Heifer International Now Accepts Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay
Heifer International, the leading US-based nonprofit organization will soon be accepting bitcoin donations from across the world. The non-profit industry is definitely warming up to the thought of adopting bitcoin as an additional channel for receiving donations. Heifer International, a 72-year-old nonprofit has become the latest one to join the ranks by tying up with BitPay. BitPay, the leading bitcoin payments processor has announced the inclusion of Heifer International into its client list in a recent blog post. The nonprofit organization was formed in 1944 to help the people affected....
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The Apache Software Foundation is the latest not-for-profit organization to accept bitcoin donations, as pointed out by a user on Reddit.com. The organization is well known for their catalog of open-source software, of which includes the ubiquitous Apache web server and OpenOffice suite, and users in the community have been eager to support their efforts using digital currency for quite a while. The Foundation accepts donations in many different forms: Amazon, PayPal, and they'll even accept donated cars. On their contribution page, the Apache Software Foundation has published a bitcoin....
One of the many measures of bitcoin's health over the past eighteen months has been just how many non-profit organizations accept donations of the digital currency. To date, there's been quite a few. And this week, we've learned that yet another major humanitarian organization is embracing bitcoin to support their mission. They're the American Red Cross, and Atlanta-based BitPay is giving them a helping hand by hosting a bitcoin donation page, in addition to processing all donations without fees (BitPay's services are free for non-profits). "Introducing the American Red Cross to the....
One of Africa’s biggest wildlife conservancies, the Virunga National Park, which is situated in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), says it now accepts donations via cryptocurrency. It says such donations will be used in helping to protect DRC’s famed “mountain gorillas and the ecosystems they inhabit.” Tax Efficient Way to Support Virunga In a statement recently published on its website, Virunga, which is home to one of Africa’s “oldest national park and most biologically diverse protected area,” says it will initially accept donations in the....
How do you get lawmakers to understand the concept of bitcoin and digital currency in the most effective way possible? It's a question that's been answered by BitPay (a bitcoin digital payments processor) and CoinVox (a bitcoin services firm for political organizations). The two companies have teamed together to offer an "all-in-one" solution for political candidates, political action committees and political organizations to easily accept bitcoin donations. The integration will effectively allow political groups to securely accept contributions/donations while remaining compliant with....