For Japan with Love: The power of Love and Silence.

As the world learned of the devastating national disaster that took Japan by surprise; the wedding blog Ever Ours and e-magazine Utterly Engaged created the one-day event and ongoing fundraising campaign For Japan with Love,  initiating a day of silence amongst bloggers. Bloggers quickly signed on to the Blogger’s Day of Silence, with the concept [...]

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Overwhelming Generosity: Japan Disaster Relief on FirstGiving

  In the wake of the 8.9 earthquake that hit Northern Japan on Friday, fundraisers and donors on FirstGiving rallied to the cause of Japan Disaster Relief incredibly fast. Within the first 18 hours, 66 fundraisers had created fundraising pages, and raised over $7,000. Today, three days after the earthquake struck, 185 people are raising [...]

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Japan Disaster Relief

Each of us here at FirstGiving has been surprised and deeply saddened by the news of devastation in Japan. Our thoughts are with those affected during these very difficult times. In response, we’re working together so that people who want to donate and help can find an easy and transparent way to do so. Many [...]

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Meet the FirstGiving Team at Run Walk Ride, NTC, SXSW, InnoGive, and AFP

We are on the road in March, and looking forward to meeting YOU. FirstGiving staff will be attending five conferences in March and speaking at two of them:  Run Walk Ride, the Nonprofit Technology Conference, South By Southwest Interactive, InnoGive 2011, and the Association for Fundraising Professionals. We want to meet you and hear about [...]

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