Group fundraising website for U.S. nonprofits, featuring a fundraising widget and Facebook application

Founded: 2002
Status: Commercial
Processing Fee: 7.50%
Website: http://www.firstgiving.com

In their words:

Our mission
We help people who want to make a difference.
We believe that individuals are the driving force behind charitable giving. Our mission is to make it possible for anyone, anywhere, to raise more money than they would have thought possible for the causes they care about. Our ambition is to create the world's most user-friendly fundraising tools and to host a diverse and lively online community where donors, fundraisers and beneficiaries can support, learn from and communicate with each other in their own ambition to support their causes.

What we do
Firstgiving runs a website where individuals raise money online for any nonprofit organization in the US. Fundraisers set up an online fundraising page using a simple template and send it with a personal message to family and friends to ask for support for a walk, run or bike ride, growing an embarrassing mustache, or any other reason they can think of. Our fundraising pages help raise more money than traditional methods and make it easier for everybody.

Who we are
Firstgiving is an office of 20 hardworking people who share the same core values as our fundraisers. We are dedicated to making online fundraising available to everybody. We are amazed and awed by the extraordinary individuals who come through Firstgiving.com. These people are raising money for serious causes, often by participating in grueling events, and we feel very lucky to be able to at least help make the fundraising easier and hopefully make that part a little bit fun.