Tagged: charity

December 4, 2013 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

The Women’s Foundation of California has announced they have created a new video that shows the challenges facing low-income women in California, while proposing solutions to improve their lives.  Simultaneously the Foundation is raising funds through the Razoo crowdfunding platform. To incentivize giving, an inspired giving circle member… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

PayPal Adds $5.25 to Every Donation over $25. PayPal wants to “Stamp Out Checks for Good” while aiding in the drive to raise $500,000 from #GivingTuesday through December 31, 2013.  The payment platform provides resources for non-profits on a year round basis but this year… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 7:59 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Today is #GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to charitable giving. This year, #GivingTuesday is also marked by the launch of a new crowdfunding platform that aims to help high-quality charities build communities around their causes and tap into an ongoing source of funding. The platform is… Read More

December 1, 2013 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

YouGiveGoods was launched in 2011.  Since their start they have hosted more than 2000 drives to help people in need.  YouGiveGoods acts as the conduit for getting goods from the people who want to help to the people who need the help. Their platform strives… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of their partnership for #GivingTuesday, “worlds largest crowdfunding platform” Indiegogo is offering $1 for every $20 contribution as part of an effort to amplify year end giving.  #Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving at the beginning of the holiday season.  The… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 12:11 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

KMSP-TV When 11-year-old Amelia Sawalich wanted to help her friend Nevaeh (below, pink hat) and her family in their battle against cancer, she turned to crowdfunding platform Piggybackr to raise funds. She set an initial goal of $5,000 and went to work promoting the campaign. 30… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The 3rd Annual Holiday Charity Challenge has been launched by CrowdRise, a crowdfunding platform to help people and organizations raise funds for charitable causes.  CrowdRise has organized the initiative with the support of CraigsList founder, Craig Newmark and The Huffington Post. The Challenge began on… Read More

November 19, 2013 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Yimby, a play on the term Nimby (Not in my backyard), a crowdfunding platform for social good was just recently launched by their elder sibling – JustGiving.  In part funded by a United Kingdom government grant, Yimby is off to a stellar start as projects… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Landfill Harmonic a heartwarming story about children using recycled trash to create instruments and make beautiful music in the barrios of Paraguay, was featured on news magazine 60 Minutes last night.  This incredible story only came to popular attention when their was a crowdfunding campaign… Read More

November 15, 2013 @ 12:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has announced their support of the #GivingTuesday movement.  The initiative strives to create a global day of giving at the beginning of the holiday season. In its first year (2012), it activated over 2,500 partners and increased online giving by 50%. Indiegogo has the… Read More

November 14, 2013 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

The non-profit donations based crowdfunding site Samahope, has announced a change to their crowdfunding model.  As of today their donation based platform will shift to funding doctors that deliver care as opposed to funding for individual patients. Samahope funds life-altering surgeries and medical treatments for women and… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdvance is a free crowdfunding platform for non-profit companies, and they’ve announce an initiative slated for #GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday takes place after Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It is a boon for non-profits around the country, and this year Crowdvance is going to try… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Roozt.com, a popular social commerce platform for social good, which has become a destination shopping site for fashion-forward, Gen Y consumers,  has opened an equity fundraising round for accredited investors via investment crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder. The announcement comes in the wake of Title II of the… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 6:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Piggybackr wants to propel the next generation of leaders, entrepreneurs and philanthropists to raise money for their projects this holiday season.  The crowdfunding platform for teams is doing so with their “One Million Leaders Challenge” campaign. The challenge invites young people and their teams to launch… Read More

November 1, 2013 @ 11:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

After enjoying a night out with friends in Philadelphia , Christmas week 2011, I hailed a taxi to go home. That was my last recollection before suffering an savage attack where I was left for dead in a city alley. Many facts are unknown but… Read More

November 1, 2013 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

BloomVC (or Bloom Venture Catalyst), a rewards based platform launched in 2011, was founded to fill the funding gap for innovative ideas, community initiatives and small business.  Founder and CEO Amanda Boyle has been an entrepreneur for over 20 years and understands the joys of success… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

CureCancerStarter, a 501c3 nonprofit, launched today.  The site will connect cancer patients, their friends and family to cancer researchers.  The site features cancer research from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Chapel Hill, NC), The Duke Cancer Institute (Durham, NC), Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, NY) and… Read More

October 12, 2013 @ 1:32 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A server at Red Lobster in Franklin, Tennessee was allegedly the victim of racism thanks to a nasty slur left in lieu of a real tip. Supporters of Toni Christina Jenkins took to crowdfunding platform YouCaring to donate over $10,000 to the girl. She just… Read More

October 12, 2013 @ 5:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Christian Kickstart will be launching its website this weekend at the National Christian Writer’s Conference and Gospel Expo in Washington, D.C. ChristianKickstart.com is an online nonprofit crowdfunding platform used to Kickstart Christian based projects. They are the first and only nonprofit 501c(3) Christian crowdfunding platform. What… Read More

October 11, 2013 @ 9:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Anyone who pays attention to tech news undoubtedly saw a handful of headlines this week detailing turmoil within Twitter around the time of its founding. (For anyone that hasn’t read about this yet, this was my personal favorite synopsis.) In light of this news, Matthew… Read More