Bid To Spend the Day With Elon Musk
We love anything that benefits charitable organizations around here at The Next Web. We especially love when entrepreneurs give up their time to give back to charity. There’s no greater…
Blog Archives for the tag charity
EXEC Gets Over 60 Requests For Founders, Adds One More For Charity
We told you about a new charity initiative from San Francisco based EXEC a few days ago, which allows you to “rent” time from some of the top founders in…
Grantoo Lets You Play Social Games to Win College Tuition
It might be a bit of a stereotype that college students like playing video games or messing around on the Internet when they’re not in class, but it’s something that…
Everyone Gives Has Raised Nearly $500k For Charity
Online charitable donations are becoming commonplace with tools like Twitter and Facebook helping passionate individuals spread the word about their charity of choice. By being able to broadcast your passion…
Design "Mistake" Leads to Charitable Donation From Fab
Mistakes happen to the best of us, and according to a cool poster and shirt from Fab.com, we should make mistakes more often, as they sometimes lead to better outcomes….
Raise5 Co-Founder Raising Money for Charity in Bear Suit
File this under “eating your own dog food”, or in this case, bear food. The co-founder of Raise5, a charity fundraising site that lets people offer up any product or…
Photographers on Google+ Create Book For Charity
While it’s easy to compare Facebook and Google+ because they’re both social networks and write off the latter because it doesn’t have quite as many users, Google+ has done an…
Win $5k For Your Favorite Charity From SlideRocket
Social presentation service SlideRocket is all about thinking outside of the box. We told you about Hanna Phan last November, who wanted to work for the company so badly that…
Bill Gates Has Helped Save Over 5.8 Million Lives
Microsoft founder and former CEO Bill Gates has become well-known for his efforts in raising money and awarenessfor charities via the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. According to the below…
This App Suggests Social Good Instead of Coffee
Giving money to charity is something we always have on our to-do list, but finding the extra money and remembering to actually do it is another thing. Most charities say…
Geeks are Beating Celebs in Firefox Charity Challenge
On Friday, I wrote about Mozilla’s Firefox Challenge for charity. The idea is simple; 12 celebs, 12 causes, and the one who raises the most money by January 11th, 2012…
Mozilla Grabs Celebs to Raise Money for Charity
This week, creator of Firefox, Mozilla, announced a holiday charity campaign called the “Mozilla Firefox Challenge” in which it has seeded 12 celebrity backed charities with $5,000. The organization that…
In 2011, Google Gave $100 Million to Charity
In 2011 alone, Google gave $100 million to a whole slew of charitable organizations all over the world. Those organizations included ones that focus on education for girls, ending modern-day…
Sevenly Sells Weekly T-Shirts For Charity
One T-shirt, available for seven days, with seven dollars going to charity. Super simple, yet an absolutely powerful way to raise money for charity online. Each week, Sevenly features a…
Random Hacks Of Kindness Set For This Wekend
This weekend, some of the best and brightest minds from 25 locations all over the globe will get together for an event called “Random Hacks of Kindness” to collaborate on…
