Today, there are a multitude of websites who make giving to charity as easy as a click of your mouse. The difficult part can be navigating your way through all of the sites out there that function as a fundraising engine for a host of worthwhile organizations.
There are websites where you simply click on an area of the page, and the advertising sponsor donates a percentage of money to the organization(s) the site is affiliated with. The Animal Rescue Site, a partner of Petfinder.com, is an example of this type of donation. You can also find out how much was donated with your click.
Other sites such as Benevolink direct visitors to retail partner sites where a percentage of each shopping sale goes into a personal charity account. Visitors join Benevolink’s charitable giving community, shop through their business partner’s sites and four times a year, give accrued funds to the charity or charities of their choice.
Justgive.org is a nonprofit organization that connects people with the charities and causes they care about through vehicles such as charitable wedding ideas. One option the site offers is for couples to make charitable donations on behalf of their guests and announce their thoughtful gift in a wedding favor.
Through CharityUSA.com, owners of the GreaterGood Network of websites, you can benefit major nonprofit organizations by choosing from a range of activities, including clicking on the free contribution button daily and shopping for gifts, apparel, jewelry, and home décor in the sites’ do-good stores.
If you want to donate to a charity via one of these or another similar type of site, but need assurance that your money is used in the best possible way, you can log onto Charity Navigator to help you. The site rates charities and provides tips on everything from protecting yourself from scams to specific questions to ask before donating.
Source: BecauseAction.com
