Brooklyn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 11/08/2019 -- Does your organization have what it takes to run an online crowdfunder, but still needs the motivation or the matching grants to get it done?

If you can prove that you've got all of your "ducks in a row," and that all you need to start a campaign is the leverage of a matching grant, then one of our three grand prizes can be yours!

In today's day and age, a successful crowdfunding campaign can hardly be imagined without matching donors. But it really was just under 6 years ago, when Charidy introduced the world-changing model of matched giving crowdfunding campaigns. Now, hundreds of philanthropists are channeling their major gifts through crowdfunding because they all understand the powerful ripple effect that it commands.

Despite this, there are still thousands of capable organizations in our communities who have still not yet taken advantage of the amazing benefits that crowdfunding has to offer.

Realizing this gap, two pillars of Tzedakah—two long-time Charidy matchers with tremendous impact—have stepped up to do something about it.

Eli & Freida Nash, The Meromim Foundation and Charidy will be offering prizes to the three first-time crowdfunder finalists of the Ducks in a Row Matching Grant Competition.

1st Prize
$25k matching grant
Sponsored by Eli & Fraida Nash | To be used in a free Charidy campaign before Dec 31st 2019

2nd Prize
$15k matching grant
Sponsored by Meromim Foundation | To be used in a free Charidy campaign before Dec 31st 2019

3rd Prize
Free Crowdfunding Campaign
From your team at Charidy | Must be redeemed before Dec 31st. Up to $20,000 in value

"We're excited to partner with the Meromim Foundation and Eli & Freida Nash, who have been consistent partners and advocates for revolutionary fundraising" said Yehuda Gurwitz, CEO of Charidy.

Eli & Freida Nash and the Meronim Foundation have been adamant advocates for crowdfunding and consistent Charidy campaign matchers for years. They've seen major breakthroughs in organizations—complete revolutions in financing to the tune of tens of millions of dollars.

Both the Nash's and the Meromim Foundation have been responsible for raising tens of millions of dollars worth of matching campaigns, done for hundreds of different organizations.

"For years, since the early days of Charidy, I've seen first-hand the incredible benefits that result from the charities I've given to," said Eli Nash. "Too often I hear organizations say, 'Maybe crowdfunding isn't for me.' I want to use my matching grant as a way to change their minds, so that they too can experience the impact and excitement that these campaigns bring."

"Out of the hundreds of organizations we've matched, we know that there are still hundreds more who don't realize their own crowdfunding campabilities," said Benzi Lipsker of the Meromim Foundation. "Sometimes, they just need a little push to see that they're ready and we're excited to see the difference that we can make."

In true Charidy style, the signup process will be quick and swift. Applicants will need to "get their ducks in a row" and apply before October 24th for the first round of submissions.

After applications are reviewed, 30 Finalists will be selected. Those finalists will then have to send in a one-minute video by November 1st to show why they are best poised to run a campaign.

The winner will be announced on November 5th with the campaign that the grant is being used for needing to be done before December 31st.

"We're excited for the opportunity to help three new organizations that have never done a crowdfunding campaign," said Moshe Hecht, Chief Innovation Officer of Charidy."We want them to serve as an example for other organizations that a successful crowdfunding campaign can be possible for them too."

Visit Ducks in a Row Matching Grant Competition. to apply or watch our video https://youtu.be/YAnsxaTJGdk

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Brooklyn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 06/28/2019 -- Charidy's new promo video (click here to watch) shows, if you are on the Charidy App, you're in good company. We wanted to take a moment to spotlight some of the incredible organizations currently enrolled and using the Charidy App. Check out our features below:

Kahn Academy: Khan Academy's mission is to provide a FREE, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Students practice at their own pace, first filling in gaps in their understanding and then accelerating their learning. Created by experts, Khan Academy's library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more. It's all free for learners and teachers. Pretty incredible, right?!

