ABOUT US:

Crowdrise is about giving back, raising tons of money for charity and having the most fun in the world while doing it. Crowdrise is way more fun than anything else aside from being all nervous about trying to kiss a girl for the first time and her not saying something like 'you've got to be kidding me.'

The Crowdrise community was named a “Top 25 Best Global Philanthropist” by Barron’s. We're trying to keep Crowdrise a secret so please don't tell anyone but know that, as soon as you Sign Up (which is free and takes all of 8 seconds), you'll be a part of something really special.

The Crowdrise site is a unique blend of online fundraising, crowdsourcing, social networking, contests, and other nice stuff. If you don't understand anything on the site, please check out the How It Works Page or How it Works Video or just ask any fifteen year old.

If you have nothing else to do please read this month by month chronology which includes lots of real and made up highlights about Crowdrise...

September 2009
The Crowdrise team, which includes Edward Norton, Shauna Robertson and Robert and Jeffro Wolfe, created a super unique campaign to raise money for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust during the New York City Marathon. A couple of us also ran the marathon which was awesome and we're fairly certain we own the record for the most number of incredibly subtle yet effective complaints during our training.

October 2009
We raised $1.2 million for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust in less than 8 weeks, much of it from small donors who gave more than once, making it one of the top fundraising success stories of the marathon. And, it was all really, really fun.

November 2009
The site we built for the marathon was so impactful, so incredible, that we decided to take it to a whole new level and open it up to everyone. The concept was to create an innovative web platform where millions of individuals can use the best tools and technology to raise money for over a million different charities, and where charitable organizations can start events, team fundraisers, and turn their base of grassroots supporters into a base grassroots fundraisers.

December 2009
Quintas at Crowdrise spent the entire month of December writing this. We're including it only because he worked so hard on it but you probably should skip it… “Our goal at Crowdrise is to make fundraising so fun and addicting that everyone wants to do more of it. The power of the crowd is real, lots of small donations really do add up, and the Crowdrise community can have a monumental impact on causes around the world.”

January 2010
One of Crowdrise's awesome customer service people, who prefers to remain anonymous but his name is Falco, got a bracelet from his girlfriend's parents for Christmas. He thought they were joking but they weren't.

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