Crowdfunding

CrowdRise, a crowdfunding platform dedicated to charitable giving, has partnered up with Newman’s Own Foundation for its sixth annual holiday giving campaign. This year, the campaign will give away $500,000 in funding to participating charities...

We often hear it called “peer-to-peer,” “crowdfunding” and a few other things. Social fundraising is definitely being talked about in both the nonprofit and direct giving space a lot these days. But as I read through post after post, a thought occurred to me: What if everyone is sort of “missing it” with social fundraising? There seems to be something larger here that nobody is really talking about...

The use of SMS in the nonprofit sector got its biggest spotlight with the Red Cross mobile giving campaign on behalf of the 2010 Haiti earthquake. Relief agencies raised more than $40 million dollars via text message donations...

My husband introduced me to the series, “Lost in Space,” many years ago. Growing up in Holland, I had never heard of it, but it’s a wonderful show. (This was before Star Trek, of course). So, why am I bringing up this series? Because it’s what I think about monthly donors and crowdfunding...

We didn’t call it “peer-to-peer fundraising” at first. Back in the late ’90s and early ’00s, some of us were excited by the prospect of bringing traditional fundraising activities online. One of the big areas of focus was the pledge-based special event. Historically, these campaigns occurred offline using just pens, paper pledge-forms, cash and checks.…

Actor and former White House staffer Kal Penn has raised more than $500,000 for Syrian refugees after a person left a message on one of his Instagram posts saying that he "[doesn't] belong in this country." Penn posted an image of the comment on Saturday accompanied with a link to a crowdfunding page. "To the…

With over 2 million campaign organizers and 25 million donors, the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has become a major force for helping philanthropic causes go viral. In 2016, GoFundMe reached a major milestone: $3 billion given over its platform, and it says three times as many people year over year. In most cases, the average campaign…

After tragic news broke Saturday morning of the deadly Oakland warehouse inferno, the Oakland A's launched a fundraising effort to help the fire victims and their families. The team launched a relief fund on their YouCaring crowdfunding site, requesting fans to donate money to help the victims. The team pledged to match the donations if…

This September, charity: water, a New York-based nonprofit providing clean water in 24 countries, had its 10th birthday. I realize it’s odd to talk about an organization having a birthday, but a birthday is at the heart of charity: water’s founding and its trailblazing fundraising strategies. Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, launched it with…

Martin Shkreli wants you to punch him in the face. Well, not you, in particular. But it could be you—if you're the highest bidder in this, um, unique charity auction. If you're not familiar with Shkreli, you may know him better as the "most hated man in America." He's the smarmy pharma bro who jacked up the price of a life-saving drug by 5,556 percent, allegedly helmed multiple Ponzi schemes, and turned a congressional hearing into a clown show...