The Drawbacks to Text Giving

from The Chronicle of Philanthropy:

Rethinking How to Calculate Mobile-Giving’s Benefits

… Ten days after the Haiti earthquake, text-message donations accounted for more than $30-million, or 14 percent of all donations raised.

Yet the strategy can have its drawbacks. While»

U.K. Mobile Operators to Provide 100% of SMS Donations

02, the U.K.’s largest mobile phone operator, has joined Vodafone in providing charities 100% of monies received via SMS.

From 1 August 2010, UK-based registered charities will receive the full amount donated by the network’s customers using a five-digit shortcode»

Texting Donations, a Bad Idea?

The reasons that donations via text message are a good thing are also why they’re problematic; it is instantly gratifying, but in that instant, there’s no transparency about the organization receiving funds. Without that knowledge, you could be signed up»

The NTEN 2010 Conference: Lessons Learned

Two Jewish Agency attendees weigh in on the recent NTEN 2010 Conference.

by Florence Broder and Ziva Haller Rubenstein

This year’s Nonprofit Technology Conference in Atlanta was a buzz: continuing many of the trends from the»

Text Giving: A How-to Guide

from MobileActive.org:

Texting for Charitable Dollars: The Definitive Guide to Mobile Fundraising

In aftermath of the January 2010 Haiti earthquake text donations to the Red Cross and other charities received enormous publicity, and generated a significant outpouring of donations. (SMS»

A 21st Century Pushke

Tamar Snyder writing in The Jewish Week:

The pushke, or charity box, may well be a relic of the past to many members of the younger generation of Jews. In fact, promotional materials for eCharityBox paint the small»

Five Steps to Creating a Mobile Campaign

If nonprofits found a silver lining behind the Haiti catastrophe, it was learning how fast a mobile campaign can raise a lot of money in a hurry.

Jim Manis, chairman and CEO of the Mobile Giving Foundation in Bellevue, Wash,»

State-of-the-Art Giving

Tamar Snyder writing in The Jewish Week:

Mobile phone giving has hit a tipping point, says Lucy Bernholz, a longtime adviser to philanthropic foundations who is also a well-respected blogger and analyst of philanthropic trends. Among Jewish organizations,»

FrontGate and MobileGive Create Text-Giving Strategy

FrontGate Media has announced an agreement with MobileGive to provide text-based, mobile fundraising strategy and services to the faith-based market.

According to the Mobile Giving Foundation $30 million has been raised for Haiti relief via text donations. That’s»

Pros and Cons of Donating via Text Messaging

from Business Week:

Haiti Earthquake Provokes Wave of Text Donations

It’s unclear yet whether the text campaigns will succeed in raising more money overall for Haitian relief efforts by convincing the younger generation to give, or whether the phenomenon»

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