National nonprofit to assist 20 new and early stage nonprofits with increasing donor loyalty while raising funds
online.
CINCINNATI, OH, December 17, 2007 – echoDonations.org, the first-ever online Charitable Mutual FundTM that rewards donors and nonprofits with Lifetime Cash RewardsTM, is donating $13,000 in online software and support to 20 nonprofits to boost their survival and growth rates.
The software is the patent pending Charity Loyalty RewardsTM - an online software package enabling donors of all ages and
economic means to give donations to their favorite charities and earn an interest-bearing return on their gifts. It's built upon the concept of Charitable Mutual FundsTM which have been in use for years exclusively by large nonprofits for their wealthiest donors. Using the power of the internet, echoDonations.org enables any person to participate with donations as little as $25.
“Nonprofit executives face significant and daunting challenges in starting and growing their organizations. The failure rate is
high,” said Christopher Hytry Derrington, Board Member of nonprofitSherpa.org, echoDonations.org’s parent organization whose mission is helping fellow nonprofits adopt new technology and innovation. “In this season of giving, it is appropriate that we begin a yearl y tradition of helping others by providing the tools and support they need to build donor loyalt y while increasing annual and endowment funds.”
Interested nonprofits interested in receiving the free online software and support should contact cs@echoDonations.org by
January 31, 2008. Eligible nonprofits must have less than $1,000,000 in revenue and be less than two years in existence.
About echodonations.orgTM
echoDonations.orgTM, the nation’s leading online charitable mutual fund, is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping charities start or grow their online fundraising programs by offering loyalty building financial incentives for donors to give more. More information is available at www.echoDonations.org.
CONTACTS:
echoDonations.org, Christopher Hytry Derrington, (513.276.4332, ext 102). chris@echodonations.org .
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
ECHODONATIONS.ORG TO GIVE $13,000 OF SOFTWARE TO NONPROFITS
Sunday, November 18, 2007
VISIONARIES WANTED: 2008 Echoing Green Fellowship
* Do you have an incredible, new idea that could change your community, country, or world?
* Are you an entrepreneur who won't rest until your idea has been brought to life? Or a leader who has recently started an organization to do just that?
If so, apply for an Echoing Green Fellowship. You could receive up to $90,000 in seed funding and support to launch a new organization that turns your innovative idea for social change into action.
Follow in the footsteps of the founders of Teach For America, City Year, and over 400 other social change organizations and apply online by December 3, 2007.
Watch the video: http://www.echoinggreen.org/video
Find out whether you qualify: http://www.echoinggreen.org/shouldyouapply
Apply online: https://apply.echoinggreen.org
Questions? Contact us at apply@echoinggreen.org.
Friday, November 2, 2007
“Wugging” on the web could generate cash windfall for UK charities
Wugging (web use giving) could create a massive windfall for good causes without costing web users a penny, according to research released today by Everyclick.com.
A new survey by YouGov reveals that lack of time is the main reason people give for not raising money for charity (45 per cent), but nearly a third said they would be encouraged to raise more money for charity if this could be integrated in to their daily life.
Wugging allows anyone on the web to raise money for charity simply by doing something they do every day – using a search engine. On average in the UK there are 22.8m web searches per day; 949,000 per hour; 15,800 per minute and 264 per second1. If just 10 per cent of those web users in the UK switched to Everyclick.com for their search, it
would generate £172,000 for UK charities per day2, without costing them a penny or taking a moment more of their time.
Polly Gowers, co-founder of Everyclick.com, believes wugging has the potential to become a major new source of income for charities.
She says: “Wugging is win:win – web users generate money for causes they care about without it costing them anything in terms of time or money, and charities get a valuable source of funding. If you’re a web user who cares about good causes, it’s time to become a wugger!”
Everyclick.com works like any other search engine, allowing users to search for information, news and images but users can specify which of the UK’s 170,000 charities they would like to support through their clicks. Everyclick.com then makes monthly payments to every registered charity. 12 per cent of the British public questioned by YouGov currently give to charities online, but only 1 per cent do this on a daily basis.
Commenting on this Polly says: “Our research reveals people genuinely wish they could do more for charity yet only one in ten (12 per cent) are giving online. 91 per cent3 of Internet users make use of a search engine, if we could encourage all these individuals to become wuggers, by using Everyclick.com, funding for registered charities of all sizes would increase dramatically, all through the click of a mouse.”
