Tagged: non profit

November 5, 2023 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

NEAR Foundation, the non-profit that supports the growth and development of the NEAR ecosystem, announced a partnership with Berklee College of Music, the largest independent college of contemporary music and performing arts in the world. Under the terms of the agreement, Berklee has “selected NEAR… Read More

September 14, 2023 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BIAN, the independent not-for-profit standards association, has announced the third iteration of its ‘Coreless Banking’ initiative, an API-based services architecture designed to resolve the challenges banks face with interoperability. Coreless Banking 3.0 builds “upon BIAN’s second iteration of its coreless banking model developed in 2021,… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 9:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Scholar Fund is a non-profit offering education, workforce placement, and financial assistance for underserved communities. Recently, they managed the application and distribution of “a $5 million fund supporting over 6,000 Washington families and 20,000 children that are 200% below the poverty line.” To make this a… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 10:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Cardano Foundation, an “independent,” Swiss-based non-profit organization tasked with advancing the public digital infrastructure Cardano, launched its inaugural Annual Report today. From technical infrastructure support to spreading knowledge or establishing targeted partnerships and collaborations, the report highlights the Foundation’s work “across its three core… Read More

May 8, 2022 @ 11:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Humanity 2.0 is a non-profit organization “tackling obstacles to humanity’s socio-economic and cultural development through leadership, media, and technology.” This global project is chaired by Father Philip Larrey, Dean of Philosophy “at the Pope’s University (Pontifical Lateran University) in Vatican City.” Sensorium is “a global… Read More

August 3, 2020 @ 10:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Neobank Aidbanc, which launched operations last year, is reportedly planning to assist NGOs by providing them with digital banking and spend management software that they need to deliver financial aid. The proper distribution of financial aid can have a significant positive impact on the lives… Read More

September 16, 2018 @ 9:25 pm By Aubrey Hansen   |  

Currently, all eyes are fixed on the financial applications of blockchain technology. The idea of transferring money between two parties without a bank’s involvement is revolutionary stuff. Transferring money for charitable purposes is also fraught with middlemen. Charities, just like financial institutions, are beset by… Read More

December 15, 2016 @ 10:30 am By Abby Jarvis  |  

As legislation changes and technology advances, peer-to-peer fundraising is developing as a fundraising tool in the nonprofit world. These developments can pose interesting challenges for nonprofits, as well as opportunities to capitalize on advances in social networking and fundraising strategy. Social networking is steadily evolving… Read More

September 19, 2016 @ 9:21 am By Moshe Hecht  |  

We don’t do crowdfunding. I can’t tell you how often I hear these words, spoken with such confidence, by the head of a major non-profit. I’ve come to realize there are many reasons for this initial hesitation, and it’s a combination of many things, but… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 4:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

British indie rock band, The 1975, have had an intense past two years and have toured almost constantly across the globe to theaters, festivals and TV performances. Now that they’ve settled back into their home in Manchester, they’ve partnered with their label, Dirty Hit Records, to launch… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gridmates announced a new donation-based, energy crowdfunding site that will allow donors to browse through a directory of distressed electricity customer profiles and then donate energy assistance. The site seeks to help low-income customers such as single moms with young children, elderly couples, disabled veterans, storm/hurricane survivors and… Read More

March 12, 2015 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist, marked the fourth anniversary of his craigconnects initiative this week, citing a host of accomplishments since starting the initiative in 2011. The initiative is Newmark’s personal, Web-based effort to promote and enhance the use of technology and social media for philanthropy and… Read More

January 23, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, fan-based, non-profit production Star Trek Continues launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for more episodes of its popular webseries. Sharing details about the production, the Star Trek Continues team wrote, “Our first episode, Pilgrim of Eternity, premiered in May 2013… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kimbia, the single-day crowdfunding event platform for nonprofit organizations, has released their Who Gives to Crowdfunding Events? infographic. The infographic includes donor demographics from Give Local America, which has been dubbed the largest crowdfunding event to date, during which over 300,000 donors gave $53.7 million to more… Read More

November 5, 2014 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On May 5, 2015, Give Local America will connect more than 10,000 cities across the country for what will be dubbed as the nation’s “largest 24-hour crowdfunding event.” The second annual event provides critical funding for thousands of local non-profits through the crowdfunding platform, Kimbia. This year’s… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 8:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its growing platform, university crowdfunding website Hubbub launched an equity campaign on Crowdcube to raise £250,000. In order to raise the funds, the company decided to offer 8.12% ownership for each backer. Not only did it raise the initial goal, the campaign finished… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Old School star, Will Ferrell, is staking his claim on the gaming world, for a cause. After successfully proving his “world dominance” in activities ranging from drum battles to anchoring the news, the actor is now ready to challenge video gamers far and wide, to raise… Read More

March 19, 2014 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Craigslist founder, Craig Newmark, has shared an infographic depicting crowdfunding success for charities.  He states that $5 billion was raised worldwide for non-profit organizations using crowdfunding in 2013.  He has compiled some key points associated with crowdfunding best practices including: After researching crowdfundings impact on… Read More

October 25, 2013 @ 11:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Entrepreneur | Successful Crowdfunding Is About More Than Money It is something we say over and over again: crowdfunding is about more than money. Specifically, entrpereneurs and project creators can and should make use of the feedback they get from the crowd to inform their strategies…. Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Having just launched this past July in public Beta,  Uruut, a non-profit crowdfunding platform, has announced it has completed the largest opening raise of any donation-based crowdfunding platform. This achievement comes with the announcement of new high-profile board member, Doug Shipman, CEO of National Center… Read More