Like many good stories, tix4cause started with a man, his big idea and the ambition to change the world.

In 2008, Kevin Nemetz was sitting at a Chicago White Sox game in the middle of a mostly empty premium seating section. For years, he had thought that there had to be a better way for charities to raise money. Surrounded by the surplus of seating, he suddenly realized that if 35 of these ticket holders were to donate that game's unused tickets to charity, at least $14,000 would be raised.

Thus, with a few empty seats and a big idea to shake up the nonprofit world, tix4cause was born. At a time when charities were struggling to get donations and overall charitable donations were on the decline, tix4cause was a new way for causes to raise money with incremental donations. When tix4cause launched in 2010, the main goal was to leverage financial support from cause-based buyers everywhere to create a new alternative to traditional fundraising.

Soon after launching, tix4cause introduced a new way to supplement the ticket offering by creating relationships with businesses and venues looking to fill empty seats or sell tickets. tix4cause quickly discovered that the nonprofit world wasn't the only sector that needed help-businesses could benefit too!