Facebook Co-Founder Hughes Launches Philanthropic Venture Jumo
Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, unveiled his new project on Thursday: a Web site for charitable organizations. The site is called Jumo, which means “together in concert” in Yoruba, a West African language.
“We are trying to re-imagine how individuals connect to organizations that are working the change the world on the Web,” said New York-based Hughes, who will be focusing his efforts on the project full time in addition to some light continuing duties at Facebook.
