Amazon Smiles - Money For CHAOS NFP

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Amazon Smiles - Money For CHAOS NFP

AMAZON SMILES is a way that your regular spending on Amazon.com raises money for a NFP organization.  Without raising your prices on any products, Amazon will donate a portion of your spending to a nonprofit of your choice.  Follow the steps below and you can help raise money for CHAOS through your regular online shopping! 

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It also states you must start

It also states you must start shopping from Amazon Smile each time to get "credit". First time using this so I don't know a lot about it. Anyone else used it yet or know how it works?  Where does this money go?  Who and where is this check sent?

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Check is sent straight to

Check is sent straight to CHAOS, to use it just start shopping from smile.amazon.com 

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I'm doing my part!  Crushing

I'm doing my part!  Crushing it...

 

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@stewpid, it works pretty

@stewpid, it works pretty slick, when you start at smile.amazon.com,.as @MarkWalters said, it remembers your Amazon prime membership etc, looks just like whatever you normally see on Amazon.  This is one of the ways my roommate and I support the Anti-Cruelty Society.  

Generally, these kind of programs work best for larger NFPs, just because it takes a lot of purchasing to generate much of a donation.  But, every bit helps.  

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I use a chrome extension

I use a chrome extension called "Smile Always" that will always redirect your Amazon URLs to ensure you're using Smile. Free extension just takes 2 seconds to download.

Also I will say its kind of a joke though, in like 10 years using it 100% on every purchase I've donated like $40 to the leukemia and lymphoma foundation lol. And I've spent real money on Amazon, bought like TVs and stuff.

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Marc, I've been using it for

Marc, I've been using it for about a year now and, with my wife, we've generated a grand total of $9.47 as of this morning LOL.  But, for bigger NGOs, like the the Lymphoma Foundation or the Humane Society, it adds up to a significant gift when you have lots of members doing it.  

I suppose that for smaller non-profits like us, modest gifts have a disproportionate impact.  In any case, its free money.  

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I saw that you can activate

I saw that you can activate in the app as well.  You click the little 3 line "hamburger" icon in the corner > settings > AmazonSmile and turn it on. 

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We got an Amazon smile e

We got an Amazon smile e-check in February for $18.97.  No detail which amazon accounts it came from, but still, not bad. If we can get more people doing this, I'm sure we could make this bigger.