Tagged: donations

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… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 7:27 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday Travis Okulski at Jalopnik surfaced the story of a man that was using simple Paypal donations to try and “crowdfund” his way to a new Lamborghini, no strings attached. Funding is taking place via Paypal’s donate feature only. No crowdfunding platforms were hurt in… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday Erika L. Lehman, Director of The Center For Ethics at the Better Business Bureau, published a blog post on the BBB web site expressing concerns about crowdfunding’s lack of transparency regarding use of funds. She cautioned contributors to be careful when donating to crowdfunding… 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 17, 2013 @ 8:50 pm By CivilSociety  |  

Crowdfunding remains a top buzzword, but is there substance to the style? Ryan Bromley and Kevin Waudbyoutline how crowdfunding has evolved, and how charities can engage. Can crowdfunding help charities fund their programmes? It’s a question more and more people are asking. Across the Atlantic crowdfunding sites Kickstarter… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 9:23 pm By VentureBeat  |  

2eCrowdfunding payment service Flattr is no longer welcome when it comes to Twitter, the startup announced this morning. Flattr enables people to donate money to the content that’s freely available online. You set a monthly allowance on Flattr for how much you want to spend per month (say,… Read More

March 8, 2013 @ 8:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In a post in Tech City News this week, FundTheGap CEO Derek Uittenbroek offers up an excellent explanation of the four types of crowdfunding and how to choose the right one for your raise. He also reminds readers to do their due diligence before launching their… Read More

January 24, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

tax·on·o·my /takˈsänəmē/ Noun The classification of something When it comes to the taxonomy of crowdfunding, I think there is some room for improvement. When I sat down to begin a crowdfunding guide a while back, I referred to four types of crowdfunding: equity, debt, donation… Read More

November 7, 2012 @ 10:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

$400,000 in donations from 5,000 people in just 8 days.  Crowdfunding portal GoFundMe continues to have a big impact on the lives of Hurricane Sandy victims.  Their dedicated Hurricane Sandy relief page has been busy. Some of the stories people are sharing are just heart… Read More

November 5, 2012 @ 8:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

  It is becoming clear that Hurricane Sandy has had an astonishing impact on the eastern seaboard of the US.  Dozens are dead.  New York officials estimate that up to 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm.  The FEMA trailers made famous in the… Read More