Aaron Hurst of the Taproot Foundation wrote a post on their Pro Bono Junkie blog a few weeks ago provactively asking if Causes.com is actually Cost.com.
He had just seen a presentation by Sean Parker, who’s tech startup bedpost includes Napster, Facebook, and now Causes on Facebook. Parker told Hurst and the other audience members that [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘fundraising’
June 14, 2008
WEEKLY Question: Nonprofit IPO: Donor engagement innovation, gimmick, or both?
Recently, Homeward Bound of Marin County, CA offered supporters the chance to participate in an “Immediate Public Offering…to end homelessness.”
They released fundraising ’shares’ at $32 each and sold them to everyone from celebrities to local residents to a girl scout troop. They didn’t provide any ‘ownership’ of the organization. From the effort, they’ve raised $700,000 [...]
Charlie is a student of international development; a co-founder of Runa, a social enterprise producing sustainablly harvested high-energy teas and beverages from the Ecuadorian Amazon; a meditater; and a musician. You can reach him at caharding (at) gmail (dot) com
