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People across the country, and the world, use Causes to keep up on and influence what happens in government. And every day, our users have the chance to interact with each other online, join a movement, and make their voice heard on the issues that matter. This is an exciting opportunity for everyone to express opinions and share viewpoints. In fact, these kinds of conversations are the essential building blocks of democracy and for bringing about change.
But because people are passionate about their values, it can be easy to forget to treat each other with respect.
That’s why we created Causes’ very own Community Guidelines.
Our goal in creating these Guidelines is to accommodate the broadest range of self-expression, while balancing the need for all members of the Causes Community to be able to use our services safely and enjoyably.
Community Guidelines:
Speak your mind, but keep it respectful.
We are strong advocates of free speech, but we do not tolerate hate speech. Ever. Period. We refuse to support any content that attacks, slanders, or promotes hatred against people or groups based on race/ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, nationality, political affiliation, veteran status, or sexual orientation/gender identity.
Focus on the issues, the policies, and the facts, not personal attacks.
Keep it civil.
We know our content can fuel the fires of debate and disagreement — but no matter how heated things may get, we will not allow any form of bullying or harassment. Be it physical, emotional, and/or digital harassment. This includes predatory behavior, intimidation, invading privacy, revealing other people’s personal information, stalking, name calling, slurs, threatening, and/or inciting violence.
Excessive profanity is not permitted.
Different communities have different guidelines regarding profanity -- i.e., some do not allow it at all -- but across all of our communities, please keep use of profanity within reason.
Keep our community welcoming.
Drawing people into civic conversations is more effective when the environment is welcoming to everyone. Share clear, accurate information in a format that is easy to understand and promotes trust. Polarizing, aggressive political rhetoric might work with people who already agree with your message. But if you want to persuade the two-thirds of Americans who are not regularly participating in political life, you need an open, balanced, and civil approach.
No trolling.
Creating content for the sole purpose of trolling or disrupting the community is not permitted. Creating multiple user names for this purpose is not permitted. As part of this effort, we require all users to confirm their email address with us to ensure that comment posters are real people.*
Keep it real.
We think people should be talking to other people, not bots. We do not allow the use of tools or technologies that may try to pass as a real person. You don't like getting sick, and neither do our computers. Don’t upload content with software viruses or computer code designed to interrupt, destroy or otherwise wreak havoc on other people’s devices.
Don’t be gross.
Sexually explicit, gory, pornographic, violent, or needlessly upsetting content has no place on Causes’ platforms. We know as well as anyone else that emotionally powerful imagery can get a reaction, but if you’re posting to be shocking or inflammatory, you’re crossing the line.
Keep it legal.
Don’t use Causes for any illegal shenanigans. We want you to share your ideas and beliefs. We don’t want you sharing things that violate intellectual property rights — that includes copyright, trademark, plagiarism, and other proprietary rights.
Keep it free.
Causes does not allow our community to use Causes for commercial purposes. No spam. No exceptions.
If you violate these Guidelines, we may remove the offending content, terminate your account, (or in the case of Facebook, ban you from our page) or notify law enforcement. If your account is terminated for violating our Terms of Service or these Guidelines, you may not use Causes again. Please take these Guidelines seriously and honor them in the spirit in which they are intended. We will do our best to enforce them consistently and fairly, and ultimately we’ll try to do what we think is best in each situation.*
Drop us a line at [email protected] if you see someone violating these guidelines or if you are feeling uncomfortable, bullied, harassed, or intimidated in any way.* We are here to help, so please do not hesitate to let us know. Our policy is to take people at their word and engage directly when issues arise. We want our Community to welcome everyone. Everyone belongs here.
Thanks for being a member of our community here at Causes!
- The Causes Team
PS. If you’re interested in helping out and keeping Causes a fair and open home for democracy - apply to join the Causes Cabinet by emailing [email protected]
*The sections followed by (*) were outlined specifically for our website. We have no way of monitoring user activity this closely on a platform such as Facebook, so please be nice.
