Mobile Donations Pass $27 Million
According to the latest report from the Mobile Giving Foundation, text donations to Haiti have passed $27 million
01/20/2010
01/15/2010
» Complete List of Organizations Collecting Mobile Donations for Haiti
Mobile Commons has the most up-to-date list of organizations who are collecting donations for Haiti using text messaging and how you can donate.
01/13/2010
Mobile Fundraising Campaigns to Help Haiti
Update: Mobile Commons how has the most up-to-date list.
A bunch of great organizations have launched mobile fundraising campaigns today to provide disaster relief in Haiti. Here’s how you can help:
- Text HAITI to 25383 to donate $5 to International Rescue Committee
- Text HAITI to 30644 to pledge a donation to CARE
- Text RELIEF to 30644 to get automatically connected to Catholic Relief Services and donate money with your credit card
- Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross
- Text HAITI to 45678 to donate $5 to the Salvation Army in Canada
- Text YELE to 501501 to donation $5 to Yele
[Update: I missed a few earlier]
- Text HAITI to 864833 to donate $5 to The United Way
- Text CERF to 90999 to donate $5 to The United Nations Foundation
- Text DISASTER to 90999 to donate $10 to Compassion International
For those of you who are wondering, yes, text donations are a completely legitimate way to donate to 501(c)3 organizations, and no, the carriers do not take a percentage. All contributions are tax deductible, just like any other donation.
Interested in learning more about mobile donations and how they can help your organization? Contact info@mobilegivinginsider.com for more info.
12/01/2009
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Listen to Ira Glass, host of This American Life, make an excellent call-to-action for their new mobile giving program.
Try it! Text LIFE to 25383 to donate $5 to This American Life
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11/01/2009
» Mobile charitable fundraising to reach $2M in 2009
There’s a nice interview with Jim Manis, President of the Mobile Giving Foundation, on Mobile Marketer.
With 2 months left to go in 2009, Manis expects to finish 2009 with over $2 million in funds raised using text message donations.
09/21/2009
09/16/2009
» MobileCause Acquires iPhone Mobile Giving Technology Company
According to a recent press release, MobileCause has acquired Iugo.me, a technology company serving non-profits that deploys innovative mobile giving solutions for the iPhone. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
09/10/2009
» 9/11 Memorial & Museum Runs Mobile Giving Initiative with NASCAR
The National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum, NASCAR, and the North South Motorsports team are running a mobile giving and text-to-screen campaign called “Text to Remember” to help raise funds and awareness.
“If your organization can convince a supporter to donate, the supporter can donate immediately,” said Michael Sabat of Mobile Commons “Mobile giving is easy and painless. With a national audience for the NASCAR race on Sept. 11, the two main goals are to have people text in to donate and give permission to the organization to continue to contact them over SMS and email.”
via Mobile Marketer
Try it! Text WTC to 25383 to donate $5 to the September 11 Memorial & Museum
08/24/2009
Ronald McDonald House Combines SMS & the Web for Mobile Fundraising
The Ronald McDonald House in Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana is using mobile donations to raise money to build the largest Ronald McDonald House in the world, according to Mobile Marketer.
The non-profit showed a video with a call-to-action asking people to text in. The response message contained a web link where users could go online to complete the donation. The text message itself didn’t actually trigger a donation.
Watch this space closely as we are going to continue to see organization experiment with various ways to raise money using mobile technology beyond premium SMS. Hopefully the Ronald McDonald House will be able to share some of their results with us when the campaign is over.
Try it! Text your donation amount to 21523 make a donation to the Ronald McDonald House.
06/24/2009
Mobile Donations Via SMS Comes to the UK
WIN, a technology provider in the U.K. is going to start waiving SMS fees for charitable donations, according to Third Sector Daily. Currently up to 30% of SMS donations in the UK go to service providers. WIN is urging other technology providers to follow suit and drop their commissions too.
