Howard Lake
Mobile apps that enable or encourage people to donate or raise funds for charity as part of their daily routine.
I Can Go Without is a social giving app that encourages the conscious consumer to turn pledges into micro donations for non-profits. It benefits nonprofits in Canada.
For every photo you share through the Donate a Photo app, Johnson & Johnson donates $1 to a US nonprofit.
Every time you get coffee, eat out, catch a game or visit a participating retailer, a simple checkin generates a microdonation to a great cause. Operates internationally.
One Today by Google is a mobile app presents a different charitable cause each day, inviting users to donate $1. The app is currently available through a limited pilot on Android.
Ready to become a sponsored athlete? Simply turn on the app, choose a charity, and press start. As you exercise, we'll track your distance and the money earned. When you're finished, accept your sponsorship, spread the word, and we'll send you a note confirming your good work.
Bikers earn 10¢ a mile and walkers and runners earn 25¢ a mile, up to our initial $1,000,000 sponsorship pool. For US nonprofits.
A micro-donation app for non-profits that encourages people to live within or below their means in order to give. Users choose to give something up or change what they do, and donate $3 or $5 in return. Instead keeps 5% of the sum for development.
Sponsor yourself to snooze - What if sleeping in for that extra five minutes could punish you, but reward others? WakeOrDonate is a brand new alarm clock application that donates the user's money to charity each time they press the snooze button. The app creates a monetary consequence for pressing snooze. Will support US nonprofits.
Developer Ronan Finnegan sought crowdfunding for this app's creation in January 2014.
Snoball lets you pledge to over 1.7 million nonprofits through customisable micro-donations. US only I think.
Until it closed in December 2012, HelpAttack! enabled individuals to pledge to donate a small sum every time they tweeted or posted a Facebook update.
This Android app lets you donate to charity but also play games on your mobile, which can win you 'hearts' which can then be converted into a donation by that month's sponsor. US nonprofits only, it seems.
Ralli makes it easy to support the causes and charities which mean the most to you. Now, the power to change world is in the palm of your hand. Donate today!
Digital fundraising entrepreneur, publisher of UK Fundraising (www.fundraising.co.uk) since 1994, the world's first web resource for charity fundraisers. And founder of Fundraising Camp.
