Tagged: Philanthropy

September 15, 2023 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Philcoin, the blockchain platform dedicated to philanthropy, announces its collaboration with the Repton Family of Schools in the UAE. This partnership, part of Excella‘s esteemed network of high-performing K-12 institutions, promises to “turn student achievements into tools for fostering philanthropy through cryptocurrency tokens.” As the… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 7:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

giveback — a tech-enabled platform that helps donors create and manage giving portfolios, working toward a future where philanthropy is efficient, engaging, and personalized — is announcing “the launch of the giving platform in time for the 2022 giving season.” The philanthropic – or Philtech… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Philcoin, which claims to be one of the largest philanthropic movements, is changing the way crypto users “view and respond to the current bear market.” Despite the conditions and controversies regarding crypto company fallouts, Philcoin launches products “focused on generating individual wealth and empowerment.” Philcoin’s… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Philcoin’s staking rewards are now live. Philcoin is described as “a philanthropic blockchain movement.” Philanthropy and giving back have been “built into the very fabric of [their] company — from [their] business model, to [their] culture, technology and community rewards.” Their staking mechanism is “the… Read More

May 16, 2018 @ 11:40 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Recently on Reddit, a Bitcoin philanthropist called “Pine” announced that he or she had completed the last in a serious of donations made on behalf of a “Pineapple Fund” project he or she started late last year. The Pineapple Fund donated almost $56 million dollars… Read More

November 20, 2017 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

South African crowdfunding platform BackaBuddy recently announced its campaign has successfully raised a total of R50 million since its launch from more than 70,000 donors. Founded in 2007, BackaBuddy revealed that its online fundraising functionality is designed to help individuals raise funds for causes they… Read More

February 6, 2017 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following her interview with “Dear Black Girls” organizers, Cassandra Pryor and Melody Smalls, talk show hostess Ellen DeGeneres launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $25,000 for the program. “Dear Black Girls” is described as an organization on a mission to inspire, encourage, and… Read More

January 12, 2017 @ 6:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

University of Kentucky students, student organizations, faculty and staff may now raise funds for innovative UK programs and initiatives through a new, convenient, university-wide crowdfunding platform — Big Blue Crowdfunding. Planned to go live this week, the crowdfunding service was developed by UK Philanthropy, in partnership… Read More

November 15, 2016 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, the United Nations Foundation announced 25 charities are set to participate in 2016 #GivingTuesday. The annual global movement was founded in 2012 by New York’s 92nd Street Y in partnership with the United Nations Foundation and is described as a global day of… Read More

June 10, 2016 @ 12:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Worldbuilders recently kicked off its annual 7-day Geeks Doing Good campaign on Indiegogo to raise $30,000. Within a matter of four days, the initiative has raised over $100,000 from over 2500 backers. Established in 2008 by author Patrick Rothfuss, Worldbuilders seeks to bring the geek community for great… Read More

June 9, 2016 @ 4:43 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Spotfund, a mobile micro-donation platform, today launched its iOS app. Targeting millennials, Brooklyn-based Spotfund allows users to fund causes and current events with only $1, $2 or $3.  Donations made through Spotfund are tax deductible. At the end of each monthly billing cycle, Spotfund provides an itemized receipt of all… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 12:22 pm By Adam Weinger  |  

As you probably know, crowdfunding websites are one of the most popular fundraising options for nonprofits and individuals alike. It makes total sense: crowdfunding enables a group of people–small, large, or in between–to collectively raise money for a specific cause or charity. Plus, crowdfunding is incredibly… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The results are in: “Give Local America 2015,” which ran non-stop around the country on May 5th, is officially dubbed as the “largest, single-day, charitable crowdfunding event to date.” Through the course of the day, hundreds of thousands of donors were activated in 180 communities… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WWE (NYSE:WWE) announced it has become a Promotional Partner for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games, a global sporting event taking place throughout Los Angeles from July 25th – August 2nd, 2015. The announcement was made on stage tonight at Monday Night Raw at Staples Center with… Read More

December 24, 2014 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help a homeless person in need, a California man by the name of Josh Lin has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for Thomas, the man in the new video How Does a Homeless Man Spend $100. The video was created to see what… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stephen Amell, star of The CW hit series Arrow, recently partnered with Represent, a rapidly growing platform for creating and selling custom merchandise, to generate $947,380 in sales in support of the F&ck Cancer charity. The campaign initially lasted three weeks and sold 21,351 shirts, but… Read More

December 14, 2014 @ 6:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Atlanta based startup, New Story, is leveraging technology for social good. Founded in September of 2014, this crowdfunding platform has already funded 2 new homes for families afflicted by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. These families, who have been living in tents and other fragile… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, on the third annual #GivingTuesday, the new “opening day” of the holiday giving season, more than 20,000 partner organizations in the United States and more than 6,700 partners in dozens of additional countries across the globe came together to give back. Partners –… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 5:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help its students, faculty and staff members raise funds for their projects, the University of Texas in Austin announced the launch of its very own crowfunding platform called HornRaiser. According to the university, students taking full advantage of HornRaiser, which will help garner… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RallyUp, a crowdfunding platform that helps nonprofits take their fundraising efforts online, is honoring #GivingTuesday 2014 by waiving their normal service fees. Through the end of December, RallyUp is offering access to its entire fundraising platform for $0.99 per contribution to organizations that use the promo code GT2014…. Read More