Posts Tagged with: donations

The High Park Fire in Colorado has been officially declared the most destructive in Colorado history. It has affected numerous families and animals and has reshaped over 100 square miles of the northern Colorado mountain landscape. An unfortunate lightning strike turned major wild fire has left an entire community displaced. Through all of the hardships, more »

Reporter-Herald and iGivefirst join to ease community donations Reporter-Herald staff Posted: 06/12/2012 11:30:44 PM MDT The Reporter-Herald and its parent company Prairie Mountain Publishing are partnering with Denver-based iGivefirst to make it easy for readers to make online donations to local nonprofits responding to the High Park Fire. “Every day — even at midnight on more »

According to the Pew Research Center, over two-thirds of Americans now use text-messaging and 9% have used texting to make charitable donations from their comle phones. This new trend in giving illustrates the power of social networking in charitable giving.  This Pew study, which analyzed the “Text to Haiti” campaign launched after the 2010 earthquake, found that more »

STARTO.tv Interview – About Entrepreneurs, by Entrepreneurs & for Entrepreneurs Episode #4 Social Entrepreneur Startups & Crowd Funding Sharif Youssef of iGivefirst talks about his inspiration for an exciting new technological approach to online charitable donations. To see this video go to: http://igivefirst.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=414f8911c064f22428c05d44d&id=241ecb6cc2&e=e0f1e52030    

When Claire Squires entered the London Marathon on April 22, 2012, she had no idea the run would be her last.  One mile from the finish, the 30-year-old hairdresser from Leicestershire, England, collapsed and was pronounced dead on the scene. Stunned and moved by the tragedy, people began making online donations to the charity Squires supported, Samaritans. According to more »

  Brenda Krueger Huffman, AXcess News | Apr. 11, 2012, 10:09 PM Have you ever been reading an article online about a topic or cause you feel moved to support?  Would you like to be able to make a trustworthy donation as easy as being able to follow, like, or tweet? Are you a smaller nonprofit more »

When more than 5,000 donors spill the beans about what could unleash their philanthropy at a whole new level, fundraisers everywhere should take note. Landmark fundraising researcher Penelope Burk, president of Cygnus Applied Research, recently released some early findings from her company’s annual donor survey, focusing on this surprising statistic: “Even in the worst moments of the more »

In a matter of hours, the news of Steve Jobs’ resignation topped headlines worldwide. Social media immediately echoed and reminded people of his seemingly heartless, lack of philanthropic efforts. Steve Jobs has been regularly compared to figure heads like Bill Gates who has pledged half of his wealth to philanthropic efforts. As more companies continue more »

“A Single Click Supports Any Cause with iGivefirst” Breakthrough “Give” button lets website visitors easily donate while giving advertisers a turnkey way to align with virtually any cause Denver, CO (PRWEB) December 08, 2011 Starting today, online publishers, bloggers, and website owners can make supporting charities as easy as “liking” or “tweeting” with iGivefirst, an more »