Tuesday, February 15, 2011

The Story Behind FundGiving



FundGiving founder (and life-long do-gooder) Amy Wolanski credits her passion for non-profits -- and a beehive – for inspiring the idea. A friend, moved by the work Amy was doing with Flying Kites Global www.flyingkitesglobal.org (a non-profit dedicated to improving the care of children), desperately wanted to help fundraise but was just not cut out for making the ask. When a woman offered the friend a $250 Flying Kites Global donation for removing a pesky beehive, an idea was born.

Knowing that FundGiving could be the solution non-for-profit and for-profit causes needed to make it through the economic rough spot, Amy made a pact with co-founder Anne Taormina to bring the idea to life as soon as possible. And here we are!