Mobile donations are on the rise, reports a study by Pew: 10 percent of cell phone users have made donations through their mobile phones, and even 19 percent of 18-29 year olds. What's interesting is not the figure itself (26 percent of the 18-29 year olds have mailed donations, reports the Nieman Journalism Lab), but that it's catching up quickly.

At Sandbox, we're currently discussing a trend we call "Temporary Global Response": crowdsourced response to crises worldwide, e.g. the earthquakes in Haiti or Chile. Mobile and online donations play a crucial part in this.