Rise Against Hunger: Rise Against Hunger is driven by the vision of a world without hunger. Their mission is to end hunger in this lifetime by providing food and life-changing aid to the world's most vulnerable and creating a global commitment to mobilize the necessary resources. WOW!

Met Council: The Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty is the voice of the Jewish poor and the first line of defense for their community's needy. They are proud to fight poverty through comprehensive social services. Met Council provides comprehensive social services to aid, sustain, and empower more than 225,000 poor and near-poor New Yorkers.

Chesapeake Conservancy: Chesapeake Conservancy believes that the Chesapeake is a national treasure that should be accessible for everyone and a place where wildlife can thrive. They are conservation entrepreneurs that use technology to enhance the pace and quality of conservation to help build parks, trails and public access sites.

Blue Sphere Foundation: Blue Sphere Foundation works to safeguard the planet's oceans, halting the destruction of threatened marine species and habitats. They go where there are urgent threats and critical resource gaps, and act quickly to establish the necessary groundwork for others to join in. They believe art and media are essential tools to spark curiosity and inspire action. Pretty amazing!

Habitat for Humanity: Habitat for Humanity partners with people in every community, and all over the world, to help build or improve a place people in need can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families.

Play 4 Autism: Play4Autism is a NYC based organization that seeks to increase the public's awareness and acceptance of autism, while improving the quality of life and hope for children. They help improve the self-esteem & social interaction of children who are on the spectrum, through interactive activities in a healthy, loving and accepting environment. This physical activity is used to increase their communication and leadership skills plus teach them how to sustain regular lifelong physical activity as a foundation for a healthy, productive and fulfilling life.

St. Louis Children's Choir: St. Louis Children's Choirs includes about 450 talented young singers (ages 6 to 18) from more than 200 schools and 85 zip codes in Missouri and Illinois who bring their artistry and love of classical, sacred, contemporary, and world music to the concert stage for everyone to enjoy.

We hope you enjoyed reading about these incredible organizations that we have been so lucky to partner with. Our mission here at Charidy is support and enable organizations to spread the word about their cause and through the Charidy App, donating is easier than ever.

About Charidy
Driven by our mission to empower every individual to create a better world we've hosted over 2,100 campaigns to help over 1,400 nonprofits raise more than $500 million from over 750,000 donors with a success rate 99 percent! Learn more or start your campaign today @ Charidy.com

Charidy
1002 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
charidy.com

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Brooklyn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 05/27/2019 -- The team at Charidy is thrilled to announce its next bold initiative to further our commitment to building a better world for all people…and by all people! The new Charidy for Personal Causes is a ground-breaking project that will provide a new, innovative approach to connecting those in need with those who want to help them, in the most transparent and immediate way possible.

This new platform is unique in that not just any personal cause can be promoted. This selectivity sets it apart from similar platforms and evolves from Charidy's belief in empowering those who can, and should succeed.

Charidy, launched in 2013, has accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge in just how a cause penetrates the emotional barrier of a prospective donor who, lacking a personal connection to the cause, would otherwise not be compelled to give. Our ability to push past a personal network and into the wider community of donors worldwide, is what establishes us in a Giving Market entirely separate and distinct from any other before it.

After almost six years of committed and consistent success in the fundraising and social impact space - accumulated through partnerships with over 4000 non-profit organizations and over $750,000,000 raised - Charidy has identified three critical components that qualify a personal cause for success, and without which a campaign is far less likely to succeed. This includes: cause, community, and trust.

