We’ve previously written about CauseWorld, an app that offers several ways to donate while you shop. The new and improved app now incorporates the location based check in phenomenon. Instead of checking in for gaming purposes as one does on Foursquare and Gowalla, CauseWorld let’s you connect to stores around you so you can use… Continue reading The Updated CauseWorld App For The iPhone
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More human beings today have access to a cellphone than the United Nations says have access to a clean toilet
A nice article on cell phones and the part they are playing to close the great tech divide: The number of mobile subscriptions in the world is expected to pass five billion this year, according to the International Telecommunication Union, an intergovernmental organization. That would mean more human beings today have access to a cellphone… Continue reading More human beings today have access to a cellphone than the United Nations says have access to a clean toilet
A cellphone app called CauseWorld has figured out a way for advertisers to turn their marketing dollars into charitable donations
The CauseWorld app offers users several ways to donate. Continue reading…
The Tech Awards 2010 Call for Nominations
The Tech Awards is an international awards program that honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to benefit humanity. The Tech Awards program inspires global engagement in applying technology to humanity’s most pressing problems by recognizing the best of those who are utilizing innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent critical… Continue reading The Tech Awards 2010 Call for Nominations
Seven groups with different approaches to evaluating philanthropies
BusinessWeek reviews seven organizations that provide tools and services to analyze charities.
Here’s an excellent post on why you should not judge charities by their “administrative costs.”
Good Intentions are Not Enough. hat tip to Marginal Revolution
Analytics X Prize – Enabling social change through analytics
Enabling social change through analytics Reading about Analytics X and thought I’d share here: The Analytics X Prize is an ongoing contest to apply analytics, modeling, and statistics to solve the social problems that affect our cities. It combines the fields of statistics, mathematics, and social science to understand the root causes of dysfunction in… Continue reading Analytics X Prize – Enabling social change through analytics
Browse For A Cause
Browse For A Cause is a browser add-on that collects affiliate revenue (usually 3-5%) from sites like Amazon to help charities. For example, if you buy a $20 DVD, the affiliate revenue equates to about $1 which is donated to the charity of your choice. You can support as many charities as you’d like, and… Continue reading Browse For A Cause
Sites to bring in billions in holiday donations
In the United States, cumulative online donations to charities could hit more than $4 billion during the holidays, according to a survey released Tuesday by marketing firm Convio. More than than 63 percent of those surveyed said they plan to donate money via the the Internet over the holiday season (November 1 through December 31,… Continue reading Sites to bring in billions in holiday donations
Vittana- “Ultimate Game Changer in Philanthropy”
Vittana, which beat out such well-known charities as DonorsChoose and people like Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, is building a student loan business for microfinance institutions that cater to poor people in the developing world. It uses a model similar to that of Kiva.org, a nonprofit organization that funnels loans to individual borrowers… Continue reading Vittana- “Ultimate Game Changer in Philanthropy”