In early December, I traveled to Miami with Danna “PowerSellingMom” Crawford to help at-risk young men become entrepreneurs by selling their own line of streetwear through eBay Giving Works. We worked with Empowered Youth, a community-based nonprofit that works with local courts to provide a second chance for  young men who are or have been inside the Miami-Dade Juvenile Justice…

Hurricane Sandy, the largest storm to hit the East Coast in a generation, made landfall in New Jersey on October 29. Its impact was devastating: more than 100 fatalities have been reported across the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and throughout the Caribbean, millions are stranded without power, and flooding and snowstorms are widespread. New York City bore…

Update: In an email to employees Nov. 7, eBay Inc. President and CEO John Donahoe said: “In just a few days, customers donated more than $350,000 to relief organizations, including the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and the Humane Society of the USA – all enabled by eBay and PayPal. And the eBay Foundation is…

With another school year just around the corner, eBay is partnering with Family Giving Tree to support their Back to School Drive. The campaign helps underserved children in the Bay Area get the supplies they need to succeed academically. Part of a several-year relationship with the Family Giving Tree that includes an annual holiday giving…

We announced this morning that eBay buyers and sellers generated a record $63 million in 2011 for charitable causes. Donating an average of $120 a minute, donations in 2011 experienced a 15 percent increase over the prior year. In addition, PayPal processed $3 billion in transactions for more than 200,000 nonprofit organizations, a 31 percent…

Why should eBay sellers participate in eBay Giving Works? I’ll tell you…

eBay has acquired MissionFish – the innovative technology and team that powers the eBay Giving Works program – from the Points of Light Institute.

Stand Up To Cancer and eBay Giving Works are working together again to offer charity auction experience packages in Film, Television, Music, Broadway and Sports that will raise funds for innovative cancer research. The Stand Up To Cancer eBay Charity Auction opened yesterday afternoon and will run until Friday, September 17, 2010 at 7pm EST….

In what can only be described as remarkable, the eBay community has surpassed the $200 million mark for cumulative funds raised with eBay Giving Works since 2003. This represents year-over-year double digit growth. How it works: eBay Giving Works enables eBay users to support their favorite causes whenever they buy and sell. Today the program…

eBay Giving Works and MissionFish, eBay’s nonprofit service provision partner, received a Cause Marketing Halo Award in the Best Transactional Campaign category, which honors campaigns that generate donations via consumer activity. Micki Sever, manager of eBay Giving Works marketing programs, and Sean Milliken, CEO of MissionFish, accepted the award at an event in Chicago on…