ANSWER TO BRAIN GAME: Parallel. The horizontal lines appear to be at a slant, but that is only illusion. You can check this by placing a straight edge, like a piece of paper, over part of the image. You can also view it from from side. Have a great day and keep your senses keen!
People across the country, and the world, use Causes to keep up on and influence what happens in government. And every day, our users have the chance to interact with each other online, join a movement, and make their voice heard on the issues that matter. This is an exciting opportunity for everyone to express opinions and share viewpoints. In fact, these kinds of conversations are the essential building blocks of democracy and for bringing about change.
But because people are passionate about their values, it can be easy to forget to treat each other with respect.
That’s why we created Causes’ very own Community Guidelines.
Our goal in creating these Guidelines is to accommodate the broadest range of self-expression, while balancing the need for all members of the Causes Community to be able to use our services safely and enjoyably.
Community Guidelines:
Speak your mind, but keep it respectful.
We are strong advocates of free speech, but we do not tolerate hate speech. Ever. Period. We refuse to support any content that attacks, slanders, or promotes hatred against people or groups based on race/ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, nationality, political affiliation, veteran status, or sexual orientation/gender identity.
Focus on the issues, the policies, and the facts, not personal attacks.
Keep it civil.
We know our content can fuel the fires of debate and disagreement — but no matter how heated things may get, we will not allow any form of bullying or harassment. Be it physical, emotional, and/or digital harassment. This includes predatory behavior, intimidation, invading privacy, revealing other people’s personal information, stalking, name calling, slurs, threatening, and/or inciting violence.
Excessive profanity is not permitted.
Different communities have different guidelines regarding profanity -- i.e., some do not allow it at all -- but across all of our communities, please keep use of profanity within reason.
Keep our community welcoming.
Drawing people into civic conversations is more effective when the environment is welcoming to everyone. Share clear, accurate information in a format that is easy to understand and promotes trust. Polarizing, aggressive political rhetoric might work with people who already agree with your message. But if you want to persuade the two-thirds of Americans who are not regularly participating in political life, you need an open, balanced, and civil approach.
No trolling.
Creating content for the sole purpose of trolling or disrupting the community is not permitted. Creating multiple user names for this purpose is not permitted. As part of this effort, we require all users to confirm their email address with us to ensure that comment posters are real people.*
Keep it real.
We think people should be talking to other people, not bots. We do not allow the use of tools or technologies that may try to pass as a real person. You don't like getting sick, and neither do our computers. Don’t upload content with software viruses or computer code designed to interrupt, destroy or otherwise wreak havoc on other people’s devices.
Don’t be gross.
Sexually explicit, gory, pornographic, violent, or needlessly upsetting content has no place on Causes’ platforms. We know as well as anyone else that emotionally powerful imagery can get a reaction, but if you’re posting to be shocking or inflammatory, you’re crossing the line.
Keep it legal.
Don’t use Causes for any illegal shenanigans. We want you to share your ideas and beliefs. We don’t want you sharing things that violate intellectual property rights — that includes copyright, trademark, plagiarism, and other proprietary rights.
Keep it free.
Causes does not allow our community to use Causes for commercial purposes. No spam. No exceptions.
If you violate these Guidelines, we may remove the offending content, terminate your account, (or in the case of Facebook, ban you from our page) or notify law enforcement. If your account is terminated for violating our Terms of Service or these Guidelines, you may not use Causes again. Please take these Guidelines seriously and honor them in the spirit in which they are intended. We will do our best to enforce them consistently and fairly, and ultimately we’ll try to do what we think is best in each situation.*
Drop us a line at [email protected] if you see someone violating these guidelines or if you are feeling uncomfortable, bullied, harassed, or intimidated in any way.* We are here to help, so please do not hesitate to let us know. Our policy is to take people at their word and engage directly when issues arise. We want our Community to welcome everyone. Everyone belongs here.
