United Way Worldwide Begins Accepting Bitcoin Donations
It's not only big companies like Overstock.com and DIRECTV accepting bitcoin. Nonprofit organizations are coming aboard, too. The big news this morning is that the world's largest privately held nonprofit organization, United Way Worldwide, is now accepting bitcoin donations in partnership with San Francisco-based Coinbase. In a blog post published today, Coinbase wrote: We're thrilled to enable the Bitcoin community to contribute to United Way's longstanding mission of mobilizing the caring power of communities across the world to advance the common good. United Way seeks to improve....
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As part of the ongoing Bitcoin adoption saga, on their blog today, Coinbase revealed today that United Way Worldwide is now accepting Bitcoin for donations. The United Way is the world's largest non-profit. Their longstanding mission has been improving education, promoting financial stability and healthy lives. A global organization, United Way has over 2.8 million volunteers, 9.7 million donors and raises over $5 billion a year. "Donating bitcoin to United Way Worldwide is the most seamless way for an individual to donate" Coinbase reports on their blog. Users can donate with two clicks.....
According to Tim Totten, the chair of the finance team at Fern Creek United Methodist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, who has been an active Bitcoiner for about two years now, he had been considering implementing Bitcoin donations for quite some time. We had a chat with him. I was always afraid of being too far out ahead of the curve. Once major charitable organizations such as United Way and the American Red Cross started accepting Bitcoin donations, I knew the time was right. The church, which has an active congregation of between four and five hundred people, now accepts Bitcoin....
Al Jalila Foundation, the United Arab Emirates charitable organization, recently announced that it has been given permission to accept cryptocurrency donations. Accepting cryptocurrencies makes it possible for the foundation to receive funding via what is described as one of the fastest-growing donation methods.
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A United Arab Emirates (UAE) healthcare organization, Al Jalila Foundation, said it has been given permission to accept digital money and that well-wishers can now donate via cryptocurrencies. By accepting....
Bitcoin Magazine is proud to announce the launch of BitGive Foundation, the first Bitcoin charity! BitGive is a non-profit foundation (IRS 501c3 status is pending) accepting donations from the greater Bitcoin community and offering charitable gifts to environmental and public health causes worldwide. As Bitcoin continues to grow in prominence and utility, BitGive Foundation provides the opportunity for you to give to those in need in the most expedient and efficient way: through the Bitcoin currency! The BitGive Foundation will provide charitable donations on behalf of the growing Bitcoin....