2. Causes Background
Joe Green, Co-founder and President
ā¢āÆ Founder of Essembly.com, the ļ¬rst political social network.
ā¢āÆ Worked for political campaigns at national, state, and local level.
ā¢āÆ Early collaborator on Facebook
Sean Parker, Co-founder and Chairman
ā¢āÆ Co-founded Napster, Plaxo and Facebook, serving as chief executive or president of each.
ā¢āÆ Guided Facebook through explosive growth, making it one of the most trafļ¬cked sites on the Net.
ā¢āÆ Pioneered strategies for online network growth
Peter Thiel, Board Member and Investor
ā¢āÆ Co-founded PayPal in 1998 and served as Chairman and CEO; sold to eBay in 2002.
ā¢āÆ Early investor in LinkedIn, YouTube and Facebook.
3. Overview
In less than four years, $35 million has been raised through
Causes.com by thousands of nonproļ¬ts and activists. Currently, we
process over $30,000 per day in small-dollar donations to US 501(c)
3 organizations.
ā¢āÆ 150 million installed users on Facebook
ā¢āÆ 17,000 ofļ¬cial non-proļ¬t partners
ā¢āÆ $35 million donated through the platform
ā¢āÆ Donations supported to all 1.5 million U.S. non-proļ¬ts
ā¢āÆ 300,000 birthdays donated to nonproļ¬ts (Birthday Wish)
ā¢āÆ $2 million donated to speciļ¬c nonproļ¬t projects in Q4 2010
9. Build your Community
1.āÆ Promote your Cause
2.āÆ Put a widget on your website ā www.causes.com/widgets
3.āÆ Make/Market a membership goal
4.āÆ Start a āTop Recruiterā contest
5.āÆ Give speciļ¬c people ownership over building the
community
6.āÆ What would get my community members to recruit
their friends? Who would want to join?
10. Susan Tells Her Network via News Feed
Tell your friends why they should join too
18. Thank you!
Susan Gordon
Director of Nonprofit Services
partner@causes.com
More Resources:
http://exchange.causes.com
http://www.youtube.com/causescom