The Internet has revolutionized politics and activism, making it much easier to organize large groups of people in relatively short periods of time. Add to that the growing use of microloans and you get — or maybe Sam’s Club is more accurate — the very interesting start-up called Virgance. It’s a company that wants to band people together to use less of their money for more good.

TechCrunch, which says the startup has announced it’s already profitable, gives an example of one of Virgance’s programs: (link)