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What is Just Giving?
Just Giving was started in early 2000 by Zarine Kharas and Anne-Marie Huby, with a simple vision. They wanted to use the power of the internet to enable people to raise far more for charities, easily and cost-effectively.
They created the UK's first online fundraising business. Over the past 11 years, JustGiving has changed the face of charitable giving in the UK:
On average, charities in the UK spend between 15p and 25p to raise every new £1 by traditional means such as direct mail and street fundraising. Reclaiming Gift Aid is also costly, and many charities do not even try. The Charities Aid Foundation estimates that over £700m in Gift Aid continues to lie unclaimed every year. JustGiving reduces costs on both fronts, which is why charities find it such good value for money.
What do we do with the fees we charge?Since our launch, we have invested over £14m in technology alone. We are 72-strong, including 35 engineers and web specialists, and 15 customer service and charity support people. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually quite a small team to look after our 13 million users, thousands of charities and 37 servers (the powerful big computers that run the website). Read more
They created the UK's first online fundraising business. Over the past 11 years, JustGiving has changed the face of charitable giving in the UK:
- charities have raised more through JustGiving than any other site, some £770m in all
- more charities use JustGiving than any other fundraising service;
12,000 charities have benefitted, and in a typical month 220 new ones join up - every month, 42,000 people create a new fundraising page on JustGiving.
On average, charities in the UK spend between 15p and 25p to raise every new £1 by traditional means such as direct mail and street fundraising. Reclaiming Gift Aid is also costly, and many charities do not even try. The Charities Aid Foundation estimates that over £700m in Gift Aid continues to lie unclaimed every year. JustGiving reduces costs on both fronts, which is why charities find it such good value for money.
What do we do with the fees we charge?Since our launch, we have invested over £14m in technology alone. We are 72-strong, including 35 engineers and web specialists, and 15 customer service and charity support people. It sounds like a lot, but it's actually quite a small team to look after our 13 million users, thousands of charities and 37 servers (the powerful big computers that run the website). Read more