AmericanTowns has been around since 2000 as an online community network covering all of the cities and towns across the United States.
Over the years we’ve worked with many non-profits and one theme kept bubbling up. The David and Goliath story of small local non-profits doing important work in the communities but struggling to get enough awareness and donations in the face of large national non-profits with big marketing budgets.
Our Promise was simple: Use the power of our hyperlocal platform to match potential local donors with local non-profits in order to strengthen communities across the United States.
How does it work? We engage with non-profits and ask them what they are trying to raise money for and how much they need, and then we use our platform to put that need in front of local residents.
When you donate, our partner Pledgeling takes it from there. Why? Their payment and disbursement processing is secure, compliant, and efficient. Pledgeling also verifies each 501(c)(3) nonprofit before allowing money to be collected on its behalf, so donations only go to legitimate recipients.
Right now we’re testing the platform in several counties across the US and hope to roll out nationwide soon.
-The Promise Local Team