Press Releases

Jolkona and Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Celebrate a Successful Good Deeds Giving Campaign
October 31, 2011
Jolkona, a Seattle-based nonprofit that uses technology to facilitate low-cost, high-impact giving to global philanthropic causes, just finished Good Deeds, a successful giving campaign with multiservice communications agency Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE).

i4JAPAN: Seattle nonprofits launch international campaign in support of young Japanese social leaders and post-3/11 recovery
September 5, 2011
On the 6-month anniversary of the earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan, two Seattle-based nonprofits, Jolkona and iLEAP, are partnering to launch i4Japan, a site that allows users to give directly to projects in Japan.

Seattle Nonprofits and Groupon’s G-Team Partner to Support Women's Empowerment
July 26, 2011
Jolkona, a Seattle-based nonprofit that uses technology to facilitate low-cost, high-impact giving to global philanthropic causes, is launching a campaign in partnership with the Seattle International Foundation (SIF) and iLEAP: The Center for Critical Service, to promote and support global women’s leadership. The campaign will be kicked off with a Groupon G-Team (www.groupon.com/g-team) deal that will run from July 26-28.

New Year, New Changes for Jolkona Foundation
February 1, 2011
Jolkona Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that uses technology to facilitate low-cost, high-impact giving to global philanthropic causes, is celebrating the contributions they made in 2010 and announcing organizational changes for 2011.

Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Partners With Jolkona to Double the Impact
September 13, 2010
Multiservice communications agency Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (WE) is partnering with Jolkona Foundation, a Seattle-based nonprofit that uses technology to facilitate low-cost, high-impact giving to global philanthropic causes, on a matching grant campaign called MatchED.

Jolkona Celebrates One Year Anniversary, Launches Improved Website
JULY 14, 2010
Jolkona celebrates $50,000 raised to date, first anniversary, and launches redesigned website that makes global giving simpler, more engaging.

Pan-Am-Via-Van
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009
The ultimate road trip: Alaska to Argentina, pole to pole, 20,000 miles of the Pan American Highway, 105 degrees of latitude, 18 countries, five languages, one couple, and two dogs, in a 23-year-old giant 4-wheeled toaster without air-conditioning.

Jolkona Foundation Now Covers US Projects
AUGUST 25, 2009
Jolkona Foundation now allows donors to give to projects in the United States.

Jolkona Foundation focuses on the big impact of giving back, no matter how small the donation
JUNE 22, 2009
Jolkona Foundation focuses on the big impact of giving back, no matter how small the donation. Web-based community targets younger generation, uses technology tools to connect donors to projects and track project progress.