JustGiving expands to Asia-Pacific region
Howard Lake | 5 June 2013 | News
Online giving platform JustGiving is expanding to countries in the Asia-Pacific area. Its eight-currency service is now open to registration by charities from the UK and Ireland, Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and Hong Kong.
As a result, charities in these countries can fundraise from UK citizens, and UK citizens can choose to fundraise for or donate to charities in these countries.
JustGiving, established in 2001, made its first international move to the USA where it established FirstGiving in 2003, and which is now independent. It has also set up a site for charities in Japan and charities in Holland.
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In 2012, over 200,000 donations on JustGiving were made internationally, raising £12 million for UK and international causes. The sum is a small fraction of the overall amount raised on JustGiving, but overseas donations are clearly growing.
Charities wishing to register will be required to provide documentary evidence of their charitable status.
JustGiving plans to expand further and is inviting expressions of interest from charities in other countries.
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.