Fundraisers Pull in Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars for Haiti Relief Efforts, The Gulf Oil Disaster, Assistance in Africa, and Local U.S. Organizations

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Best known for its web site that makes it easy to raise, share, or give money between friends, family, co-workers and those with like interests, eDivvy.com has extended its gifting focus to facilitate charitable fundraising. Partnering with organizations like Child Hope International, Project Hope for Africa, Blind Start of America, and ShareFest Inc., eDivvy has helped its users contribute several hundred thousand dollars to charities, schools and church groups to date.

“Any opportunity we have to help facilitate charitable giving and serve others in need we’re is excited to be a part of.”

Similar to the way eDivvy.com users can split the cost of a gift among a group; eDivvy.com’s charitable givers pool their funds to fulfill a goal. For instance, a current initiative organized by Child Hope International aims to collect the $60,000 needed to purchase two utility trucks crucial to the rebuilding of a Haitian orphanage. eDivvy.com also helped facilitate more than $190,000 for Child Hope following the devastation in Haiti in January, enabling the organization to receive the emergency funds within 5 days. Child Hope International is an organization created to help orphaned and abandoned children receive physical, educational and spiritual care. The success of Child Hope introduced eDivvy.com to Heartline Ministries, located in the heart of Port au Prince Haiti. Together $29,000 has been raised for their relief efforts thus far.

Empowering Youth in Africa, whose funds will go towards Project Hope for Africa’s efforts, chose eDivvy to help the organization raise $1M. Project Hope for Africa is a non-governmental organization whose main focus is to support and enrich the lives of children infected or affected with HIV/AIDS virus in Sub Saharan Africa.

eDivvy is now also seeing an increase in fundraisers for projects related to the Gulf of Mexico in wake of the oil disaster. But not all of the charities on eDivvy.com are just monetary goals. Charities are able to choose much needed products - from laptops and gps systems to tents and mosquito nets - from eDivvy’s extensive product catalog that includes such retailers as Amazon.com, REI, Apple, and many more. Once added to their fundraise event page, contributions go towards the purchase of these products. eDivvy handles all purchasing and fulfillment direct to the organization.

Lastly, using eDivvy.com’s easy Share tools, the company has provided an outlet for organizations to enhance word of mouth to an online viral level that can spread quickly and effectively, thereby helping resource and cash-strapped organizations find new ways to raise funds, gain new members, and spread the cause. Contributors can share fundraising pages via email, Facebook, Twitter or post a customized widget on their own blog or web site, all of which create a strong viral impact.

To donate to charities posted on eDivvy.com, consumers simply input credit or debit card information along with the desired contribution amount. In many cases, such as with Blind Start of America, Charities can also enable individuals to have their own fundraising page to help raise money towards a specific event, such as a pledge drive.

“We’re pleased to see that the technology we have for group gifting has been able to translate so well into assisting causes, particularly the crisis in Haiti, for which we’ve raised over $230,000,” says eDivvy.com president Eden Clark. “Any opportunity we have to help facilitate charitable giving and serve others in need we’re is excited to be a part of.”

Other organizations partnering with eDivvy.com include Heartline Ministries, Ayiti Now Corp, and McKinley Pasadena School.

New fundraisers, in addition to new retailers and gift options, are regularly added to the site. Look to eDivvy.com for future fundraisers with South Pasadena Music Foundation, Flightocrisis.org and many more.

About eDivvy.com

eDivvy.com is a group gifting web site and payment platform that enables groups of people – such as friends, family, co-workers, or those with like interests – to come together and split the cost of a gift or contribute to a fundraise. eDivvy’s easy-to-use RAISE, SHARE, GIVE platform makes it easy for anyone to set up a group gift event, be it a birthday, baby shower, office gift or fundraise event, with their simple 4-step process. Users can select products from top retailers like Amazon.com, Apple Store, Macy’s, REI and others, or choose to raise money for a gift card or check. The event can be easily shared across email, Facebook, Twitter, on blogs and other sites with the quick and easy SHARE tools, enabling people to give to an event using a major credit card or PayPal in a few simple clicks. With their new set of business-to-business tools, eDivvy.com also enables retailers, charities and schools to integrate group gifting on their own web site. eDivvy.com is located in Irvine, CA and can be reached at (949) 480-3415, or online at www.edivvy.com. To learn more about eDivvy.com’s charitable initiatives visit http://solutions.edivvy.com/charities.html.