Givkwik, a Latino and Veteran owned technology company that connects businesses with the good causes people love, has launched a campaign on the crowd-funding platform Indiegogo. The San Francisco-based social enterprise is looking to raise at least $15,000 as part of its strategy to grow its platform and community.

 

Givkwik, a Latino and Veteran owned technology company that connects businesses with the good causes people love, has launched a campaign on the crowd-funding platform Indiegogo. The San Francisco-based social enterprise is looking to raise at least $15,000 as part of its strategy to grow its platform and community.

Givkwik delivers innovative web based tools and services that make it simple, social and fun to get anyone involved in philanthropy. For companies, Givkwik serves as a voting platform to engage any online audience for help directing corporate social responsibility and philanthropy. In a Givkwik campaign, a company’s customers and employees can vote for the causes that they believe should receive funding. Givkwik’s technology hosts the voting campaigns, processes the results, and delivers grants on behalf of their corporate clients.

For individuals, Givkwik’s lightweight technology makes it simpler to give online and share good causes and philanthropy with friends. Individuals can discover new causes and support the ones they love with one click of the company’s trademarked GIV button. For nonprofits, Givkwik helps promote their missions, attract corporate sponsors and find new donors.

In conjunction with their Indiegogo campaign, Givkwik is directing funds from the campaign to support its own corporate philanthropy. A $5000 grant will be decided on by contributors to the campaign itself and rewarded to one of six non-profit organizations focused on civic engagement. The six non-profit organizations are: CareerVillage; GenerationCitizen; Jubilee Project; MoneyThink; OpenCurricum; and Public Lab.

By offering a new way for nonprofits to engage supporters, for businesses to carry out corporate social responsibility with greater transparency, and for individuals to be more engaged in the process, Givkwik disrupts traditional concepts of philanthropy. Says Givkwik’s CEO Jason Rosado; “we want to challenge the perception of philanthropy as being only a domain of the rich and famous by making it simple and fun for anyone to give, anytime and anywhere.”

The Indiegogo campaign was launched September 1 and ends September 30, 2013. As of today’s date close to 80% of the funds have already been raised. More information on the Indiegogo campaign can be found at: www.igg.me/at/givk. More information on the Givkwik $5000 grant campaign can be found at www.givkwik.com/gogo.

About Givkwik, Inc.

Givkwik, Inc., based in San Francisco, is a Latino and Veteran owned tech company with a social mission. Givkwik participated in both Points of Light/Village Capital and HUB Ventures accelerator programs. Learn more at www.givkwik.com.

Help a good cause win $5000 right now with a click of our GIV button. Let's make giving simple and fun so anyone can be a philanthropist!

WE’RE SHINING THE STARTUP SPOTLIGHT ON GIVKWIK THIS WEEK. READ ON TO FIND OUT MORE!

What? Givkwik is a tech company on a mission to transform philanthropy. We help companies engage more of their employees and customers in their corporate philanthropy.

Why? Because sharing simple and fun giving experiences can drive traffic to a company’s website and increase loyalty, while also reducing cost.

How? We make it easier to connect people and businesses with nonprofits. We make it more affordable to give more often. So that anyone can become a philanthropist.

Who? For businesses, we make it a snap to get employees and customers involved in corporate philanthropy. For nonprofits, we make it easy to engage corporate sponsors and find new donors.

THE BIG QUESTION:

HOW HAS/WILL SOCIAL MEDIA PLAY A ROLE IN THE GROWTH OF YOUR BUSINESS?

Social media plays a huge role in the growth of our business. The campaigns that we develop and manage for our clients, like the All Stars of Giving Challenge leverage social media to make the act of philanthropy a more inclusive, democratic and social experience. Social media is inextricably tied to our value-add, and we hope to one day become the platform for everyday philanthropy and social impact. We also use social media to share our story as a growing company with our friends, partners and clients in order to create a greater sense of intimacy and transparency into our company and our team.

Connect with Givkwik on Twitter (plus follow All Stars of Giving and CEO Jason Rosado) andYouTube and visit their website for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your generous contributions will help us create more $5000 voting campaigns just like this one on any website - and at givkwik.com. 

We will promote our technology services to other socially responsible companies to sponsor new voting campaigns just like this with even more causes. 

The funds we raise here will help launch our startup company, pay some bills and expand our hard-working team of volunteers. 

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Jason Rosado, CEO & President - Thaddeus Wojcik, Business Affairs & Legal - Tom Roli, Technology - Jaclyn Roth, Branding & User Experience - Moises Vela, Board Member - Ramon Gonzalez, Marketing - Roxy Rosales, User Experience - John Douglas, User Experience - Brian Barela, Social Media - Ocean Tran Vu, Social Media - Brad Michaels, Business Development - Carlos Rivera, Visual Design - Christopher Correa, Video Production - Michael Yip, Video Production