Cause
It might seem like common sense that, in order for a giving campaign to succeed, its first and foremost needs a compelling cause. Yet, when scrolling or clicking through other crowdfunding platforms, there is an abundance of campaigns falling flat for one overt and obvious factor: they haven't established a reason to give. For a personal cause campaign to succeed in crossing the chasm that exists between one's personal networks and the global community - the cause or the 'why' behind the ask – must be such that it motivates, inspires and compels a complete stranger to give away their hard-earned and much-needed financial resources to support something to which they owe nothing and will likely never be personally affected by. In order to achieve this, a campaign must express a truly human need, one that anyone and everyone can relate to on some level. Second, the donor should be able to immediately understand that there is an absolute and honest need for help and that the campaign proprietor has no alternative means to raise these critical funds. And third, it should be evident to prospective donors that the cause is helpless… but hopeful. This implies that the cause of the need has a clearly designed solution - an end goal that only these funds can supply - and the prospective donor's specific and timely contribution is essential to resolving this need. Only when meeting these requirements, can a cause build a strong enough narrative to rise above the tide of countless personal cause stories and stir within the community a necessary outpouring of support.

Community
The second component consistent across successful giving campaigns is their core community. Rarely will a giving campaign succeed without a core network, or community, of supporters who will give to the cause in a compressed period of time which allows critical and necessary momentum to build. After all, without momentum, a campaign can ever reach its tipping point, where the intersection of need and give is such that the message is amplified by a cascade of donation, catapulting a campaign to the far reaches of its most engendered success. These communities are found within the immediate network of the giving campaign proprietor, and can take the form of a religious community, family and friends, work colleagues, community leaders or any other immediate circle of supporters available. In leveraging this core network of supporters, momentum can be built up to the point that a giving campaign can and will cross that crucial tipping point from its proprietor's limited networks into the wider community. This is the mark of a successful and worthy campaign.

Trust
When appealing to the wider community for financial support, it is important to consider that when making a financial contribution to a cause, donors are demonstrating a level of trust in the campaign and its proprietor. For a campaign to be truly successful in compelling the wider community to contribute, it must be credible - it must inspire and instil trust. Donors cannot be expected to contribute to a cause lacking trustworthiness in messaging. This would include the stated need, the attainable solution and information regarding the message bearer, or proprietor, themselves. The credibility of, and trust in, your campaign can be cultivated through a number of methods including, but not limited to: sharing references or testimonial statements from respected members of the community, news reports or features published by local media outlets, and the support of influencers through sharing the campaign across online and offline platforms. In our experience, an individual's cause – such as fundraising after the loss of a loved one - faces higher than average scepticism despite its credibility, in light of well-intentioned concerns over the effective distribution and management of funds. But, a tremendous degree of integrity is assured when the campaign proprietor can represent honestly that, with the assistance of a third-party professional consultant regarding the employment of funds, distribution will be transparent and fully aligned with the campaigns stated goals. And in turn a stranger will be more likely to give.

In combining and leveraging these three core components, a campaign is immeasurably more likely to inspire a wider community, outside those in proprietor's own network, to contribute and, as a result, ensure a successful giving campaign. And our newly formed partnership with Times of Israel will push inspiration, success, and the Giving Market for personal cause crowdfunding to its next stage of effective and widespread social impact. Because at Charidy we truly believe that everyone deserves a raise. To start a personal cause fundraiser visit https://www.charidy.com/personal-cause

Charidy
1002 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
charidy.com

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Brooklyn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/05/2018 -- St. Andrew's Cathedral School (SACS) in Sydney has been honored with the 2018 "Educate Plus Advancement Award for the Best Fundraising Campaign – Annual Giving" for their June, 2018, Charidy capital campaign. The campaign aimed to raise $120,000 AUS. The school hit this target in just over the first hour of the campaign. In total, the school's 24-hour campaign brought in over $500,000.

"This campaign was a brave new step to embrace change, incite participation and create urgency to give," said an Educate Plus spokesperson of the effort. "Thoroughly and thoughtfully planned and researched, this campaign engaged the community well beyond previous levels with its innovative and well-conceived approach... This campaign produced a remarkable outcome of half a million dollars and a school community left buzzing with excitement. A great payoff for a hard working, clear thinking, innovative team."

Educate Plus is the professional organization for Advancement professionals from independent schools and universities in Australia and New Zealand. Every other year Educate Plus holds an international conference and distributes awards across a variety of themes. Over 80 schools were nominated for the awards.

