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By: Week 11: Hidden Agenda « clf

Week 11: Hidden Agenda « clf — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:03:53 +0000

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By: boreeed » Causes: $10,000,000 Raised In Just Two Years

boreeed » Causes: $10,000,000 Raised In Just Two Years — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:17:20 +0000

[...] The organization has now raised a total of $10 million in just over two years, a huge jump from the $2.5 million it had raised over its first twelve months. Even more encouraging is that Causes raised half of [...]

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By: If It’s Not About Marketing or Fundraising, Then It’s About Leadership « Sam Davidson

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:25:48 +0000

[...] give him that. Sure, the Causes application raised $2.5 million in its first year on Facebook and MySpace. While admirable, this is only $0.21 since per user. And that figure is [...]

By: Online Giving and Clicks | Community Organizer 2.0

Online Giving and Clicks | Community Organizer 2.0 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:56:13 +0000

[...] Donations via the Facebook or Myspace causes application. [...]

By: Moving Into the Era of Web 2.0 » The Power of Web 2.0

Moving Into the Era of Web 2.0 » The Power of Web 2.0 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:45:57 +0000

[...] what are facebook causes? They are an application for facebook that promotes donations af time and money to charities (the [...]

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The new type of Internet Web 2.0 » Blog Archive » The Power of Web 2.0 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:09:30 +0000

[...] in poverty, do not have computers because medication is more important than them needing a computer.” Facebook Causes” is one of the things that as mentioned in the clip. This is part of Web 2.0 that allows people all [...]

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Learning Web 2.0 » Blog Archive » The Power of Web 2.0 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:04:27 +0000

[...] kinds of content creation, and interconnectivity of people. Also, she touches on Facebook Causes. Facebook Causes are applications that promote viral donations. These donations consist of time and money to [...]

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Online Giving and Clicks « Community Organizer 2.0 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:47:30 +0000

[...] Donations via the Facebook or Myspace causes application. [...]

By: ‘Tis the Season for Micro-Funding « La Marguerite

‘Tis the Season for Micro-Funding « La Marguerite — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 21:23:20 +0000

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By: There is no point in hiding it any more.and I quote « Pak55’s Weblog

There is no point in hiding it any more.and I quote « Pak55’s Weblog — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:40:29 +0000

[...] Causes Reports On Its First Year – $2.5 Million For 20,000 … Causes, a Facebook and MySpace application that promotes viral donations of time … is about the-islamic-bak-magic-satanism.every moslem has a bak and he uses it. … [...]

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ソーシャルメディアがNPtechを支援できるか | NPtech.jp — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:27:30 +0000

[...] でも、この認識は改める必要があるのかもしれません。そのきっかけはCauses Reports On Its First Year – $2.5 Million For 20,000 Charities And NonProfits。引用すると、 Causes, a Facebook and MySpace application that promotes viral donations of time and money to charities and nonprofits, launched a year ago. [...]

By: La causa FACEBOOK EN CATALÀ! supera los 10.000 adheridos

La causa FACEBOOK EN CATALÀ! supera los 10.000 adheridos — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:34:30 +0000

[...] Cuando creé la causa Facebook en catalán no pensé que llegaría a esta dimensión. Ahora todavía estoy más sorprendido por el aumento continuado y no sé cuál será su futuro. Por los últimos mensajes en el muro veo que está cogiendo un cariz muy político. Como administrador no he censurado ni un solo mensaje, pues pienso que tiene que llegar a ser lo que quieran los adheridos libremente. En todo caso hay que aclarar que no hay donaciones económicas porque éste no era el objetivo de la causa y además la aplicación sólo acepta organizaciones con sede en Estados Unidos como beneficiarias, las cuales han recibido una buena aportación de esta acción viral. [...]

By: george youssef

george youssef — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:00:42 +0000

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prophet mohamad ( bak be upon him) was once asked to report on his favourite phishing & spam.he spontaneously replied that there is something cooking on the net.he said that the islamic bak is being displayed on a network of blogs with a traffic sign like this one:hey ,my fellow moslem. kiss my big toe.O’dear.oops & he messed himself…find out more by typing islamicbak,one word ,and get the results from your search engine.excuse me,his mama is coming and i don’t want to start something i can’t phinish,i mean finish.GEORGE .========is this is 4 real.you bet.Alladin & Sindbad have betrayed us and gave the key of ALI BABA to moslems to dance on our graves in EGYPT
http://www.islamicbak.com

By: julie

julie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:25:18 +0000

The nonprofits get 93.5 percent of each donation made through the Causes app. So, for a $5.oo donation, that’s $4.67. Which is actually very standard. Donating to a nonprofit on a credit card through any channel requires about a 3-5% processing fee. Consider this though, Causes/Justgive/Networkforgood all take care of the tax receipt. So, if you send a check for $5.00 to an organization directly, you pay another 41 cents for your stamp, and they pay 41 cents for a stamp to send you a letter back. Turns out to be a higher percentage taken that way. At least on a $5.00 donation. Most of the Causes donations are probably in the $10-$25 range anyhow.

By: Josh Smith

Josh Smith — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:58:15 +0000

Take into account that many of these people will be first time givers. For fund raising orgs getting the first gift is often the hardest. Many “high end” donors started out on the low dollar end of the donation pool.

By: Lael

Lael — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:32:43 +0000

I agree with the viewpoint that for number of visitors/users of the Causes app, the revenue generated isn’t spectacular. However, the charitable giving market is about $300 Billion in the US alone. Of that only about 5-12% is from online donations. During 2003-2006 the growth of the online donations has grown 101% while offline donations has only grown 6%. The Causes app is poised to capitalize on this growth in the coming years.

One problem I see with the Causes app is the lack of incentive to actually donate money through them. Most of the people I know who have the app installed haven’t ever donated. I think it’s just too easy to feel good by adding a cause and NOT donating.

Let’s face it, people need an incentive to do things (in this case donate money) – whether it’s a tax deduction or something else. http://www.iPlayiGive.com tries to address this by giving the people who donate money the chance to win large cash prizes. Yes, of course, that means less money ends up getting to the charity. However, we feel that the total amount will be much larger by giving the donors the nudge that they need.

By: Deepa

Deepa — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:36:36 +0000

I don’t get why people aren’t being positive about this. In one year, 2.5 million is a lot. Sure, for 12 million users, it may not be too much, but exactly how many of those 12 million are underage high-school kids without jobs? Exactly. And if you had 2.5 million on you right now, there’s quite a bit you could do with it, right? Just think about how many lives were changed with that money. Sure, it may not be too impressive, taking in the fact that there are 12 million users, but give it some time. The number will grow. And this has hopefully made a difference for the betterment in someone’s life, and that was the driving force behind the whole idea.

By: Jewels

Jewels — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:57:47 +0000

Interesting application, will give it a try. How do you go on creating one of these applications?

By: Jon Carson

Jon Carson — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:35:25 +0000

http://www.biddingforgood.com has raised almost $50million- half in the last 12 months. lots of cool stuff to bid on.

By: Serban Porumbescu

Serban Porumbescu — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:38:13 +0000

While the numbers may not seem fantastic, I think some folks are missing the bigger picture. When was the last time a new organization raised $2.5 million for charitable causes during its first year of operation? These things take time. Let’s see how the second year turns out.

The facebook crowd is getting older every day. Causes has helped these folks identify with social causes that interest them. They may not be giving large amounts today, but the seed has been planted. As the facebook crowd gets older, they’ll start to give more and they’ll likely do it through Causes because that’s what they will be accustomed to doing.