Fund Duel™ - The Social Media Fundraising Platform Debuts at Beverly Hills Fundraiser MIMPA Benefit to Support Shelter Partnership, Inc.
"Sharing the Power of Fundraising Beyond the Ballroom"
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Fund Duel ™ – a revolutionary fundraising platform that promotes charities and raises funds through digital/viral and social media, will partner with the Multicultural International Motion Picture Association's (MIMPA) at the 10th Annual Lady in Red Diamond Rose Awards.
The event will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA, on February 15th, 2019 marking the first collaborative event and demonstrating the power of the Fund Duel fundraising platform. This year's festivities will be hosted by Emmy® Award Winning Actor/Entertainer, Obba Babatunde and honor ten phenomenal women from various industries who make diversity and inclusion a part of their respective creative projects. This year's beneficiary, Shelter Partnership, Inc. 501(3)c organization that advocates for the homeless, will receive a portion of proceeds raised from the gala with thanks to Fund Duel's fundraising platform and event sponsors.
Fund Duel is an end-to-end platform solution that puts the FUN back in fundraising through a most innovative, gamified online dashboard. Participants are encouraged to post their own challenge video or image for the campaign they are supporting. Fund Duel streamlines campaigns in a dueling/contest and prize-winning environment, allowing the spirit of gamification and social media to generate huge awareness, raise funds and achieve success to any charity no matter what the point of entry. Companies and individuals can compete to raise funds for one charity or challenge each other to raise funds for different charities. Competition and the opportunity to win prizes from gift cards, sponsored product, celebrity meet & greets to the yearly jackpot of $62,000, which will continue to increase. This model has proven to drive social media sharing and increase donations.
"Fund Duel works well with existing fundraising programs, events and activities that a celebrity, charity, corporation, church/school group, community initiative is working on. It helps accelerate the excitement that can go into fundraising," says Linda Hansen, CEO and co-Founder of Fund Duel. "It's a privilege to bring the power of our new platform to Gail and her firm, Gibson Public Relations in association with MIMPA and this outstanding annual fundraising event that will benefit Shelter Partnership, Inc. 501(3) c."
The platform itself is flexible, interactive, user-friendly, and secure. Unlike other web-based fundraising platforms that solicit one-off click and donate campaigns and traditional models such as the production of expensive events/galas, Fund Duel makes fundraising FUN, memorable, relevant and sustainable – all while saving costs and time.
"There's never been anything like this – that literally streamlines the entire process from concept to donations," shared Gail Gibson, CEO of Gibson Public Relations and producer of the MIMPA Gala. "The Fund Duel sponsorship and partnership to help us raise money is game-changing and we're excited that we'll have the ability to raise money from thousands of people that might not be able to attend our event on February 15th. This puts the entire event and the chance to support Shelter Partnership in the social media and digital hands of thousands across the country. The gamification and challenge aspect of this platform makes it fun and encourages people to get involved. We're excited to watch our message amplify and go viral."
An estimated $410.02 billion was given to charitable causes in 2017 and online donations are growing twice as fast as offline and that is where Fund Duel innovative platform capitalizes on this exponential growth. The founders of Fund Duel recognize that this is a new and powerful way to put the power in the hands of the masses and raise funds for different causes around the world.
In the next six months, they are launching over a dozen campaigns for charities, corporations and organizations that feature a wide array of unconventional challenges - lip-sync battles, basketball dunking competitions, creating a human pyramid, silly-string surprise attacks, video and photo messages - that participants will perform and upload to the Fund Duel platform on the designated charities' pages and share with their social communities. By onboarding influencers, celebrities, VIP's, business leaders, media figures and those with heavy social media presence, these campaigns will catch on and challenge thousands to participate and compete to raise money for their favorite charities.
To create your own Fund Duel campaign, simply click on: www.FundDuel.com and get started. Coordinators are standing by to support creative ideas, process and marketing initiatives to help grow and amplify all campaigns.
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