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	<title>Comments on: Org of the Month: SEDA</title>
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		<title>By: nonprofitSherpa</title>
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		<description>In response to your search for partners in fundraising, I would like to share echoDonations.org with SEDA. 

We have developed a fundraising method that allows donors to give donations starting at $25 and receive Lifetime Cash Rewards for their contribution. Money donated through echoDonations.org is put into a Charitable Mutual Fund, which earns interest every year. The interest earned is either split between the donor and the charity, or given all to the charity (depending on what the donor chooses) every year. This allows charities to receive annual funds year after year without any doubts, and increases the endowment fund as well. At the end of the donor&#039;s life, the original donation is given to the charity. 

However, nonprofits cannot survive only on interest earned each year, so we also provide a way in which donors can give without investing in a Charitable Mutual Fund. This money is given directly to the charity, not put into a fund to earn interest.

Our goal is to help increase donor loyalty through the cash incentives, as well as ensure annual funding for charities and strengthen their endowment for the future.

I hope you find our new fundraising method exciting and potentially beneficial for your organization. Please feel free to read more about us at www.echoDonations.org.

Michelle
Social Media &amp; Marketing Strategist
echoDonations.org</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to your search for partners in fundraising, I would like to share echoDonations.org with SEDA. </p>
<p>We have developed a fundraising method that allows donors to give donations starting at $25 and receive Lifetime Cash Rewards for their contribution. Money donated through echoDonations.org is put into a Charitable Mutual Fund, which earns interest every year. The interest earned is either split between the donor and the charity, or given all to the charity (depending on what the donor chooses) every year. This allows charities to receive annual funds year after year without any doubts, and increases the endowment fund as well. At the end of the donor&#8217;s life, the original donation is given to the charity. </p>
<p>However, nonprofits cannot survive only on interest earned each year, so we also provide a way in which donors can give without investing in a Charitable Mutual Fund. This money is given directly to the charity, not put into a fund to earn interest.</p>
<p>Our goal is to help increase donor loyalty through the cash incentives, as well as ensure annual funding for charities and strengthen their endowment for the future.</p>
<p>I hope you find our new fundraising method exciting and potentially beneficial for your organization. Please feel free to read more about us at <a href="http://www.echoDonations.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.echoDonations.org</a>.</p>
<p>Michelle<br />
Social Media &amp; Marketing Strategist<br />
echoDonations.org</p>
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