An award winning marketplace which allows people to give and volunteer with the top-performing projects all over the world
Founded: 2002
Status: Nonprofit
Processing Fee: None
Website: http://www.universalgiving.org
In their words:
UniversalGiving™ is an award-winning marketplace which allows people to volunteer and donate to top performing projects in more than 70 countries around the world. Through UniversalGiving™ donors have the opportunity to search for Projects, Gift packages, or Volunteer opportunities by issue or region allowing them to select the project of their choice. UniversalGiving™ offers a free service and with each donation you can be assured that 100% of all donations go directly to the specified project through its unique, trademarked Quality Model™. Currently more than $ 1.5 million has passed through universalgiving.org and nearly 10,000 people have volunteered. UniversalGiving™ Corporate (UGC) is a customized service designed for both multinational and domestic companies to manage their global Corporate Social Responsibility Programs. UGC creates the strategy, operations, and NGO vetting to ensure their international giving and volunteering programs are successful all over the world. Our goal at UGC is to increase corporate brand image and employee and client attraction/retention all of which increase the overall success of a program whilst also serving the community. UGC is proud to be in partnerships with BEA and Cisco. UGC also offers a Disaster Response Plan for companies wishing to be proactive in addressing global crises. In addition to the corporate service, UniversalGiving™ provides customized models for Giving Circles. UniversalGiving™ has been featured on the homepage of BusinessWeek. We've also been mentioned on Oprah.com, NBC News, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times, Financial Times, CNNMoney.com, and the L.A. Times. UniversalGiving™ is a Webby Award Honoree and won the Silver Award for W3 Creative Excellence on the Web. UniversalGiving™ is in the blogging world with Philanthrobuzz, and with our founder and CEO's blog, Living and Giving. You can also follow us on Twitter. UniversalGiving™ is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, whose vision is to "create a world where giving and volunteering are a natural part of everyday life."™
