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Causecast partners with Architecture for Humanity, Global Green, and Rebuilding Together
We’re proud to announce that we are now partnered with 4 additional nonprofit organizations in the realm of text-to-give. In the next coming days, you will be able to donate $10 to each of these nonprofit organizations via text-to-give.
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text GREEN to 85944 to donate $10 |
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text BUILD to 85944 to donate $10 |
| text AFHBUILD to 85944 to donate $10 |
$65,000 raised by Malaria No More during BCS College Football Games
Malaria No More (MNM) is determined to end malaria deaths. One of MNM’s primary tools to combat the deadly disease is to provide families and children with malaria bed nets that cost $10. MNM came to Causecast with their television opportunity with Fox Sports during the 2010 Bowl Championship Series (BCS). Causecast got MNM up and running in less than 3 days, and helped collect over 5,000 malaria bed nets through keyword “NET.” Causecast also helped MNM develop an online widget, and review the televised call-to-action scripts.
During the Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl and Orange Bowl, FOX Sports announcers highlighted MNM in before and during the football games.
Causecast worked with MNM to develop a clear and concise script for the Ryan Seacrest PSA. Television viewers were asked to text “NET” to 85944 to donate a $10, the equivalent to a life saving malaria bed net. Even more importantly, donors were reminded to confirm their donation by replying “YES.”
Fox Sports will continue to run the PSA throughout the month of January across all FOX broadcast channels.
If you have any opportunities for video or television, we highly recommend that you watch the MNM Ryan Seacrest PSA. Watch it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWiYslehjKQ
Some television watchers even took to Twitter to help spread the Malaria No More word. A clear and concise PSA gave “Mamacrumps” the comfort and ability to effectively re-broadcast the message to her Twitter followers.
Malaria No More has also done a great job incorporating their text2give keyword into their Twitter account.
RESULTS
By incorporating Causecast Mobile Services, Malaria No More raised over $65,000 from over 6,500 individuals in just 7 days through text2give. Malaria No More also branded keyword “NET” in front of millions of television watchers.
6 Facts About Mobile Giving and Text-to-Give
- The 1st year of mobile giving outpaced the 1st year of online giving.
- Mobile giving does not require a credit card. Up to 1/4 of consumers in the U.S. live without credit cards.
- There are 263 million mobile phone subscribers compared to only 221 million on the internet, and only 112 million households with television.
- 87% of North Americans are mobile subscribers, and 38% of them say their mobile phone is more important than their wallet.
- 96% of US mobile phones are SMS capable.
- Over 84 billion text message are sent each month in the U.S. and over 1 trillion every year.













