The founder of a new social network designed to connect people and nonprofit groups tells The New York Times he wants the venture to do for charity what the popular rating Web site Yelp does for goods and services.
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook and chief digital organizer for President Obama’s 2008 campaign, is applying his expertise in building online communities to the universe of charities and causes via Jumo, which makes its debut on Tuesday.
The new site, which allows people and organizations to build pages dedicated to individual charities, specific projects, and broad social issues, seeks “to do what Yelp did for restaurants,” creating systems “to help people find and evaluate” charities pursuing favored causes.
Read a Chronicle of Philanthropy article about Jumo’s possible impact on charities and see a video interview with Chris Hughes.
3 Responses to Facebook Co-Founder Applies Expertise to Charity Network
grantstoyou - November 30, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Our nonprofit Grants To You desperately needs to have the ability to communicate via e-mail to nonprofits and schools throughout the U.S. and to those organizations in specific/specified communities throughout the Country. Please advise how this can be accomplished in a cost effective manner.
Paul Baskin
Founder and President
Grants To You
928/776-7976
info@grantstoyou.org
scornacoff2 - November 30, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Check out my article comparing Idealist, Jumo, and Crowdrise on PhilanthropyNYU.com.
http://philanthropynyu.com/polIssueStory.cfm?Doc_id=49
nffandrew - November 30, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Rebecca Thomas’piece on the general shortcomings of rating systems is particularly relevant to this discussion as well: http://philanthropy.com/article/Poor-Advice-for-Donors/125523/