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

Author: Stephen Joos, 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” telethon [...]

Media Storm Means More Donations

Author: Lori, January 18th, 2010

With so much misery in Haiti, we’re humbled to be part of one of the few positive stories to emerge from the devastation.  mGive continues to be in the news constantly, thanks to the generosity of cell phone users and their desire to help. Our CEO, Tony Aiello, was recently on CNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show (with a follow-up story here), [...]

Secretary Clinton: Text Your Disaster Relief Donation for Pakistan

Author: Stephen Joos, May 20th, 2009

In a followup to our post yesterday, we have the video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announcement of a text message donation program to provide assistance to 1.5 million refugees in the SWAT Valley.  At 5:10 she discusses their mobile strategy and makes the call to action – Text SWAT to 20222 to donate [...]

Using Mobile to Boost Your Current Fundraising Efforts- NP Times

Author: Stephen Joos, April 1st, 2009

The NonProfit Times wrote an excellent article reflecting on the contributions of mobile to the fundraising industry. The author cites Teleton MexAmerica as having largely capitalized on the benefits of mobile during the organizations annual telethon fundraising event this year. “The telethon aired on a cable channel with nearly 5 million U.S. subscribers and in [...]

Holiday Icon Fights Slowdown by ‘Tweeting,’ Texting

Author: Katie Maxfield, December 1st, 2008

A recent article published by CNN’s Thom Patterson discusses how The Salvation Army is combating fundraising challenges brought on by recent slowing down of the U.S. economy. Along with tapping into various social networks and employing web-based fundraising tools, several local chapters of the organization have launched mobile giving campaigns through mGive.
mGive’s mobile giving technology [...]

mGive: New and Improved

Author: Katie Maxfield, November 18th, 2008

mGive has taken important steps to increase the convenience with which each of our nonprofit clients can participate directly in creating effective and successful mobile donation campaigns. For existing clients, our website features a new and improved control panel with enhanced reporting functions as well as superior graphing of your campaign’s status. Our purpose in [...]