Charitable Donations Go Mobile
Poster: SySAdmin
Posted on July 9, 2010 at 3:35:01 PM
Charitable Donations Go Mobile
- Philanthropic iPhone and iPod touch application, PocketPhilanthropist, features different charity each week
BERKELEY, Calif., July 9 -- Two former high school classmates from Seattle have teamed up, 11 years later, to create PocketPhilanthropist, an iPhone and iPod touch application designed to raise funds for a different charity each week.
Available as of July 5, the free "app" can be downloaded from iTunes. With it, users are able to make charitable donations, starting at $1, with the touch of a finger. Each week, PocketPhilanthropist features a different charity and distributes "app" generated donations back to that charity.
"After witnessing the power of mobile donations for the Haiti crisis last year, we've found that avenues for making donations should become increasingly simple and accessible," said Nathan Moyer, co-founder of PocketPhilanthropist, Inc. Moyer and Hong founded the organization after witnessing over $3 million raised in one day for the Haiti crisis via mobile text donations. "Raising funds is a challenge for most charities, our vision is to simplify the process for them, and inspire people to take action today," said Moyer.
Being one of the only downloadable applications with a "Donate" button, PocketPhilanthropist hopes to raise $1 million in its first year. The initial charities to be featured include 3MAlliance, an effort to save the rain forest in Ecuador, and One Mission International, an effort to fulfill the needs of Ethiopia's orphaned children.
Throughout the months of July and August, PocketPhilanthropist is competing in the Pepsi Refresh competition in hopes of winning funds that will be used to support the non-profit. To vote for PocketPhilanthropist, visit http://www.refresheverything.com/philanthropy.
For more information about the PocketPhilanthropist, please visit http://www.pocketphilanthropist.org or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mucq2s4VANw to view the YouTube video. You may also contact PocketPhilanthropist at info@pocketphilanthropist.org with comments, concerns, or to suggest future charities.
About PocketPhilanthropist, Inc.
Based in Berkeley, CA, PocketPhilanthropist, Inc. is a grassroots, non-profit organization, pending federal tax-exempt 501c3 status, dedicated to raising charitable donations and awareness surrounding other non-profit organizations bettering the lives of people worldwide and the environments they live in. PocketPhilanthropist's business model enables these organizations to reach new, younger demographics via modern technologies. Blending technology with social enterprise, PocketPhilanthropist takes the onus off any one individual or organization, and places it in the hands of millions of people and their mobile phones to make our world a better place.
Source: PocketPhilanthropist, Inc.
CONTACT: Shaun Hong, Director/Co-Founder of PocketPhilanthropist,
+1-253-988-6396, Shaun@pocketphilanthropist.org
Web Site: http://www.pocketphilanthropist.org/
- Philanthropic iPhone and iPod touch application, PocketPhilanthropist, features different charity each week
BERKELEY, Calif., July 9 -- Two former high school classmates from Seattle have teamed up, 11 years later, to create PocketPhilanthropist, an iPhone and iPod touch application designed to raise funds for a different charity each week.
Available as of July 5, the free "app" can be downloaded from iTunes. With it, users are able to make charitable donations, starting at $1, with the touch of a finger. Each week, PocketPhilanthropist features a different charity and distributes "app" generated donations back to that charity.
"After witnessing the power of mobile donations for the Haiti crisis last year, we've found that avenues for making donations should become increasingly simple and accessible," said Nathan Moyer, co-founder of PocketPhilanthropist, Inc. Moyer and Hong founded the organization after witnessing over $3 million raised in one day for the Haiti crisis via mobile text donations. "Raising funds is a challenge for most charities, our vision is to simplify the process for them, and inspire people to take action today," said Moyer.
Being one of the only downloadable applications with a "Donate" button, PocketPhilanthropist hopes to raise $1 million in its first year. The initial charities to be featured include 3MAlliance, an effort to save the rain forest in Ecuador, and One Mission International, an effort to fulfill the needs of Ethiopia's orphaned children.
Throughout the months of July and August, PocketPhilanthropist is competing in the Pepsi Refresh competition in hopes of winning funds that will be used to support the non-profit. To vote for PocketPhilanthropist, visit http://www.refresheverything.com/philanthropy.
For more information about the PocketPhilanthropist, please visit http://www.pocketphilanthropist.org or go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mucq2s4VANw to view the YouTube video. You may also contact PocketPhilanthropist at info@pocketphilanthropist.org with comments, concerns, or to suggest future charities.
About PocketPhilanthropist, Inc.
Based in Berkeley, CA, PocketPhilanthropist, Inc. is a grassroots, non-profit organization, pending federal tax-exempt 501c3 status, dedicated to raising charitable donations and awareness surrounding other non-profit organizations bettering the lives of people worldwide and the environments they live in. PocketPhilanthropist's business model enables these organizations to reach new, younger demographics via modern technologies. Blending technology with social enterprise, PocketPhilanthropist takes the onus off any one individual or organization, and places it in the hands of millions of people and their mobile phones to make our world a better place.
Source: PocketPhilanthropist, Inc.
CONTACT: Shaun Hong, Director/Co-Founder of PocketPhilanthropist,
+1-253-988-6396, Shaun@pocketphilanthropist.org
Web Site: http://www.pocketphilanthropist.org/