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Want to make a donation, but don't know who to go to or where to start? Check out these sites that provide helpful background information and tools as well as a way to make a direct donation all online.
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Jolkona Foundation makes it easy for you to give directly to low-cost, high-impact philanthropic opportunities around the world. Jolkona connects you...
FreeRice is a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Programme. FreeRice has two goals: Provide education to everyone for free. Help...
Nothing could be easier than a donation on the go. If you're interesting in making a donation from your mobile device, try one of these sites.
Causecast debuted at TechCrunch50 in September of 2008 with the mission to give nonprofit organizations an effective and aesthetically-pleasing forum...
Mobile Commons pioneers easy-to-use technology for scalable mobile marketing campaign management. Its award-winning mobile messaging platform helps...
Click & Pledge offers a mobile giving platform that provides a comprehensive mobile presence for all clients without any need for installing or...
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A little bit can go a long way - check out these sites that ask for everything and anything from your ideas and dollars to time and talents to help others.
Citizen Effect is driven by the idea that anyone can make a real and significant impact in the world. It is the mission of Citizen Effect to provide...
The One Percent Foundation (OPF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing persistent global challenges by building a broad-based movement...
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The Generation Project has three goals: Generate ideas to benefit low-income K-12 students; Generate new philanthropists by actively involving donors...
"Rec.fm — a website and Facebook application based in Silicon Valley — has a mission to create, find and share your trusted recommendations for...
MicroGiving is a crowd funding website that lets you raise money online to fund a project, cause or entrepreneurial idea and give a percent of what...