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Raise "FREE" Money for the WW&F While Shopping Online
Ed Lecuyer:
Amazon has announced they are ending the Smile giving program, effective February 20th, 2023. This is rather unfortunate as we were starting to see some real money through their donations. Purchases made through Feb 20th at http://smile.amazon.com will still be credited to us, and Amazon will be making a one-time donation to close out the program.
For those who shop online (and who doesn't these days) don't forget we are still active with igive and goodshop:
http://www.igive.com
http://www.goodshop.com
I have used both services and can vouch that they are legitimate.
James Patten:
There's also Network For Good, not sure if they are a shopping program or not but last year we saw some really good money from them.
Ed Lecuyer:
Network For Good is a popular fundraising software platform. I assume that somehow we are in their system for corporate distributions/matching grants. They do not appear to be a shopping portal like Smile.Amazon, iGive, and Goodshop.
John L Dobson:
Here in UK we also have Easy Fundraising, which provides contributions from retailers such as Apple, Asda, eBay, Land’s End, John Lewis, Just Eat, M&S, Rohan, Sainsbury’s, Screwfix, TalkTalk, Tesco, Thorntons, Waitrose, Wex Photo, and over 4,500 other companies. Does this also operate in the US?
Ed Lecuyer:
Easy Fundraising applies only to the UK. It appears to be similar to iGive and Goodshop in the US.
There is a growing amount of backlash against Amazon on the decision to kill Smile, especially from smaller charities like ours. Perhaps they will reverse the decision, but I tend to doubt it. I looked into their replacement programs for charitable contributions (grants) and there is no way that I could find to actually apply for something as a Community Organization.
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