Google launches Android app to funnel $1 at a time toward good causes

Google launches charity app to funnel $1 at a time toward good causes | VentureBeat:

• Google has officially launched One Today, an Android app that puts the spotlight on great charities and lets you give $1 at a time.
• The whole premise helps to eliminate a few roadblocks that stand between your money and deserving nonprofits.

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You don’t have to be a hero to be a helper

Idealist Blog » Blog Archive » You don’t have to be a hero to be a helper:

• Back in April, we posted about professor Adam Grant’s endless capacity for helping and his research on the positive effects of generosity. We also listed some ways to get ahead by giving from Grant’s new book “Give and Take.” One thing we haven’t talked about, though, is the underlying feeling that may keep many of us from boarding the give-and-gain train.

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Report: 2012 Charitable Giving Grew Almost 4%, Corporate Donations Grew 12%

Giving USA Report: 2012 Charitable Giving Grew Almost 4%, Corporate Donations Grew 12% | Case Foundation:

• Individual charitable giving in the United States grew almost 4 percent last year, while corporate donations rose at triple that rate, according to a report that shows donations by Americans to nonprofit groups mirroring the slow recovery of the larger economy.
• Overall, U.S. donations to bolster the arts, health, religion and other activities totaled $316.2 billion in 2012, a 3.5 percent increase from the $305.5 billion donated in 2011, according to the report, "Giving USA." That was just a 1.5 percent increase when adjusted for inflation.

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