How It Works | Types of Certification
Fiscal Support is the act of transactional charity in which businesses donates a percentage of their profit or proceeds of each and every sale to the organizations working to solve the issues of times (locally to globally). By donating financially to these charitable organizations, these business are helping to empower the movers and shakers.
Upcycle Giving is the process of repurposing, reusing and recycling clothing, bedding and other goods. From underwear and bras to bedding, certain purchased items can not be restocked. Instead of disposing of these items, businesses are working with organizations like Habitat for Humanity and Free the Girls to upcycle these items.
One for One Giving, or Buy One | Give One programs exist to ensure that for every item purchased, from a pair of glasses, a toothbrush, or a pair of shoes, an equal and matching item is distributed to someone in need. One of the most know and infamous form of transactional giving, this form of philanthropy was brought into limelight by TOMS shoes.
Community Empowerment businesses are using their craft to make a difference in the community. From mentoring and employing at-risk youth to educating, training and employing veterans, these businesses are building a bridge to employment and helping individuals and families find fulfillment in their professional and personal lives.
How It Works | Types of Giving
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*the companies represented above are examples, used to demonstrate our differnet types of certified giving
Why the Label
TRANSPARENCY
Our label will verify companies that already give while recruiting new businesses to give. It will also guarantee the percentage and amount given; the business that is giving; and the charities that are given too.
AGGREGATION
our LABEL ACTS AS A CATALOG OF WHAT COMPANIES ARE GIVING, WHAT CHARITIES ARE GIVEN TOo, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW MUCH MONEY HAS BEEN COLLECTIVELY GIVEN. this totality will help foster this new philanthropic movement
MARKETING
our label sells goods. 81% of shoppers want to buy a product in which a portion of the sales goes to support a cause or issue. from a fortune 500 corporation to a corner store, from a long time pillar of the business world to a startup, cause marketing works.
MOVEMENT
our LABEL IS A SIGN, a beacon OF A PHILANTHROPIC MOVEMENT, A MARKETING MOVEMENT, a shopping and commerce movement, and most importantly, a CULTURAL MOVEMENT IN WHICH WE MAKE OUR ECONOMY WORK FOR US.
COST
Our label will be free for all businesses that want to have their corporate giving certificated. As we scale our organization up, we will charge annual certification fees, where a fee will be contingent on the business's annual sales
We are creating a movement, not on the notion of ‘I want to help, what can I buy.’ But on the understanding that ‘I have to buy something, how can I help.’
Make Your Next Purchase Count
By shopping our label, help unleash and foster an untapped form of philanthropy that will fund the organizations that can and will solve our world’s most intractable problems.