Gifts That Give More™
GreaterGood.org's unique Gifts That Give More™ program allows 100% tax-deductible contributions to pass directly through to nonprofit causes. This program gives our growing community of donors a meaningful and direct opportunity to fund specific services for people, animals and causes in need.
Donations through this program are processed in kind by GreaterGood Network stores. Upon selection of any Gift That Gives More™ you will be linked in a new browser window to an associated secure store for processing of your donation and checkout. The GreaterGood Network includes: The Hunger Site store, The Breast Cancer Site store, The Child Health Site store, The Literacy Site store, The Rainforest Site store and The Animal Rescue Site store. You will receive a receipt from GreaterGood.org in the mail or via e-mail for tax purposes.
Dolls for Refugee ChildrenAfter years of suffering at the hands of the Burmese government, the ethnic Karen people were forced to flee their country and now live in exile in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma and Indo-Burma borders. Displaced, children in the camps have little access to toys to call their own. $20 will give a doll each to two children living in the refugee camps.
Read more and donate at The Child Health Site store>
Endowed Fund for The Breast Cancer Site Researcher at Mayo ClinicEvery moment counts in the fight against breast cancer and in the search for a cure. Make a contribution of $25-$250 to The Breast Cancer Site Endowed Fund for Breast Cancer Research at the Mayo Clinic and the Clinic will match up to $250,000, with a total value of $500,000.
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Feed a Haitian Student for a YearFor years, parents in central Haiti faced a terrible choice. They could send their children to school with empty stomachs, in the hope that they might gain the skills to someday escape poverty. Or they could keep them at home to work in the family gardens, to help produce much-needed food for immediate future. Your gift of $50 will provide hot lunches prepared by local cooks for one Haitian student for one year.
Read more and donate at The Hunger Site store>
Feed a Rescued Infant Chimpanzee for a WeekEach year in Africa, thousands of chimpanzees are killed by poachers for the illegal "bush meat" trade, leaving orphaned baby chimps behind. Sold as a roadside attraction or as a pet, some are lucky enough to be rescued and find a safe haven at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Uganda, which attempts to prepare the chimps for release into the wild. $21.00 provides a week's worth of nutritious foods for an infant chimp.
Read more and donate at The Animal Rescue Site store>
Feed a Rescued Marine MammalEvery year, hundreds of sea lions and seals beach themselves along the shores of southern California: ill, infected, malnourished, or suffering from pneumonia, gill net strangulation, or other problems caused by human pollution and interference with the ecosystem. Your $15 gift will feed a seal or sea lion for one day while in the care of the Pacific Marine Mammal Center.
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Feed a Rwandan Family for a MonthThe world produces a surplus of food, yet chronic hunger afflicts more than 850 million people worldwide, the vast majority of them in the developing world. $45 will feed a Rwandan family.
Read more and donate at The Hunger Site store>
Feed a U.S. Family for Five WeeksRight now in the United States--one of the richest nations in the world--more than 35 million people, including 12.6 million children, live in food-insecure households. Your gift of $25 will feed a family of four for five weeks, giving help and hope to those who need it most, through the work of America's Second Harvest-The Nation's Food Bank Network.
Read more and donate at The Hunger Site store>
Feed a Young Chimpanzee for a MonthRescued from the pet trade yet unable to survive in the wild, many orphaned chimps are cared for at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in the Uganda. There they are able to recover from their captivity, socialize with other rescued chimpanzees, and learn new skills, with the ultimate goal of being re-introduced to the wild. $61.00 provides a month's worth of food for a young chimpanzee.
Read more and donate at The Animal Rescue Site store>
Feed an Orphan in India for a MonthIndia has a higher rate of malnutrition among children under the age of three than any other country in the world--46% in year 2007. Your $22 contribution provides a child in an Indian orphanage with one month of nourishing meals: rice, lentils, milk, vegetables, bread, noodles, and even such children's delights as fruit, peanut butter, jelly, and small cookies.
Read more and donate at The Hunger Site store>
Give Books to Children in NepalHemmed in by mountains, most of the population of Nepal lives in rural areas where no phones, roads, clean water, or schools exist. A gift of $25-$100 will give the same number of Nepali-language books for children in Nepal through Room to Read, forever altering the lives of children by helping to provide them with an education.
Read more and donate at The Literacy Site store>
Heat a Classroom in Afghanistan for the WinterThe windswept, glacier-studded mountains of Central Asia are some of the most remote and inhospitable regions in the world, where heat is a precious commodity. For children trying to learn with fingers that are too cold to hold a pencil, fanning the flames of literacy may involve fanning actual flames.Your gift of $100 will cover the cost of heating one elementary classroom in rural Afghanistan for an entire winter, providing the children a comfortable learning environment.
Read more and donate at The Hunger Site store>
