Tagged: charity

April 25, 2013 @ 9:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

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… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Free online fundraising website YouCaring, set new records for visitors and money raised for its users on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. In one day, the site attracted more than 87,000 unique visitors and raised $181,841. The increased traffic continues a trend for YouCaring, which has… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Niagara Frontier Publications  |  

Eight Niagara University students – three women and five men – will be shaving their heads this Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the student union to raise awareness and financial support for young adults with cancer. “Shave to Save,” slated for the Gallagher Center’s Multipurpose… Read More

April 19, 2013 @ 1:56 pm By CBS News  |  

(MoneyWatch) Jeff Bauman was among those standing in the wrong place — near the finish line of the Boston Marathon — when the first bomb went off. Within seconds of the explosion rescue personnel and people who had just come to see the race were… Read More

April 18, 2013 @ 8:41 am By Mashable  |  

That’s Celeste Corcoran and her daughter Sydney in the photo above. They went to the Boston Marathon finish line Monday afternoon to watch a relative complete the legendary race. When a bomb went off just after the marathon’s four-hour mark, shrapnel tore through their legs. Both of… Read More

April 12, 2013 @ 1:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Marathon Runners Raise Nonprofit Awareness and Charitable Donations with Razoo Razoo, a crowdfunding platform for causes, is powering the efforts of marathon runners, as they raise funds for a variety of charities, ranging from the Boys and Girls Club to the Melanoma Foundation and more…. Read More

April 11, 2013 @ 7:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

As the Nonprofit Technology Network’s (NTEN) annual Nonprofit Technology Conference gets underway, the world’s largest crowdfunding-for-good platform, Fundly has launched a fundraising event registration platform that leverages fundraising, social media, and mobile applications to make fundraising events more effective. With thousands of nonprofit organizations, volunteer groups… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 7:46 pm By Devin Thorpe  |  

  Shaun King, founder of the nonprofit HopeMob is revolutionizing crowdfunding for social good with his web site that, unlike most crowdfunding platforms, actually comes with a crowd.   Born in Kentucky in a working class family, as a fifteen-year-old he was beaten so badly in what… Read More

March 21, 2013 @ 2:06 am By The Kansas City Star  |  

Three local community organizations discovered friends they never knew when they began asking strangers for money — online. “I’m still almost at a loss for words, I’m so grateful” said Ester L. Holzendorf, president of a group working to improve the 3800 block of Chestnut… Read More

March 19, 2013 @ 6:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundly, a crowdfunding for good platform, today announced a series of new features, partners and initiatives to bolster the success of “Run-Walk-Ride” charity fundraising events. Fundly was a featured presenter at last week’s 2013 Run Walk Ride Fundraising Council Conference, the largest annual gathering of athletic event fundraising… Read More

March 18, 2013 @ 5:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Kiva, a crowdfunding platform for social good, announced today that it has reached over 1 million people in more than 65 countries through $400 million in microloans. This is a tremendous milestone for the nonprofit organization, which was founded in 2005 to connect people through… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 8:26 pm By Forbes  |  

Minnesota’s GiveMNraised $16.3 million in one day using crowdfunding site Razoo in November of 2012. In what has become a major annual event in the nonprofit community in Minnesota, 4,381 nonprofits participated, raising money from 53,339 people on “Give to the Max Day.” The Community Foundation of Utah (with… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 6:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding-for-good platform, Fundly, today announced that Charity Dynamics, a leading online marketing agency focused on leveraging technology for nonprofits, has become a Fundly Premier Partner. As a Fundly Premier Partner, Charity Dynamics will be certified to create and launch customized, integrated crowdfunding campaigns on Fundly’s… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 6:44 am By BusinessNewsDaily  |  

Dave Boyce is on a mission to make everyone a philanthropist. The oldest of eight kids and father of six bootstrapped himself out of humble beginnings in Stillwater, Okla., to the epicenter of Silicon Valley, where he now serves as CEO of Fundly —the world’s… Read More

February 22, 2013 @ 6:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The Guardian will be hosting a Live Discussion on Tuesday 5th March from 1-3pm to discuss whether crowdfunding could be used to finance your charity campaign. Success stories include Cancer Research UK, which raised more than £1m through its My Projects platform – a site that allows donors to choose… Read More

January 4, 2013 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

World-record breaking online fundraiser raises $16.3 million in 24-hours crowdfunding through Razoo Company introduces real-time data visualization, expands operations and hires key executives in 2012 Razoo, the fastest growing crowdfunding platform for causes, today announced 2012 was its biggest year for charitable giving to date…. Read More

December 31, 2012 @ 9:45 am By Kym McNicholas, PandoDaily  |  

When I first saw the horrific images on television a week ago Friday… Twenty young kids shot and killed in their classroom, I froze. I was speechless. I felt helpless. All I wanted to do was to muster up a superpower and teleport over to… Read More

December 20, 2012 @ 10:58 pm By Press-Telegram  |  

This column, which began one year ago this month, often focuses on the various trends that affect one’s, ahem, bottom line. But in honor of the holidays and the first anniversary of The Bottom Line, today’s column will highlight some of the things businesses and… Read More

November 29, 2012 @ 5:21 pm By WSJ.com  |  

Leila Janah is trying to find a way to connect women and young people living in poverty to dignified work via the Internet. Her company Samasource,which she founded in 2008, provides free, specialized technology training via 16 centers in nine countries, including India, Pakistan, Kenya, Haiti and… Read More

November 27, 2012 @ 6:55 am By The Baltimore Sun  |  

Today is the first Giving Tuesday, a national event that encourages charitable donations and hopes to become as popular as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. GiveCorps.com is a Baltimore nonprofit crowdfunding program that is helping donors to maximize their giving today through a matching program. It… Read More