Why Donate Online?
As millions
of people discover every day, the Internet offers an array of incredibly
helpful information, services, and tools. For nonprofit organizations,
foundations, and donors, the Web is a powerful resource to be taken
advantage of. Here are just a few of the benefits:
- Convenience
for Donors
- Increased
funds for Nonprofits
- Benefits
for the Environment
1. Convenience
for Donors
Finding
a charity using a comprehensive database of all the nonprofits registered
with the IRS (over 1,000,000), donating to many charities at a time,
making gift donations in another person's name and having that person
notified automatically, referring to a Giving History and keeping
track of all donations made throughout the year, and using this
Giving History to itemize donations during tax time -- are just
some of the reasons people donate to their favorite charities online
in general and at JustGive.org in particular.
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2.
Increased funds for Nonprofits
Online donations reduce the need for nonprofits to fundraise,
which is a very costly process. Creating ways to connect new donors
with nonprofits also helps reduce their costs.
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3. Benefits for
the Environment
The costs to the Environment are incredibly high. Internet transactions
eliminate the need for paper.
On
average, you probably receive about 200 pieces of mail
from nonprofits each year. These mailings help get the word out about
an organization’s accomplishments and are also essential to raising
money. Still, it’s likely that you open less than 10%
of the charity mail that you receive.
The waste produced by these traditional fundraising methods is significant.
200 pieces of mail require about 1½ trees to produce the paper
they’re printed on. Collectively, more than 12 billion
pieces of charity mail go out every year, requiring
more than 100 million trees and ultimately generating more than 2
million tons of landfill waste.
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Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because
he could only do a little. -Edmund Burke
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