"We're so honored," says Lyn Jarvis, Director of Community Engagement at SACS. "The whole process was very positive and we are so excited that the funds we raised through this campaign will all be able to go towards creating some amazing performing arts opportunities. We are looking forward to honoring our donors."

SACS was founded in 1885 to educate choristers, and is known today for the high quality of its performing arts programming. The school turned to Charidy to raise funds to equip an outdated building, Chapter House, with light and sound suitable for the school's signature musical performances. "Being a city school, space is a premium, and this would provide so many opportunities for the school including using it for events, meetings, information nights and of course performances," Jarvis recounts.

While the school had introduced traditional annual giving four years ago, it had no history of large fundraising or capital campaigns. As such, school leadership was challenged to find a way to interest their community and engage them with a fresh, meaningful campaign. They sought a solution that would be fun, easy for donors, and create a sense of urgency.

"Charidy met those needs," explains Jarvis. "The 24-hour campaign gave everyone a focus, the all-or-nothing format created urgency, the matching donors provided incentive, and the online donation page was easy to use. The Charidy process allowed us to individualize and build our campaign in a way that our community could make it their own and be really involved."

The school made the campaign extra special by tapping into some friendly inter-house rivalry: the house that donated the most money earned the right to name a gargoyle that adorns Chapter House. "St Paul's house won and the gargoyle was dubbed Salty Griffin. Salty is in honour of our long-serving Head of House, Michael Sahlstrom," Jarvis said.

Charidy, founded in 2013, is a fundraising and crowdfunding solution that has worked with thousands of nonprofits to craft and execute high-impact, high-urgency campaigns.

Caelan MacBeth, the Charidy campaign manager assigned to SACS recalled the root of their tremendous success: "SACS had multiple advantages going into this campaign that culminated in their award-winning The Next Chapter campaign - a passionate and engaged community, a cause that resonated with alumni, current families, former parents and staff alike, and, above all, a development team that gave their all to build a killer campaign. This, combined with a powerful Charidy model which has proven so effective with schools, resulted in an extremely exciting, if a little dumbfounding 24-hour campaign!"

"We were overwhelmed by the generosity of our parents and alumni and students and staff," reflects Jarvis. "We saw their kindness and their selflessness, and their joyous love of the school in the donations that they gave. The community received a lot of validation of who they truly are through this campaign."

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Brooklyn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 10/05/2018 -- More than thirty organizations, multiple corporate sponsors, and an advisory board of prominent social activists, celebrities, Ambassadors, and influencers have joined together with crowdfunding platform Charidy for the second annual United for Freedom Global Day of Giving to End Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery (UFF 2018). The online giving day will be held from Oct. 16 to 17, 2018, and aims to raise $1 million across all participating organizations in just 24 hours.

"People believe slavery is a memory of our past, or only happens 'over there'. But it's here, it's in your backyard, and it's destroying too many people's lives," says Dr. Melissa Jane Kronfeld, Charidy's Vice President of Development, and a United Nations representative on a range of civil society anti-slavery initiatives. "Last year United for Freedom raised $500,000. This year, we're doubling that impact. That's because the Charidy team is committed to being part of the solution – to help put an end to human trafficking and modern-day slavery once and for all."

UFF 2018's participating organizations include:

Batey Rehab Project
Beauty for Freedom
Rebecca Bender Initiative
BridgeHope
Comision Unidos
Ethical Trade Co
Freedom Network
HEART
Human Thread Foundation
Humanitarian Organisation of Mercy
Justice at Last
Made in a Free World
MeCAHT South Africa
Mekong Club
My Choices Foundation (Operation Red Alert)
Project Dignity Foundation
Refugee Youth Service
Saving Jane
SHADE Movement
SINTRATA
Snehalaya
Survivor's Ink

United for Freedom's Advisory Board representatives include:

