How To Make A Difference - For Free!

How can you make a difference and it won't cost you any time or money? Here are several companies that make it easy for you!

Search Engines

• Carbon Neutral Search - makes a contribution through carbon offsets for each search
• GoodSearch - select a charity and $.01 is donated for each search
• Magic Taxi - select a charity, 50% of advertising revenue is donated to charities
  

Instant Messaging

• I'm Making a Difference - for each message sent, Microsoft donates a portion of advertising revenue

Email

• ippimail email service - 45% of advertising revenues are donated to charity for each email you send or read on their web-based service

Toolbars

• Care2 - install their toolbar and for every day you use it, they will save 25 feet of Amazonian rainforest

Click Your Mouse (no purchase required - just click and they donate)

• LJ Urban - for every 10,000 visitors by July 1, they will train a local mason in Africa
• Free Rice - for each word you get correct, this online vocabulary building game donates 20 grains of rice
• Free Flour - for each question you get correct, they donate one spoon of flour
• FreePoverty - for each geographic location you can find on the map, they will donate up to 10 cups of water
• JogoGreen - for every 10 questions you answer correctly, they will plant a tree
• Race to Stop Global Warming - your click offsets 25 pounds of carbon dioxide
• Race for the Rainforest - select which cause you wish to support
• Race to Save Baby Whales - your click supports airtime to raise awareness
• Race for the Oceans - for a donation to ocean protection programs
• Race for the Big Cats - select the species to support conservation efforts
• Race for the Primates - your click generates a donation for conservation efforts
• Race to Help Children in Need - your click helps sponsor a child
• Race for Pets in Need - your click supports a donation to the Humane Society
• Stop Violence Against Women - your click supports Amnesty International programs
• Climb to Prevent Breast Cancer - your click donates $.005 to the Breast Cancer Fund
• The Hunger Site - your click gives 1.1 cups of food to the hungry
• The Breast Cancer Site - helps fund free mammograms
• The Child Health Site - helps provide free healthcare for children
• The Ecology Fund - select your choice of which project to click and help
• The Literacy Site - helps provide free books to children
• The Rainforest Site - your click protects 11.4 square feet of rainforest
• The Animal Rescue Site - your click provides .6 cups of food to rescued animals
• The Environment Site - donations will be made to Surrey Wildlife Trust
• Enhancing Niagara Naturally - every 5 clicks plants a tree in the Niagara region
• A Click for the Forest - save 2 square decimeters of old growth forest in Sweden
• Tarahumara Children's Hospital - each click provides 1 minute of free child's healthcare in Mexico
• Hunger Fighters - one click gives one cup of food
• Poverty Fighters - your click supports microcredit
• Nourish the Needy - your click provides vitamin supplements to the needy

Shopping (okay...shopping will take time, but if you are planning on shopping and making a purchase anyway, then let these companies make a donation)

• GoodShop - select a nonprofit and Good Search will make a donation when you purchase through participating online retailers
• Nau - select a nonprofit at the time of your purchase and Nau will make a donation (NO LONGER VALID)
• Magical Shopping - select a nonprofit or school and MagicTaxi will make the donation

Auctions (update added 3/30/08)

• BiddingForGood.com - online charity auction site

For additional sites, please see http://www.freewebs.com/clickforcharity/
Update 5/5/08