Items tagged with donation

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Nov 17, 2014

Google Pledges To Match User Donations 2 To 1 To Help Fight Ebola

Though Bill and Melinda Gates have been the faces of philanthropy among tech circles, Google stepped up to the plate by matching user donations two-to-one to help fight the Ebola epidemic. Google began urging its users to donate to one of its partners a week ago, offering to match every dollar with $2 of its own, and... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 03, 2014

Reddit To Give Away 10 Percent of 2014 Ad Revenue To Charities Chosen By The Community

Props go out to Reddit, the popular social news and entertainment website comprised of user-submitted content, for deciding to donate 10 percent of its advertising revenue in 2014 to charity. In keeping with the spirit of the community, Reddit's users will be the ones who determine which 10 non-profits receive a slice... Read more...

by Jennifer Johnson - Mon, Jan 18, 2010

Text Messages Raise $11 Million For Haiti

Times have definitely changed. Instead of sending a check or dropping a few extra bucks in a bucket to contribute to a natural disaster relief effort, U.S. cellphone users are sending text message contributions. In what is being hailed as an unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster, U.S. cellphone users have donated more than $11... Read more...