AmazonSmile: A percentage of your purchase goes to donation

Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service. Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com.

Charity Donation Platform Believe.in Gets A Makeover

Believe.in says its new look tiles package up over 20 different types of content and activity into “distributable blocks” — that are either automatically generated when users are active across the platform, or can be manually created when users want to share a piece of content (such as a link, video, or photo) with their… Continue reading Charity Donation Platform Believe.in Gets A Makeover

Carrotmob, the crowdfunding startup for social good

Carrotmob has teamed up with the investment vehicle Greenstart, which has invested $150,000 and design services into the project. Carrotmobs are like cash mobs, except community members earmark their spending at a store or restaurant for a specific social improvement like environmentally friendly lighting, bike racks or sustainably produced menu items. Many businesses want to… Continue reading Carrotmob, the crowdfunding startup for social good

One Today by Google- A Giving Mobile App

One Today is an app that brings together people and nonprofits through the simple act of giving $1. It’s currently available on Android as a limited pilot in the U.S.  You can visit their site to request an invite.

TEDx talk: Solution to indoor air pollution in the third world

Reader Jordana writes: I’m writing to share this recently broadcasted TEDx talk on how we can save two million lives a year by changing people’s cooking appliances. The BioLite HomeStove is a new technology that generates electricity from the heat of the flame. This enables the stove to power an internal fan, which cuts smoke… Continue reading TEDx talk: Solution to indoor air pollution in the third world

Facebook App Causes To Pivot, Will Now Be A Web Site For Good

The Facebook App Causes came rushing out of the gate several years ago but never lived up to all the hype.  However, word is that the company is planning to roll out major new features in the coming months, with a full launch planned for mid-March. From TechCrunch: The design has been streamlined from the clunky-feeling… Continue reading Facebook App Causes To Pivot, Will Now Be A Web Site For Good

Donating Startup Equity To Charity: 1% Of Nothing Launches

1% of Nothing is a startup organization that sits on the intersection of technology and charitable giving.  Its purpose is to inspire founders of early-stage companies (tech startups) to donate 1% of his/her assets to a cause of their choice. The idea is that the promise of new companies to 1% when theequity may be worth nothing, but if they are acquired, that 1%… Continue reading Donating Startup Equity To Charity: 1% Of Nothing Launches

Palindrome Advisors Looks to Team Tech Executives With Nonprofits

An organization called Palindrome Advisors thinks so, and it launched a program Wednesday that aims to match executives in technology and other industries with nonprofits that need their help. “In technology terms, think of Palindrome as a “match.com” for industry leaders and the boards of nonprofits,” the group’s founder, Zaw Thet, told Digits in an… Continue reading Palindrome Advisors Looks to Team Tech Executives With Nonprofits