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Facebook Co-Founder Launches Jumo, a Social Tool for Non-Profits

by Terrence O'Brien on March 19, 2010 at 08:30 AM

Facebook and MyBarackObama Founder Launching Social Tool for Non-Profits
Chris Hughes has a rather impressive resume. While at Harvard, he helped found Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz. After serving as the spokesperson for what become one of the most popular social networks on the Web, Hughes was hired by the Obama campaign to help coordinate its online efforts, resulting in My.BarackObama.com (MyBO). Now Hughes is taking his knack for building top-notch social networking tools and political connections to build Jumo, a Web site for philanthropic and charitable organizations to connect with donors and volunteers.

Many non-profits lack the funds to hire outside consultants to manage their new media presence and instead rely on fairly rudimentary tools like the 'Causes' app on Facebook. Jumo, which means "together in concert" in the West African language Yoruba, aims to offer a deeper interaction beyond placing a badge on a page or donating $10 with a debit card. Details are still fairly limited, but it's safe to expect Jumo will have a strong focus on information dispersal and organizing volunteers, similar to MyBO.

For now, Jumo has a simple information gathering site in place that asks you to fill out a (rather odd) survey and register your e-mail to receive updates in the future. Hughes told the Wall Street Journal he expects the service to have a proper launch in either September or October. Judging from his past successes, we expect Jumo be a hit. [From: Wall Street Journal]

Tags: charity, jumo, non profit, non-profit, NonProfit, philanthropy, social networking, SocialNetworking, top, web

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