These sites have been set up to facilitate online
donations to charity, and to educate donors and assist them in identifying
potential recipient organizations. Many of these sites also post giving-related
news and resources.
animalfunds.org
This site by Animal Charities of America helps
connect donors with animal charities, and facilitates online donations to those
charities.
The Breast
Cancer Site
Visitors to this site can click a button to donate free mammograms to the
National Breast Cancer Foundation, paid by corporate site sponsors. The site is
owned by Tim Kunin and Greg Hesterberg, co-owners of EcologyFund.com.
childrenscharities.org
This site allows donors to find information about
and search for credible children’s charities that match their interests, and
facilitates online donations to those charities. The site is operated by
Children's Charities of America, a nonprofit federation.
duo.org
The Do Unto Others (DUO) site allows groups or
individuals to donate to its member charities, which are all focused on easing
the suffering of people who have been affected by war, natural disasters, famine
and epidemic.
educateamerica.org
This site lets donors search for
education-related nonprofits that have been pre-screened and certified by
Educate America!, a nonprofit federation. The site also facilitates online
donations to these charities.
guidestar.org
GuideStar's nonprofit database provides the largest online posting of nonprofits' informational tax returns (Forms 990). You can
search by name, city, state, zip code, interest area, organization size,
keyword
and/or federal Employee ID Number (EIN). The site provides information on a charity’s
mission, programs and finances.
The Hunger Site
A "click-to-donate" site where visitors can go to the site daily and click a
button that will trigger a free donation of staple food, paid for by site
sponsors and distributed to those in need by Mercy Corps and America's Second
Harvest, to the world's hunger hot-spots. The site is owned by Tim Kunin and
Greg Hesterberg, co-owners of EcologyFund.com.
independentcharities.org
Independent Charities of America, an association
of national charities, pre-screens high-quality national and international
charities.
justgive.org
JustGive.org is a nonprofit service whose
mission is to connect people with the charities and causes they care about and
to increase overall giving. The site allows donors to make online gifts to more
than 640,000 charities across the country, and passes through 100 percent of
donations to the charities. The site's sponsors pay for all transaction costs
and fees.
networkforgood.org
Launched by AOL Time Warner, Yahoo! and Cisco
Systems, the Network for Good site is designed to help people donate their time
and money to charitable causes online by
matching nonprofit groups with donors and volunteers interested in giving time
and money to their favorite causes.
womenandchildren.org
This site allows donors to give online to any of
the 50 or so members of Women, Children & Family Service Charities of
America, a coalition of nonprofits dedicated to meeting the needs of women,
children and families.
NOTE: The fact that a site is listed here does not indicate endorsement by the
Minnesota Council on Foundations. The Council bears no responsibility for the
content of any sites to which we provide links.
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