American Idol Working with mGive and American Red Cross for Japan Relief Efforts

Author: , March 17th, 2011

March 17th, 2011: It has been almost exactly a week since the 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan and spurred a tsunami that hit Japan and other parts of the Pacific. Even though relief efforts began almost instantly and fundraising efforts have had an amazing response, there is still much to be done. CNN sites that [...]

Text-to-Donate for Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami Relief Efforts

Author: , March 11th, 2011

March 11th 2011: A magnitude 8.9 earthquake hit Japan today, followed by several aftershocks with magnitudes as high as 6.0. The quake also triggered a tsunami that hit Japan, Hawaii and parts of the United States west coast. According to CNN, buildings have collapsed, power plants have seen explosions and massive fires, and water walls [...]

Mobilizing the Power of Volunteers

Author: , June 30th, 2010

A recent report from the Journal of Philanthropy tracked a surprising rise in the number of volunteers in America during the last year. This rise contradicts conventional wisdom which assumes that people tend to “hunker down” during periods of economic stress. The report indicates that nearly 27% of the population said that they had volunteered [...]

The Great Accelerator: Social Media and Text Donations

Author: , June 7th, 2010

Like milk and cookies, hats and gloves or wash and wax; sometimes two different things are just better when they’re together. We’re still in the early stages with using mobile technology to advance a social cause, but almost from the beginning, we have been aware of how social media can help accelerate a campaign’s success. [...]

Behind the Scenes at mGive- Processing Over $37 Million in Donations

Author: , February 3rd, 2010

mGive’s platform processes more than $37 million for Haiti in three weeks In the three weeks since the earthquake in Haiti, people all over the world have stepped up to help those in need in Haiti. From children donating their allowance to the Red Cross to celebrities answering the phones during MTV’s Hope for Haiti” [...]

Small Donations Make Big Impact through mGive: Mobile Phone Subscribers Pledge More than $24 million for Red Cross to Help Haitian Earthquake Victims

Author: , January 19th, 2010

Small Donations Make Big Impact through mGive: Mobile Phone Subscribers Pledge More than $24 million for Red Cross to Help Haitian Earthquake Victims mGive’s Mobile Giving Platform Enables Donors to Make a Difference by Punching a Few Buttons on Their Cell phones DENVER, Colo., January 19, 2010 – Nearly 2.5 million people have texted $10 [...]