Charity apps

Everyone seems to love playing a few games of online trivia when they have a bit of spare time. There's nothing like pitting your wits against and conquering the computer as it fires question and question at you. It's what's known as a great little time-waster. But how about if your bit of trivia fun could be used in a more philanthropic way? PocketRice is and Australian based charity application for iOS which provides real grains of rice for hungry people all over the world.   Pocket Rice is an iPhone app that aims to go some way to solving world hunger by rewarding you with rice ...  More

Now that we have made it past the debacle of the Mayan Calendar and Christmas is literally just around the corner it could be the right time to add a little charity to our lives. Treestmas is an ongoing benevolent project for marketers as well as wish givers that aims to encourage businesses to donate money to their favorite charities while gaining valuable advertising. Nothing unusual there you might say. However, visitors to Treestmas can add their own totally free wishes to the site and go in the draw for a bigger prize. So it might be time for all you marketers out there to think about ...  More

SocialTransactions (or STRX as it will be known) is a next generation charity and fundraising application where everyone is a winner. It is a platform that really does make it simple for people to support their favorite non profit causes without handing over a penny of their own money. This very clever application works on the "affiliate marketing concept" where designated non profit organizations are paid money directly by advertisers when a purchase is made at virtually any online store   Online stores pay billions in sales commissions every year to third parties who advertise and ...  More

It must be the most difficult time ever for fundraising these days! Governments worldwide are being forced to reduce their humanitarian exploits and families are under pressure from all sides financially and there is not a lot left to give. So now methods and pathways are required to encourage people to hand over their hard earned money to charity. GoalsForGiving is a charity application specifically designed for charitable fun runners and takes your fundraising into your social networks.   Goals for Giving is a way for fundraisers to raise awareness of their charities by using social ...  More

If there is one thing that has emerged from the recent US election it is that, whether you approve of the massive political advertising campaigns or not, the behind-the-scenes fundraisers did an incredible job of getting people to donate. It's said that each side raised and spent close to a billion dollars on their campaigns over the period. Inspiring people to donate has moved on from the cold calls of old to a much more analytical method of coaxing the last dollar out of their donors. Encore takes a new approach to fundraising and engaging donors for non profit organizations by inspiring ...  More

There is a groundbreaking and multi award winning TV documentary series emanating from Australia called "Go Back To Where You Came From" that put six regular Aussies in the position of refugees who attempt the death defying boat trip from Malaysia to the North of Australia. When being put in the same position as the 'boat people' all six got an eye-opening look at the reason why someone would put their whole family on a rickety boat and risk their lives rather than stay in their own country. There are many reasons but, the bottom line is, they figure that it couldn't possibly be any worse ...  More