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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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eBay Teams Up With Toys For Tots for Social Good

With the Holiday season arriving fast, it’s time to step back and think about others who are less fortunate. With all of the commerce happening online, it’s a perfect time…

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1% of Nothing is startup social good

Co-Founder and former CEO of SimpleGeo, Matt Galligan has set his sights on working with companies to give up a percentage of its worth to charity. Along with investor Shervin…

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WaterForward raising money for water

The internet is becoming more and more of a place to mobilize charitable efforts. In the recent years, I’ve seen many campaigns raise quite a bit of awareness and money…

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KarmaGoat is Craigslist for charity

We all have extra things to either throw out, donate to Goodwill, or give away to a friend. An extra tennis racket, that scuba gear you thought you’d use. Some…

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Daillly Drops Virtual Deals for Charity

Daily deals sites are everywhere these days, and Daillly, which specialises in selling apps, online services and virtual goods for social games, is one of the best looking we’ve seen….