Category: Tech + Social Ventures

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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BusinessWeek reviews seven organizations that provide tools and services to analyze charities.

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 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

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, 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”

This definitely solves a problem for a lot of charity minded folks: Philanthropedia is unique because we rank nonprofits based on expert’s recommendations. You can now feel confident in your donations. Philanthropedia is also a better way to give because you can donate to an entire social cause. Our 261 experts suggest collections of top… Continue reading Philanthropedia is unique because we rank nonprofits based on expert’s recommendations

Presented by: Entrepreneurship@Lubin in association with: The Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship Keynote Speaker Professor Iqbal Quadir, Founder of GrameenPhone and Director of the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT Sponsored by: RSVP for the Cheering Section (Audience Members) Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 5:00 p.m.- 7:45 p.m. Pace University Schimmel Center, 1 Pace… Continue reading Pace University Announces Entrepreneurial Finalists in New Business and Social Venture Categories for Sixth Annual Pitch Contest

Charities are tracking their users in social networks, virtual realms and other corners of the online universe to raise money by mixing the efficiency of life online with opportunities to promote brands and have a bit of fun. No one is certain how online giving will evolve, but some campaigns are reporting sizable fund-raising and… Continue reading Online Giving