eGiving.com launches
Howard Lake | 19 September 2000 | News
eGiving.com launched today, founded by ActionAid, CARE International, Oxfam, and Save the Children. The site allows donors to give online in three ways at no cost to themselves, all of which will be familiar from other existing online fundraising sites.
eGiving.com launched today, founded by ActionAid, CARE International, Oxfam, and Save the Children. The site allows donors to give online in three ways at no cost to themselves, all of which will be familiar from other existing online fundraising sites. Donors can generate donations by sending and receiving Web-based e-mail, sending an online greetings card, or clicking on a charity button. “Donations” are paid for by commercial sponsors, which currently include Citibank, Grouptrade and Ask Jeeves.
Oxfam have subsequently promoted the launch with via their supporter e-mail list. “Can mice really change the world?” they ask. “Visit www.egiving.com and find out how.” They encourage supporters to “Please visit egiving.com often, and tell your friends, to get your mouse working for Oxfam too!”
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.