Los Angeles-based MySpace and PayPal
announced this morning that the two companies are teaming to help people
collection donations for non-profit organizations. According to the firms, they
have create a fundraising software--which they are calling the MySpace IMPACT /
PayPal fundraising widget--which can be placed on any MySpace page. The widget
can be used to donate money to the non-profit of a user's choice. The firms said
that the widget is being used by The Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff,
Vanessa Hudgens, and others to raise money for nonprofit causes, and that it
will be launching a content for its customers and nonprofits to promote the
effort, with a $20,000 cash prize to the nonprofit which raises the most money
through the widget.