Techli recently profiled
Altruist, a Denver startup that brings crowdfunding and philanthropy together.
Excerpt:
One evening on Twitter, I met a guy named Jared Janes from Denver. He’s 26 and has big ideas on how he can make an impact on the world. Truth be told, you’re probably a lot like him. You work hard and want to make a difference. But when you’re young, how do you make an impact? When you don’t have a lot of extra cash to donate to your favorite charitable organizations, creating change can be a daunting task. And if you’re a startup entrepreneur, you don’t have a lot of free time to volunteer, either. But, you might have at least $1 a month, right?
That’s why Janes started
Altruist. It’s a crowdsourced approach to giving that is looking to unite a diverse community of individuals to promote and fund charities. "A lot of the successes we’ve seen with Kickstarter, small donations in large amounts, really can create a crazy amount of change," said Janes. "I’ve never been in a comfortable place in my career to be able to put a significant amount of money to a charity and feel like I could make a difference."
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