Launched in June 2005 Everyclick.com is now the eighth largest search engine and one of the busiest charity websites in the UK. The site has more than 1,350,000 unique uses, has yielded over 8 million page impressions and has over 67,000 registered uses.
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Notes to Editors:
For media enquiries, photography or interview requests please contact
everyclick@geronimocommunications.com or call 020 7299 8751.
Everyclick.com
* Everyclick.com is a search engine that has been purpose built to automatically donate 50% of
its revenue to charity
* Launched in June 2005, it has to date 67,220 registered uses and 955 corporate uses
* Everyclick.com is a Hitwise Top 10 Award winner, winner of the Netimperative “Best Start Up
of the Year” Award and is ranked as the eighth most visited search engine in the UK
* Polly Gowers, CEO winner of Triodos Bank sponsored “Entrepreneur of the Year” at the Women in Ethical Business Awards 2007
* The site is free to join and free to use, there is no cost to the use or the charity
* All search results are powered by Ask.com
* A special agreement with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) everyclick.com enables uses to support any of the UK’s 170, 000 charities. The money is allocated by intelligent software and is distributed to charities every month by CAF
Research
* All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc
* Total sample size was 2,141 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 17th and 20th
August 2007. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+).
1 Internet Statistics Compendium - E-consultancy January 2007
2 Internet Statistics Compendium - E-consultancy January 2007 states that the paid search market was
worth a total of £1.26 billion in 2006. 10% of this market is £126,000,000 yielding £63,000,000 annually therefore £172,000 daily for charities through Everyclick.com
3 Office for National Statistics
Thursday, November 1, 2007
You can make a difference: Raise money for your favorite cause
Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace make it easier than ever to share what you’re passionate about and expand your pool of supporters. And with PayPal, you can collect donations from your friends and family for the charities and causes you believe in.
Jump-start your grassroots campaign.
MySpace and Facebook badges let you raise money using your PayPal account. It’s easy to get started:
1. Choose your cause.
2. Copy or build the badge of your choice.
3. Send a broadcast message to your friends.
On MySpace, you can use the new PayPal fundraising badge to raise money right from your personal page. The site offers a selection of popular nonprofit groups as well as presidential candidates. Your friends can copy your MySpace badge to their websites and blogs, which gives your cause even more exposure.
Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace make it easier than ever to share what you’re passionate about and expand your pool of supporters. And with PayPal, you can collect donations from your friends and family for the charities and causes you believe in.
On Facebook, PayPal offers a badge that you can personalize with your own colors and background. Put the badge on your profile page, and track its progress on the “giving tree” page. See which of your friends has copied the badge to their Facebook page – and who’s helped you raise the most money!
Use your social network to collect money for various causes:
* A nonprofit group dear to your heart
* A walk-a-thon raising money for cancer, Alzheimer’s or other causes
* New books for your local school, place of worship or community center
* Uniforms for your sports team
* Gifts for children who would otherwise go without
Make your fundraising more successful
Tell how the money will be used.
People feel more comfortable giving – and often give more – when they get details about the cause they’re supporting.
Spread the word about your effort by email, broadcast message and more.
Your MySpace and Facebook networks are a great place to start – encourage them to share your message with others.
Keep your MySpace/Facebook page updated.
Keep the momentum going by letting people know how much money you’ve raised so far.
Social networking makes giving more fun. Start your drive today. Learn more about raising money online using MySpace and Facebook.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Young People Making A Difference with the Do Something Good For You! Del Monte Grant
Do Something and Del Monte Foods are encouraging anyone under age 26 with an idea or program that promotes healthy living in their school or community to submit their projects for a chance to win the $2,500 Del Monte Do Something Good For You! Grant.
Do Something operates on six strategic principles:
All programs for people age 25 and under:
1. Led by young people. Adult participation is never required
2. Allow participants the freedom to choose their own course of action
3. Have Measurable impact
4. Are Free
5. Use innovative communications and technologies
6. Publicly celebrate high achievement
We want to get the word out about this great opportunity for young people to make a difference, and we thought So What Can I Do would be an ideal outlet. Applications are being accepted until November 9th!
Below is a link to the Do Something Good For You! PSA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8oBvNvg7Gc
Visit http://www.dosomething.org/node/36048 for more info on the grant.
