Latest Fundraising Stories

YellowBrick app brings thousands of crowd funding opportunities together for iPhone and Android DALLAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As crowdfunding continues to grow in popularity for entrepreneurs, artists, and makers funding their projects, approximately 44% of Kickstarter projects were funded in Q1 2013 compared to 31% of successfully funded IndieGoGo projects, according to data from YellowBrick. A new app that aggregates crowd-funded projects from close to 40 crowd-funding sites...

Push to Walk, a Riverdale-based non-profit organization, assembled a team to participate in the NJ Marathon and raised over $34,000. Riverdale, NJ (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 On Sunday, May 5, 2013 in Long Branch, NJ Team Push to Walk raced for its third year to show its support and dedication to the non-profit they represented. The team consisted of 23 people, including trainers, family, friends, members of the community, and 5 Push to Walk clients who used hand-cycles to participate. All Team...

PHILADELPHIA, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "Where Do You Want Faster Internet?" That's the question that Connectify Inc. is asking as they Kickstart their new Switchboard technology this month. Connectify Switchboard is a new cloud service that lets Mac and PC users combine multiple Internet connections for faster speeds and increased reliability using an international network of "Speed Servers" in the cloud. In order to plan and deploy these Speed Servers, Connectify is working...

A smart piece of wearable technology – shipping in July this summer Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 16, 2013 Paul and Rudi are the creators of the EMBRACE+, an innovative bracelet that keeps users informed while their smartphone stays in their pocket or purse. They re-focused, re-designed, and re-launched their Kickstarter project and achieved the funding goal within several days. The EMBRACE+ connects to the smartphone via Bluetooth and alerts wearers to changes in their environment. Through...

Sites like SaveOurCommunityTheaters.org are moving to forefront HANCOCK, N.H., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Niche Crowdfunding sites like SaveOurCommunityTheaters.org - a new Crowdfunding site focused solely on helping small town theaters make the conversion from film to digital projectors - are the future of Crowdfunding. SaveOurCommunityTheaters.org seeks to utilize niche or "neighborhood marketing" to create a community of resources and ideas that are locally driven and...

DALLAS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pursuant, a full-service comprehensive fundraising and communications consulting firm, has been named a nine-time winner for the 34th Annual Telly Awards. "The Telly Award has a mission to honor the very best in film and video," said Linda Day, executive director of the Telly Awards. "Pursuant's accomplishment illustrates their creativity, skill, and dedication to their craft and serves as a testament to great film and video production." Monty...

Insights and Guidance for Integrating Successful Moves Management Processes and Taking Fundraising to the Next Level NEEDHAM, Mass., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AccuFund, Inc., provider of top-rated fundraising and accounting solutions designed exclusively for the nonprofit industry, announces a free webinar to help nonprofit organizations realize their fundraising potential. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130516/PH14983LOGO) Join the moves management movement or...

Niche crowdfunding site for women-owned businesses offers a new level of transparency and accountability. AUSTIN, Texas, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowdfunding is hot. Type in the word and Google returns 10.3 million results.  Off-hand, everyone seems to know a friend-of-a-friend who recently published a video on a Crowdfunding site and now has the resources to start create the next iPhone app. But backers should proceed with caution. The best advice: Use independent third-party...

Community Health Charities, one of the largest workplaces giving collaborative organizations in the country with a sole focus on health issues, has completed a migration of campaign management and fundraising systems to a single integrated software solution: StratusLIVE for Fundraisers. Virginia Beach, Virginia (PRWEB) May 14, 2013 Community Health Charities (including its roots as Combined Health Appeal® and the National Voluntary Health Agencies™) has been promoting the health...

SEATTLE, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Seattle Foundation's "GiveBIG" campaign returns Wednesday, May 15, with area nonprofit organizations, corporate sponsors and local philanthropists aiming to motivate even more donors to step up and support their favorite causes. During this one-day, online event, residents of King County make donations to any of more than 1,400 local nonprofits through www.seattlefoundation.org -- and a share of every contribution is "stretched"...