Tagged: hopemob

July 17, 2013 @ 9:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

HopeMob founder Shaun King has launched a campaign on the HopeMob platform seeking donations to benefit three causes related to Trayvon Martin. Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, who was recently found not guilty on charges stemming from the incident. The campaign aims… Read More

June 13, 2013 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Convoy of Hope partnered with charity crowdfunding organization, HopeMob, which raised more than $46,000 to support Convoy of Hope’s tornado disaster relief operations in Moore, Oklahoma. “Partnering with HopeMob is another example how working together with like-minded organizations really helps to be able to provide… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 7:47 am By CNN Money  |  

Crowdfunding websites are seeing donations pour in following the deadly tornado that ravaged Moore, Okla. More than a dozen separate campaigns popped up on crowdfunding site, Fundly, less than 24 hours after the tornado swept through the Oklahoma City suburb, killing at least 24 people, injuring more… Read More

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

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