When we created the company in 1999, our dream was to enable any charity, however small, to use the web to raise money at very low cost. Almost no one believed it could be done. Nearly ten years later, we are proud to have become the leading online platform for charity giving, helping over 8,000 member charities raise more than £450 million.
Leukaemia Research’s Fundraising Director, Kate White, on why LRF uses JustGiving.
At 8 million and counting, our users are the largest community of online charity supporters in the world.
Our favourite statistic is that 30% of their donations would not have been made without our service.
In 2003, we took our idea to the US and launched FirstGiving, now the fastest-growing member of the family.
We reinvest all our profits in the business, and our investors have yet to get a penny back. We’re very grateful to them for taking a pretty big risk and putting up with losses of £5 million to get us here.
Charities like our model because it’s simple and transparent, freeing them up to concentrate on what matters – whether it’s researching cancer or running the local playgroup. They know that we treat their supporters with respect, promising never to spam them, sell their personal data, or sell them anything. Charity fundraising is all we do.
As well as the website, we’re also real people on the phone and on email, ready to answer your questions and help you out. Yes, we’re really here, in central London - no annoying robots. If you’re in the area you can pop in for a cup of tea and, if you’re lucky, a slice of cake.
Sir Steve Redgrave has raised £1,796,382 for Steve Redgrave Trust
£1.7 millPhil Packer has raised £1,209,800 for Help for Heroes
£1.2 millJane Tomlinson has raised £71,758 for Jane’s Appeal
£71kRichard Hammond has raised £194,375 for Yorkshire Air Ambulance
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