How does GiveMeaning Serve the Needs and Goals of Charities?
GiveMeaning offers established Charities of any size the opportunity to connect with new people in new ways.
GiveMeaning provides any established Charity with a new process for raising funds and awareness that fits comfortably alongside
existing marketing and fundraising programs.
Our site also offers an audience of people from all walks of life looking for ways
to make a difference who represent a pool of potential new supporters.
For Charities with development offices and well-funded campaigns, GiveMeaning offers new avenues for building awareness and
support that can be integrated with existing fundraising strategies.
For Charities that rely primarily on goodwill and volunteer
support, GiveMeaning offers a cost-free viral fundraising platform that can reach a worldwide audience and build a vital core of
support.
"DONATE NOW" buttons on charity websites may be effective for loyal, existing donors, but they do not tend to elicit new donations
unless someone has a specific reason for donating that has been triggered by a particular event or call to action. This is precisely
what GiveMeaning Projects offer.
We certainly acknowledge that offline fundraising also has its place. However, it is expensive, it
generally fails to offer a specific result in response to the requested donation, and some studies show that unsolicited professional
contact (by phone or mail) from organizations can result in donor malcontent — that increases with repeated requests.
GiveMeaning offers an alternative, complementary approach that has none of these drawbacks.
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GiveMeaning is not just another portal or online donation system through which Charities can be accessed and donations processed online. Here’s why:
The GiveMeaning user-driven website, which is organized around communities of people connected by a cause, is a tool Charities can employ to invigorate
their support base and turn their existing, relatively passive supporters and volunteers into engaged, enthusiastic campaigners who fundraise for and
promote your organization.
GiveMeaning empowers your existing supporters to Spread the Word about your organization’s Projects via email to their own
network of friends, family, and associates inviting them to view your unique Project Page on the website. At no cost to you or the donor, your Charity
will be introduced to an entirely new, and possibly vast, audience of donors and supporters. Best of all, new supporters are introduced to your
organization by someone they know who has asked them in their own words to consider giving their support to a specific Project your Charity has chosen
to implement.
GiveMeaning’s approach focuses people's attention on specific charitable projects and goals. These creative fundraising ideas represent "bite-sized pieces",
so to speak, of the bigger initiatives that Charities are working on. For each project, a reasonable fundraising goal is set, as is a specific timeframe for
raising funds.
And unlike anyone in this arena, GiveMeaning charges nothing to Charities or to Donors for the service we provide. 100% of the funds raised for projects on
our website are turned over to the Implementing Organizations that carry out the project goals.
We encourage all Charities to submit Project proposals to GiveMeaning. If you don’t have a specific Project in mind just now, we encourage you to give us a
call so we can tell you more about what we do.
Some Projects at GiveMeaning are started by people who are not associated with any charitable organization, and who are looking for an organization to manage
the funds they have raised for the realization of the Project goals. Please let us know if there are any Projects that are of interest to your organization
that you might be able to assist in implementing.
Customer Support
Because our background of experience is in the building of technology, we know full well that to make great technology work, you need great, person-to-person
customer support.
GiveMeaning is dedicated to "always there" customer support for you and your colleagues and for each of the supporters who use our site to raise awareness and
money for Charities.
We welcome inquiries from any Charity, anywhere, about our services, and how we can help you succeed in your mission.