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Save HUGE on Father’s Day & help Donate to BitGive!

Welcome Libra as our new sponsor for the Purse 1% Initiative!

Save on purchases on Amazon & Donate 1% to charity.

http://goo.gl/watQmj (http://goo.gl/watQmj)


Connie M. Gallippi
Founder & Executive Director
BitGive Foundation
www.bitgivefoundation.org (http://www.bitgivefoundation.org)

wait so you save 1 percent total of the things you buy or what? if yes i couldnt say that its a huge discount with which you could save money

So what is the % scheme?  I know that amazon affiliates can make a great deal more than 1%, so where would the rest of it go?  Where can I find information on this charity regarding its % of money used for actual charity, staff pay, etc?  Sorry but I am always very skeptical of nonprofits, especially those who make their staff into millionaires.  I am not saying that is the case here, but I would like to find more information on this charity before contributing to it.  Thanks!

Safely assume that BitGive is 100% legit.

I'm sure that that 1% savings augments already other discount offers. But, if it's only 1% off the regular price, than it's probably a no-go unless you're doing such for the cause.

Hi All - Thanks for your interest!  If you go to the link in my original post it explains everything :)  

The 1% is not out of the buyer's pocket at all.  The first 0.5% is from Amazon (after you sign up for BitGive - or any charity - on Amazon Smile), the link to do so is provided. The other 0.5% is matched by Libra http://libratax.com/ to BitGive!

You save money by using Purse and get discounts on Amazon regardless - the 1% is an extra bonus opportunity to donate to charity with no $ out of your pocket.

As far as our financials, we are a very young start up nonprofit and only just hired our first staff person in November, so I assure you no one is making millions - LOL!!  We released an annual report - http://bitgivefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FY2013-14-AR.pdf (http://bitgivefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FY2013-14-AR.pdf)  for our first year that is on our website (please note this report is for July 2013-June 2014).  It isn't much since it was our first year, and we had only volunteer staff, but we are doing our best to be transparent and share our successes with the community. Our second fiscal year will close at the end of this June, and we will release another annual report by mid-November when we file all our paperwork with the IRS.  We are a 501 (c) (3) tax exempt nonprofit in the US and this requires a lot of compliance and paperwork, etc.  

Thanks for support!

Connie Gallippi
Founder and Executive Director
BitGive Foundation

Ah, So the charity part is being run on Amazon Smile?

I always hate it when you donate to charity and the person running the charity are getting the lion share of the actual income that needs to go to the charity.

Well, it still gives some time to search for that ideal gift. Thanks for the extra option, I will consider using this it.

I do not like the whole Father's day thing, because we should not single out a single day to honor our parents... We should do it every day.  ;)

Some people need a day like this, to remind them that they have parents.  >:(