An introduction to the JustGiving platform for those wishing to develop against our APIs at the 20124 Hack4Good event

1. JustGiving
Hack4Good Introduction

2. People around
the world want to
give

3. Generosity to inspire change
On JustGiving, the #icebucketchallenge has led to
•247 different charities worldwide receiving donations.
•People donated from 50+ countries
•> 750k donations made
•Over 4m raised to date

4. Why we support Hack4Good
• We know that inherently we humans
want to give
• We know that emergencies need funds
(and quickly)
• We know that people want to inspire
others by sharing their generosity
• We have a platform that supports these
needs

5. Who Am I?
• Jamie Parkins
• API Product Manager at JustGiving
• > 5 years at the company
• Overseen the development of
our consumer API service

6. • Software Developers at London, Dublin &
Melbourne
• 24 hour support available
• APIs documented at
www.justgiving.com/developer

7. Who are JustGiving?
• Video
• JustGiving is the world’s fastest growing social platform for giving.
• Founded in 2001
• 24 million users, across 164 countries
• >100,000 new registrations a week
• 1 million fundraising pages will be created in 2014
• $3 billion raised for global causes since launch
• >14 million sessions a month

10. JustGiving API
Our APIs replicate most desktop behaviours
•Creating Fundraising pages
•Creating new users
•Getting donation history
•Searching for charities
•Getting fundraising activity
•Driving donations
•Free to use, soft limits, no restrictions

11. Charities Need Funds
• That’s why they tend to use JustGiving!
• People want to give to causes close to their
heart or need.
• People tend to fundraise in support
• Or Give directly
• Often when timely

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14. Philippines Typhoon Appeal app
• Outcome of 2 Hack4Good collaborators
• A donation journey that enabled people to share their £5 gift to Facebook
and encouraged friends to donate
• Simple message, simple journey
• Tech utilized: JustGiving APIs, Facebook Apps, Heroku (cloud hosting)
• Built in 5 days, raised £30k
• 54% of people who donated shared to their Facebook friends

15. Idea suggestions
• Emergency Relief
Fundraise towards a common goal. Set a target, create a page, use the SDI to
generate giving. Emergency app for direct giving
• Unlocking benefits
Reward giving by unlocking (use API to query status of a donation)
• Calculator
Offset your climate change footprint by donating to causes (calculator)
• Charity Data & Information
Get data on charities that specialise on climate change

16. API Keys
• Free to set up
• No API limits
• Sign up at
http://pages.justgiving.com/developer

17. Libraries
• C# SDK
• PHP SDK
• Samples on GitHub

18. Sandbox

19. Test Cards for Donations

20. Support we will provide
• On site in London, Dublin & Melbourne
• 24 hour twitter support via @jghackers
• Dedicated Hipchat room
• Google Forum
• Or last resort email us at apisupport@justgiving.com

21. Helping Hand?
• Got an idea?
• Want to some pre hack advice?
• Tweet us @jghackers #hack4good