 In 2007 actor Kevin Bacon collaborated with Network for Good to set up his charitable project, SixDegrees.org, as a "celebrity-based" variant on Network for Good's existing model.In 2008 Network for Good acquired the ePhilanthropy Foundation, an organization established in 2001 with the goal of providing training and promoting ethical practices in online fundraising and that had later faced uncertainty after the departure of its founder.As of February 2014, Network for Good reported that it had processed more than $1 billion in gifts since its inception.