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Online Donations Rise in 2013

According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Network for Good is reporting a 16 percent increase in online giving for the last two months of 2013. Donations for the period November 1 to December 31 reached 77.9 million dollars. Read more...

Facebook Founder Makes Good on Pledge

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a pledge to donate half his wealth to Philanthropy, reports the Los Angeles Times. He is upholding that pledge by giving 18 million shares, roughly worth $1 billion, to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
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Non-profit Succeeds Thanks to Incubator

Watsi, a new nonprofit that wants to use crowd-funding to bring medical care to patients, is the first non-profit to go through YCombinator, a silicone valley based start up incubator. Read more...

Non-profit Accepts BitCoin

According to Poynter, a San Diego news non-profit is now accepting BitCoin donations. The non-profit, inewsource, decided to add a BitCoin donation button to its website, so far, it has received one BitCoin donation.   Read more...

Curated Giving Takes Guess Work Out of Donating

A new curated giving site, Omakase, hopes to increase giving from the tech sector, reports Tech Crunch. The site geared towards tech professionals takes the guess work out of charitible giving. It pre selects several charities to support each quarter, users simply select an amount to give each month and Omakase does the rest. Read more...

Giving Tree Goes Virtual

According to the Triangle Business Journal, a North Carolina start-up is bringing the Angel Tree online. The CommuniGift site replaces a traditional giving tree with an online platform that lets users find needy families and fulfill their wish lists with a click of the mouse.  Read more...

Bringing Broadband to Schools

A new non-profit, EducationSuperHighway, is a partnership between Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, reports Slash Gear. The non-profit is using $9 million dollars in initial funding to bring broadband to schools. Read more...

Giving Tuesday Works

2013’s Giving Tuesday was a huge success, reports the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Online donations processed by both Network for Good and Blackbaud totaled nearly $20 million dollars. Read more...

Website Helps Donors Meet Charities

According to ABC13, the GivingLibrary website helps potential donors “meet” non-profits. The website offers users hundreds of video “interviews” with non-profits. The videos help potential donors determine which charity them would like to help. Read more...

Google's Modern Tele-a-thon

Google is putting a modern spin on the telethon, reports TechCrunch. On #GivingTuesday, Google will use its hang-outs to host a “Hang-out-a-thon” which will connect those who want to give with organizations who need help. Read more...

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