The Future of the BitGive Foundation: Great Potential Amid Uncertainty
Over the past three days, Bitcoin Magazine has featured stories about the BitGive Foundation; how it began and the work that it has done with charities including Save the Children, The Water Project and Medic Mobile. Its founder and sole full-time staffer, Connie Gallippi, has helped the organization grow to become the first registered tax-exempt bitcoin....
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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....
Today, the BitGive Foundation announced its newest project of a fundraising campaign for The Water Project. How incredible that one can send BTC to help provide fresh water to those truly in need! The BitGive Foundation issues the following press release: BITGIVE FOUNDATION - FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR THE WATER PROJECT. Charitable giving in Bitcoin. (Sacramento, CA - February 24, 2014) - TheBitGive Foundation is partnering withThe Water Project to promote charitable giving through a fundraising campaign to bring clean, safe water to a community in Africa. The BitGive Foundation has....
What do most Americans and for that matter, individuals around the world do the day after Thanksgiving? SHOP. Well, this year, The BitGive Foundation is partnering with Bitcoin Black Fridayto provide you an opportunity to give back through a donation drive. Bitcoin Magazine encourages you to look into giving back with the best way to give: through Bitcoin! BitGive issued the following press release: BITGIVE FOUNDATION - BITCOIN CHARITY DRIVE ON BLACK FRIDAY. A Charitable Giving Organization of the Bitcoin Community. (Sacramento, CA - November 22, 2013) - The BitGive Foundationis partnering....
The BitGive Foundation — celebrating its 2nd Anniversary — is asking for donations to fund its mission to demonstrate the social value of Bitcoin to people around the world. To encourage donations, BitGive will hold an online auction on the occasion. Connie Gallippi, Founder and Executive Director of BitGive, took an early leadership role in Bitcoin philanthropy, founding BitGive in mid-2013. Gallippi aims to spread the knowledge about Bitcoin across the world. Pursuing the goal, the organization is organizing a fundraiser through an auction that will support the BitGive in its efforts.
The BitGive Foundation has announced that it has surpassed its $10,000 fundraising goal, raising more than $11,000 for The Water Project. Georgia-based bitcoin merchant processor BitPay has announced plans to support the BitGive Foundation in its efforts to raise money for The Water Project, a non-profit that seeks to provide for safe drinking water in Africa. BitGive is aiming to raise $10,000 in BTC, and kickstarted the campaign by donating the first 2 BTC earlier this year. Now, BitPay has pledged to match 1 BTC, provided bitcoin users first donate the equivalent amount. The second....