台灣一起夢想公益協會創辦緣起
Alin(吳怡霖)在創辦 GOMAJI 前，原本要將一筆前次創業賺到的部分資金，捐給某知名基金會。
捐款前，謹慎的 Alin 想先進基金會「臥底」一下，看看他們是否真的在做事；沒想到投出的履歷石沉大海。因無法展開公益生涯而懊惱的 Alin ，只好回到自己的專業領域－電腦程式工程師，將原本要捐給基金會的錢，投資在網路科技事業，於 2010 創辦了 GOMAJI 並寫下創辦初衷「做最大，累績正向影響力，幫助更多人」。
乘著網路普及與智慧型手機的浪潮，GOMAJI 成長迅速，但是 Alin 沒忘記，公司最初的創業基金原本全部都是要捐出去的善款及創業初衷。不如，就拿 GOMAJI 這套成功的商業模式作為基礎，「發明」一套做善事的簡便路徑！ 說穿了無甚高明，就是：將需要經費的公益計畫，以募款專案形式放上 GOMAJI 網站，與其他商品並列，讓上網購物的人不經意地看到、順手捐款。
同時也將 GOMAJI 消費者網購發票「預設」捐贈給一起夢想，協會透過捐贈發票中獎金額支持營運，也得以堅持募款專案不收取任何手續費，募款款項得以 100% 到弱勢。
於是台灣一起夢想公益協會於2012年創立，Alin擔任執行長帶領協會以數位科技(數位行銷、AI應用、網路安全..等)支持微型社福營運，期待讓所有微型社福無後顧之憂，能專心照顧第一線弱勢。
Origin of Dreamers Non-profit Organization (Taiwan)
Before founding GOMAJI, Alin (Yilin Wu) originally planned to donate part of the profits from his previous venture to a well-known charitable foundation.
Being cautious, Alin applied to join the foundation to observe its operations before making the donation. However, his application was never acknowledged. Frustrated that he could not begin a nonprofit career, he returned to his professional roots as a computer engineer. Instead of donating the funds, he invested them into a new digital enterprise. In 2010, he founded GOMAJI, with the founding principle: “Grow at scale, create positive impact, and help more people.”
Riding the wave of internet adoption and smartphone penetration, GOMAJI grew rapidly. Yet Alin never forgot that the initial capital was originally intended for charitable purposes. He decided to adapt GOMAJI’s successful commercial model to invent a simple path to giving: presenting nonprofit fundraising projects on the GOMAJI website alongside other products, allowing online shoppers to notice and donate effortlessly.
In addition, GOMAJI customers could preset their e-invoices to be donated to the Association.The lottery proceeds from these invoices helped sustain operations, enabling the Association to uphold its unique model of “100% of donations to beneficiaries, zero administrative fees.”
Thus, in 2012, the Dreamers Non-profit Organization (Taiwan) was formally established. As CEO, Alin has led the Association in leveraging digital technology (digital marketing, AI applications, cybersecurity, etc.) to empower micro-scale social welfare organisations, ensuring they can operate sustainably and remain fully focused on supporting vulnerable communities on the front line.