Brooke Axtell - Founder, She Is Rising
Rochel Leah Bernstein - Founder, Child Safety Pledge
Jeffrey D. Brown - Director, SOLD
Luis C. DeBaca - Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
David Dietz - Social Entrepreneur, Impact Investor
Nathaniel Erb - Erb & Associates Policy Firm
Romy Hawatt - CEO & Founder, Riana Group
Duncan Jepson - Founder, Liberty Global
Rachel Lloyd - Founder, GEMS (Girls Educational and Mentoring Services)
Seirah Royin - Producer, SOLD
April Tam Smith - Managing Director, Equity Derivatives, Morgan Stanley
Allison Trowbridge - CEO, Copper Publishing House
Shandra Woworuntu - Co-Founder, Voices of Hope

Part technology platform, part fundraising consultancy, part marketing agency, Charidy's unique approach to crowdfunding includes a tight timeframe (typically 12-36 hours), matching funders (high-level donors who ensure that every donation is doubled, tripled, or quadrupled), and the option of an "all or nothing" approach to drive momentum and dollars raised. To-date, Charidy has helped more than 1500 organizations raise over $550 million from over 750,000 donors. While two-thirds of crowdfunding campaigns fail, Charidy's 99% campaign success rate makes them the most successful nonprofit crowdfunding platform on the market. Charidy's Giving Days, in which multiple organizations come together to collectively raise awareness and funding in the signature Charidy style, amplifies this success - and the impact it creates - exponentially.

"It was an excellent learning experience that exceeded our expectations," said Ayla Merino Zezatti, Director of Commission Against Human Trafficking, of last year's United for Freedom Global Day of Giving. "Thanks to [United for Freedom] we were able to expand our donor base and substantially increase our social media impact."

Learn more about United for Freedom here and at: https://www.charidy.com/unitedforfreedom

Press inquiries should be directed to: endslavery@charidy.com

Individuals and organizations interested in getting involved should email: endslavery@charidy.com.

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Brooklyn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/27/2018 -- Yehuda Gurwitz, CEO of nonprofit fundraising consultancy and crowdfunding platform Charidy, recently returned from a gathering of social impact entrepreneurs, government officials, and prominent philanthropists who gathered for the Global Sustainability Conference in Tivat, Montenegro. The conference is the annual gathering of The Global Sustainability Network, founded by Raza Jafar; the Balkans Chapter which hosted the event is headed by Romy Hawatt. This year it brought together a variety of leaders together to discuss human rights, modern-day slavery, human and organ trafficking, sustainable economic growth and sustainable tourism in the Balkan region. Mr. Gurwitz was among those represented; the conference is just one of many efforts he is taking to make meaningful change.

"Words without action is meaningless," says Gurwitz. "This is what I spoke about at the conference, and what I try to embody in my own life and with the team at Charidy."

On Oct. 16, 2018, Charidy is hosting the second annual United for Freedom: The Global Day of Giving to End Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery. Last year, United for Freedom raised over $500,000. This year, with more than thirty participating organizations, Yehuda Gurwitz and the Charidy team aim to double that impact, raising at least $1 MIL across all the organizations in just 24 hours.

"I really believe that if people out there connect with the issue emotionally, they will care. And act. So, we help people connect with the issues and give them the tools to act," explains Gurwitz.

Deeply involved in nonprofits from a young age, Gurwitz is passionate about using technology to solve social issues and ultimately increase philanthropic giving worldwide. The Charidy team and platform are helping him bring this vision to fruition.

What started for Gurwitz with a personal cause campaign has blossomed into a crowdfunding phenomenon. To-date, Charidy has helped more than 1500 organizations raise over $500 MIL from hundreds of thousands of donors. While two-thirds of crowdfunding campaigns fail, Charidy's 99% campaign success rate makes them the most successful nonprofit crowdfunding platform on the market.

"We want to make things happen. Awareness without action doesn't do it. With Charidy, we can move people beyond intentions and into doing real good in the world," Gurwitz adds.

