Remove Disaster Remove Fund Remove Japan Remove Photo
article thumbnail

Philanthropy and Social Media: New Whitepaper from The Institute for Philanthropy

Amy Sample Ward

The real-time web has also revolutionized the way we support local communities in disaster. Ushahidi, an open source project originally deployed in Kenya to report post-election violence has since been downloaded and deployed for many other events and disasters, including Haiti, Chile, and Japan. Impacts to Society.

article thumbnail

Donors needed for our friends in Japan. Will you help?

Connection Cafe

It’s just few days after the worst earthquake ever recorded in Japan, followed by a devastating tsunami and still uncertain consequences around affected nuclear plants, and many of us are thinking about how we can help. People may be thinking that because Japan is more developed the need is less. US Fund for UNICEF.

Japan 44
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Explained In 30 Seconds: What Is An API?

Global Giving

A: We built our API upon Braintree ’s extensive credit card payment solutions so that you can leverage Braintree’s robust hosted payment architecture while still flowing funds to charitable causes in 160 countries. API For Disaster Response. Featured Photo: Give Argentine Youth a Chance by Fundacion Cimientos. API By Theme.

API 52
article thumbnail

API Explained: This Technology Will Transform Your Company’s Charitable Giving

Global Giving

A: We built our API upon Braintree ’s extensive credit card payment solutions so that you can leverage Braintree’s robust hosted payment architecture while still flowing funds to charitable causes in 160 countries. API For Disaster Response. Featured Photo: Bridging the technology gap in Denver and Kenya by Technology Partnership.

API 52
article thumbnail

Five Best Practices in Nonprofit Crowdfunding

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Flickr Photo by Lendingmemo. For example, I raised $120,000 for Japan disaster relief by showing how the tsunami destroyed cities and displaced communities. On average, we see about 50% of crowdfunding campaign funds come in this way. They raised $28,000. He falls into something bad and gets more and more evil each day.

Practice 137