The Mobile Giving Foundation said it’s processed $35 million in donations so far for relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The Bellevue-based foundation is a 3-year-old nonprofit that enables people to text-message $5 and $10 donations to charity. For example, mobile-phone customers text-message the word “Haiti” to 85944. The customer is billed by the wireless provider, which forwards the money to the Giving Foundation, which sends it to a designated nonprofit agency.
According to the foundation, wireless carriers are advancing payments for relief efforts and dollars contributed so far via mobile donations are already in use by services in Haiti.
Here is a list of many of the relief organizations collecting funds via text donations. MobileGive.us also offers an online giving widget that allows a donor to simply enter their phone number to give $10. See the CoAid giving widget at the bottom of this post.
- Text COAID to 85944 to donate $10 to CoAid
- Text HAITI to 25383 to donate $5 to International Rescue Committee
- Text CARE to 25383 to donate $10 to CARE
- Text OXFAM to 25383 to donate $10 to Oxfam International
- Text AJWS to 25383 to donate $10 to American Jewish World Service
- Text HABITAT to 25383 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity
- Text BABY to 20222 to donate $5 to March of Dimes
- TextGIVEto 25383 to donate $10 to Partners in Health
- Text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross
- Text YELE to 501501 to donation $5 to Yele
- Text HAITI to 864833 to donate $5 to The United Way
- Text CERF to 90999 to donate $5 to The United Nations Foundation
- Text DISASTER to 90999 to donate $10 to Compassion International
- Text HAITI to 20222 to donate $10 to The Clinton Foundation
- Text HAITI to 85944 to donate $10 to International Medical Corps
- Text BEST to 501501 to donate $5 to Project Medishare
- Text FRIENDS to 90999 to donate $5 to World Food Program
- Text HEART to 85944 to donate $5 to Happy Hearts Fund
- Text HAITI to 52000 to donate $10 to Salvation Army
- Text UNICEF to 20222 to donate $10 to UNICEF
- Text HAITI to 40579 to donate $10 to National Religious Broadcasters
- Text SAVE to 20222 to donate $10 to Save the Children
- Text WORLD to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision
- Text QUAKE to 20222 to donate $10 to The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund
- TextRELIEFto 25383 to donate $10 to Catholic Relief Services
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