Visit http://www.charidy.com to read more about the company and see the current live campaigns.

About Charidy
Charidy is a crowdfunding and fundraising website that allows users to create campaigns for charity and nonprofit organizations. We value innovation, love, community, truth and high standards and we want to make sure that we uphold these principles for years to come.We encourage all of our customers to join us in protecting and upholding these values and making a more giving world.

Charidy
1002 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
347-565-4943
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Brooklyn, NY -- (ReleaseWire) -- 09/21/2018 -- Part tech platform, part fundraising consultancy, part marketing agency, Charidy's unique approach to crowdfunding is disrupting the nonprofit sector and delivering big wins for its clients. To-date, Charidy has helped more than 1500 organizations raise over $500 MIL from hundreds of thousands of donors. While two-thirds of crowdfunding campaigns fail, Charidy's 99% campaign success rate makes them the most successful nonprofit crowdfunding platform on the market.

CEO Yehuda Gurwitz founded Charidy in 2013, with a mission to revolutionize how nonprofits raise capital. Deeply involved in nonprofits from a young age, Yehuda is passionate about using technology to solve social issues and ultimately increase philanthropic giving worldwide. The Charidy team and platform are bringing this vision to fruition, with clients from every issue area spanning six continents - and no signs of slowing.

"At Charidy, we're not just giving people the ability to give - we're giving them a reason to give," says Gurwitz.

Charidy's formula includes a tight timeframe (typically 12-36 hours), matchers (high-level donors who ensure that every donation day-of is doubled, tripled, or quadrupled), and the option of an "all or nothing" approach. Campaign sizes have ranged from a few thousand to over $6 MIL.

Regardless of dollars raised, each nonprofit team works with a Charidy campaign manager to walk through a seven-step process in which they set assertive but attainable goals, hone their story and messaging, and effectively rally staff, board members, volunteers, and every level of donor on campaign day. Most clients report seeing a 35% rise in new donors after the campaign, and many feel the momentum continue in their donor base long after.

The process is intended to take the guesswork and accidental feel out of crowdfunding. "We effectively reverse-engineer viral campaigns," explains Chief Innovation Officer Moshe Hecht, who was named the NonProfitPRO Technology Professional of the Year in 2017.

Charidy is best known for these high-urgency, high-impact campaigns, but the company offers a range of other services that stem from their core model. Charidy Creative is the company's internal agency, specializing in nonprofit branding and marketing services. The company is expanding to offer a range of customizable digital assets, such as a dinner platform for gala events. A Charidy app is also in the works, applying the ease and convenience of money management apps like Mint to the charitable giving space.

Additionally, Charidy clients have seen enormous success not just with individual campaigns, but with giving days, coordinating and elevating the collective fundraising efforts of a group of nonprofits towards a single, more significant fundraising goal. For instance, the Raise Toronto Giving Day in April of 2017 raised 150% of its goal for schools in that city, landing at over $3 MIL. Last year, the United for Freedom (UFF) Global Giving Day raised over $500,000 to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery. This year, Charidy hosts the second annual UFF Giving Day on Oct. 16, aiming to double last year's goal and reach $1 MIL.

UFF is also part of Charidy's commitment to corporate social responsibility and taking a stand for not only their clients' missions, but those that the company cares about. "We have the potential to raise a lot more awareness on this issue," says Gurwitz of the anti-human trafficking movement. "And the greater the awareness, the greater the inspiration to act."

That action is ultimately at the heart of Charidy's mission. And it continues to make impact on Charidy's team and clients alike.

About Charidy
Charidy is a crowdfunding and fundraising website that allows users to create campaigns for charity and nonprofit organizations. We value innovation, love, community, truth and high standards and we want to make sure that we uphold these principles for years to come.We encourage all of our customers to join us in protecting and upholding these values and making a more giving world.

Charidy
1002 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY 11238
347-565-4943
https://www.charidy.com

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