Thanks for being a member of our community here at Causes!
- The Causes Team
PS. If you’re interested in helping out and keeping Causes a fair and open home for democracy - apply to join the Causes Cabinet by emailing [email protected]
*The sections followed by (*) were outlined specifically for our website. We have no way of monitoring user activity this closely on a platform such as Facebook, so please be nice.
ANSWER TO BRAIN GAME: Parallel. The horizontal lines appear to be at a slant, but that is only illusion. You can check this by placing a straight edge, like a piece of paper, over part of the image. You can also view it from from side. Have a great day and keep your senses keen!
Overview
Employees
11-50
Total raised
$9M
Founded date
2013
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 15
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| Jan 3, 2023 | Others First, a 501c3 non-profit organization, announces its commitment to making a difference this Holiday Season by donating $50,000 to various charitable causes in Rochester Hills, Michigan. | ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Jan. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The organization has a long history of supporting veterans' organizations, children's programs, cancer research, animal groups, and other worthy causes. Their vehicle donation programs ha... |
| Feb 23, 2022 | As brands clamour to back causes, Good-Loop raises $6M for its view-to-donate ad platform | Online advertising is generally terrible and our expectation that ‘information should be free’ has tragically even ended up powering disinformation-filled social networks like Facebook. Many companies have tried and failed to turn advertisi... |
| Aug 4, 2020 | House Republicans' Unprecedented Lawsuit to Stop Remote Voting | On Friday, July 24, counsel for House Republicans and the general counsel of the House of Representatives appeared before Judge Rudolph Contreras of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for a hearing on House Republicans’ ef... |
| Mar 25, 2020 | The Cyberlaw Podcast: Privacy During a Pandemic? | That’s the question I debate with David Kris and Nick Weaver as we explore the ways in which governments are using location data to fight the spread of COVID-19. Phone location data is being used to enforce quarantines and to track contacts... |
| May 1, 2019 | Sean Parker’s Brigade/Causes acquired by govtech app Countable | Causes grew to a jaw-dropping 200 million users as one of the first 10 Facebook platform apps. Started by Facebook co-founder Sean Parker, it was meant to turn a generation into activists and philanthropists. Causes acquired Votizen to augm... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | Live: Jeff Sessions Testifies Before Senate ? | If you're curious about the Russian hacking and fake news allegations coming out of Washington, D.C. lately, you might want to tune into todays's testimony by United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifying before the Senate. The qu... |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, March 16 | THE CRAFT BEER BATTLE MOVES TO CHINA Good morning, Term Sheet readers. Today’s column (tipple?) is from Fortune editor Matt Heimer. Enjoy. Paid Content What you need to know about growing cyberattacks From ExtraHop In the wider beer world, ... |
| Mar 14, 2017 | Facebook’s new ‘Town Hall’ feature helps you find and contact your government reps | In Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s nearly 6,000-word manifesto published last month, he laid out a number of global ambitions he had for the social network in the days ahead — including one where its users became more “civically-engaged” and... |
| Jul 16, 2014 | Countable Wants To Make Politics A ‘Continual Conversation’ | Telling your senator how to vote is as easy as “liking” a Facebook picture, thanks to a new app from the creators of TV streaming service SideReel. Countable, available for iOS and coming to Android soon, presents a succinct summary of each... |
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FAQ about causes.com
When was causes.com founded?
causes.com was founded in 2013.
How much funding has causes.com raised?
causes.com has raised $9M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about causes.com?
Parsers VC has collected 15 articles mentioning causes.com, among them “Others First, a 501c3 non-profit organization, announces its commitment to making a difference this Holiday Season by donating $50,000 to various charitable ...” (Jan 3, 2023) and “As brands clamour to back causes, Good-Loop raises $6M for its view-to-donate ad platform” (Feb 23, 2022).
Is causes.com still active?
Yes, causes.com is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Mar 3, 2026.