Amazon shuts down AmazonSmile fundraising tool
Nonprofit Business Advisor · 2023
Online retail giant Amazon has announced the closure of its AmazonSmile charity fundraising program, effective February 20. The program, which was freely available to the company's customers, directed 0.5% of the sale price of selected merchandise to a variety of eligible participating charities, at no cost to the customer. Many found it an easy way to support nonprofit groups and causes simply by shopping for things they needed anyway, as opposed to going out of their way—and out of their own pockets—to donate to charity.