A new company called ProBueno, lets you give back using the best way you know how, your talent. The founders of ProBueno, who are all MIT grads, came up with a creative fund raising technique enabled by technology. Their mission is to make it possible for anyone to make a difference. They encourage you to think of what you’re good at and offer those services to anyone who will make a donation. All you need is a talent and someone else donates to your favorite charity on your behalf. It’s a simple concept.
“We developed ProBueno because we realized how difficult it was to make a difference for the causes we cared about. We could not write a large enough check, or drop everything to volunteer. We felt there should be an easier way for people to use their talents for good.” –Co-founder, Ryan Kabir via TechCrunch
Here’s how ProBueno works:
- Find your favorite non-profit (we have over 1.2 million in our system)
- Tell us what talents you would be willing to offer (it can be anything)
- Share your offer with your friends and ask them to share with their friends
- When someone wants your help (it can be anyone), they make a donation using their credit card on the ProBueno website
- We notify you so that you can work out the logistics of where and when (most of the time, it happens via the phone or video-conference)
- You help them, and we make sure the donation makes it to your favorite charity
