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Posted on: Wednesday, March 16th, 2011



Evening Standard profiles JustGiving


If you ever wonder how – and why – we do what we do here at JustGiving, then you’ve got to read this. In today’s Evening Standard, Chris Blackhurst recounts his recent interview with JustGiving’s co-founder and CEO, Zarine Kharas.

Their conversation delves right to the heart – and head – of JustGiving’s mission and business model.  Why did Zarine (along with co-founder Anne-Marie Huby and some really smart, socially-minded investors) start the UK’s first online fundraising platform way back in 2000?  Why didn’t they follow a not-for-profit business model? What value do charities really get out of JustGiving?  And, most importantly, does it work?

We think it does. After all, it’s helped over 13 million of you amazing people out there raise an incredible £900 million for charity over the past ten years.

After speaking with Zarine, the Evening Standard’s Blackhust writes: “Not many firms would do [what JustGiving does]… If there’s an organisation that fits into the new ideal of softer, more socially concerned capitalism, this is it.”

Find out why. Read the full interview in today’s Evening Standard.

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  • Anonymous

    There are indeed the charities which are not able to be fast paced and do not attract the best talents because they lack a competitive pay offering and then there are the large international organizations such as FAO, of the United Nations which offer lavish pay and exaggerated benefit packages on top of tax exemption to staff, do not recruit the best talents, are slow paced, and these characteristics are widely documented by several costly independent evaluations.
    The number of those going hungry under FAO’s watch has risen consistently over the past 60 years of its existence to now 1billion. DFID has now decided to put the organization on a watch list with regard to value for money but it will continue funding it through the EC which contributes 1 billion Euro p.a. to its budget in addition to the voted contributions!!!