirts, the american life

May 7, 2013 @ 9:17 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

 Fundly and Teach For America are recognizing America’s teachers with the launch of their “Here’s To Teachers” campaign in celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week, which begins today. This week, communities across the country take time to honor educators who have made a real difference in our lives and celebrate their hard work and commitment in the… Read More

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May 7, 2013 @ 6:34 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Social entrepreneur Carolin Boudreaux of The Miracle Foundation, is teaming up with crowdfunding site Indiegogo  and UNICEF Ambassador Tea Leoni to celebrate great moms a different way: by bringing joy to kids who don’t have one. The “Orphans Over Orchids” Global Challenge aims to raise $100,000 by Mother’s Day, May 12th, to quickly and successfully transform an entire struggling orphanage…. Read More

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May 7, 2013 @ 8:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Back story: A homeless man named Clydesdale has a unique and funny talent involving making his moustache “dance.” The team behind the whatever YouTube channel ran into him, filmed him performing the talent and posted the video on YouTube. They went on to launch an Indiegogo campaign asking people to donate money to Clydesdale. Once… Read More

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May 7, 2013 @ 8:04 am By LA Times  |  

Even as Zach Braff was taking heat for asking the public to help finance his next movie, the actor and director was contributing to another Kickstarter campaign — to help save a historic theater in Northern California. Braff was among nearly 500 donors who helped raise $65,753 through the Kickstarter crowd-funding site to help the owners of… Read More

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May 7, 2013 @ 7:53 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Orange Leap, a developer of cloud-based fundraising and constituent relationship management (CRM) software, has announced today their partnership with give2gether to enable online fundraising and peer-to-peer campaigns for non-profits using Orange Leap CRM software. Orange Leap clients can now utilize give2gether’s platform to promote their cause by communicating with their constituents. give2gether’s unique approach to online fundraising… Read More

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May 4, 2013 @ 8:15 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

With an original goal of $50,000, the We Can Be Heroes crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo has now far surpassed their “stretch” goal of $100,000 besting $130,000.  There are still seven days left in the campaign. The top reward was a private screening of the forthcoming film “Man of Steel” delivered to your home town for… Read More

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May 3, 2013 @ 7:38 am By VentureBeat  |  

When he was 15, Shaun King was brutally assaulted during a hate crime. Three surgeries and a year-and-a-half later, he recovered from his injuries with a commitment to help those in need. King is the founder of HopeMob, a nonprofit crowdfunding site dedicated to supporting charitable causes, organizations, and individuals around the world. HopeMob primarily funds… Read More

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May 2, 2013 @ 10:16 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Crowdfunding Initiative Gives The Gift Of Life This Mother’s Day Kangu.org, a philanthropic crowdfunding platform that enables donors to crowdfund safe birth environments for pregnant women in developing countries, announced the launch of a new gift-giving feature, just in time for Mother’s Day. The tool allows users to contribute to the cost of critical medical services… Read More

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May 2, 2013 @ 2:30 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Zivix to Donate JamStiks to Children’s Cancer Association MyMusicRx Program; Contributing to the “Healing Power of Music”. Zivix, LLC, a developer leveraging innovative technology through peripherals, real musical instruments and software, today announced that the company will be donating multiple JamStiks to the Children’s Cancer Association (CCA). The donation of the company’s portable, easy-to-use guitar-like instrument… Read More

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May 1, 2013 @ 9:48 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Samahope, a crowdfunding site where anyone, anywhere can fund critical medical treatments for the world’s poorest people, is offering a special way to honor moms all around the world just in time for Mother’s Day. Through their #HonorYourMom campaign, people can say thank you to a beloved mom while raising awareness and helping fund critical… Read More

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April 30, 2013 @ 7:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Google has launched a crowdfunding app called “One Today” that adds a philanthropic crowdfunding layer on top of their Google Plus social network. I recently had a chance to try the app. Every day I get a notification on my phone for the day’s cause. One Today selects a cause and I can quickly and… Read More

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April 25, 2013 @ 9:27 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

The Bay Lights belongs to everyone, but now each evening, patrons of the arts will be recognized for lighting the night. A new way to help raise the $1.7 million dollars required to fund the balance due for installation plus maintenance and removal of artist Leo Villareal’s monumental light sculpture on the Bay Bridge, Light… Read More

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