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News 2010
- July 29, 2010
- eBay Giving Works reaches $200 million mark for funds raised.
- We are excited to announce that through the eBay Giving Works
program, which offers convenient, trusted ways for eBay sellers and buyers to support their favorite causes, the eBay community has raised more than $200 million globally to nonprofits since 2003. Remarkably, $100 million of the total funds were raised in just the last two years. - "This milestone demonstrates the scale and social impact of our global community,” said Robert Chatwani, director of Global Citizenship for eBay Inc. "It underscores our belief that connecting people to the causes they care about through commerce is a powerful force for positive impact in the world,”
- Earlier this year, the eBay community raised nearly $3 million for Haiti relief efforts through eBay Giving Works, mostly by making $1 donations. In June, Warren Buffett’s annual eBay charity auction raised $2.63 million for the Glide Foundation, making the lunch with Buffett the most expensive eBay charity item ever. And most recently, in May, eBay Giving Works won a Cause Marketing Halo Award for best campaign that generates donations via consumer activity.
- eBay and MissionFish continue to work hard to make donating through eBay Giving Works even easier: having reduced the minimum donation amount to $1 last fall to make it more affordable for eBay users. And as of this May, the new ”Who’s Your Favorite?” tool allows eBay users to designate the nonprofits they want to support every time they complete eBay purchases using PayPal.
- MissionFish executive director Sean Milliken said, "As we celebrate the MissionFish 10th anniversary throughout 2010, this has really become a banner year for the passion and generosity of the eBay community. We can’t wait to show the community what we’re working on next!”
About eBay Giving Works:
- eBay Giving Works enables eBay users to support their favorite causes whenever they buy and sell. Today the program offers five easy ways to make a difference:
- Community Selling: Any seller can donate part of their sale price to a nonprofit. The seller decides which organization to support and how much to give (10-100 percent), and gets a tax deduction for their gift.
- Direct Selling: Nonprofits can sell their own items on eBay to raise funds. eBay waives most basic selling fees for nonprofits, making Direct Selling practically free.
- Shop eBay Giving Works: Every item posted by a Community or Direct Seller bears the eBay Giving Works blue and yellow charity ribbon, so it’s easy for buyers to shop for items to support causes that matter to them.
- Give at Checkout: Approximately 1.5 million shoppers every day are invited to add a donation of $1 (or more) to their eBay purchases when they checkout with PayPal.
- Donate Now: eBay and PayPal users who discover an eBay Giving Works organization they care about can give as little as $1 right away without buying or selling anything.
About MissionFish
- MissionFish helps nonprofits raise money through trading on eBay. We make it possible for eBay sellers to give proceeds from items they sell on eBay to a nonprofit, and helps nonprofits raise funds by selling on eBay, too. Our program also allows nonprofits to collect immediate donations through PayPal and microdonations in eBay checkout. We provide the tools, expertise, and support to help organizations of every size turn online trading into a new stream of unrestricted revenue.
- MissionFish is a collaboration of the Points of Light Institute, Pew Charitable Trusts, and The Case Foundation. We serve thousands of organizations in the US and the UK. MissionFish is based in Washington, D.C. with an office in the UK.