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Raising Money From Text Message Donations

Michael Stein, an internet strategist for NPOs, wrote a nice post about mGive on his blog. He outlined mGive’s services and pricing structure. He also mentioned Keep a Child Alive and their flash web widget. You can view their flash widget here: http://keepachildalive.org/media/index.php?p=textalive.
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Mobile Giving - How to Make it Work for Your Nonprofit

Joanne Fritz from About.com got in touch with me a few weeks ago with a couple of questions for a mobile giving article she was writing. The article published today with added contributions from Jessie Newburn, a consultant on social media, and Mark Miller, Director of Philanthropic Marketing and Communication for Children’s National Medical Center. [...]

Cause Marketing Sampler

Joe Waters at Selfish Giving wrote an awesome expose on Cause Marketing and Mobile Giving. He outlines the three campaigns making headlines right now-

Alicia Keys and Keep a Child Alive (Text ‘ALIVE’ to 90999)
The Washington Nationals and Children’s National Medical Center (Text ‘NATS’ to 90999)
Stand Up to Cancer (Text ‘STAND’ to 40202)

He also ties [...]

Text-to-Donate Alive and Well in U.S.

Kim over at Mobile Marketing Watch wrote a great post discussing Alicia Key’s Text-to Donation campaign and mentioned mGive. She also brings up Millennials, a buzzword that is starting to become synonymous with mobile donations.
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Text to Give: A Grand Slam

Yesterday, the Washington Nationals and the MLB launched the use of mobile giving at the July 13 game against the Houston Astros. The campaign benefits the creation of a Diabetes Care Complex for Children’s National Medical Center and was promoted in-stadium by asking attendees to text “NATS” to 90999. This service is powered [...]

Things We Like- June 2008

Brett over at NTEN: Nonprofit Technology Network wrote a great post on the best nptech resources for the month of June and featured mGive’s text-to-give service. We appreciate being listed as one of the top resources and look forward to providing non profits with the latest in mobile donation technology.
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