Many of us donate a portion of our check to a retirement fund. What if we donated to charity in a similar way.
Check 2 Charity's mission is to provide a simple, wide reaching way for employees of all businesses and industries to donate to charity.
At it's core, Check 2 Charity is a universal workplace giving program. Some businesses already offer workplace giving programs to their employees. In these cases, the company often chooses the charity to be donated to. Check 2 Charity will provide a service where the employee decides which charity or charities their donation will go towards.
Employees will have the opportunity to donate as little as $1, a set dollar amount, or a percentage of their paycheck to Check 2 Charity. They will then use our website to choose which charities their donation will go towards. If multiple charities are chosen, a percentage amount is chosen for each charity to guide how the contribution is distributed. Check 2 Charity will then forward these donations to the selected charities at the end of each month.
For employees, this opens up a whole new way for them to feel good about their contribution to society. Keeping track of the amount donated for tax purposes will be automatically handled. Individuals will donate to a multitude of charities without the necessity to divulge any personal information. No regular emails from charities. No mail received. And no phone calls.
For businesses it will provide positive PR, and add an additional service for them to take part in to give back. Businesses will have the opportunity to match a percentage of the donation by their employees.
For charities, they will have a much simpler way of accepting these donations as they arrive as a lump sum. This will also reduce the costs associated with accepting donations. There is a small cost for charities to accept donations received by each donor. While this fee is a small amount, with a large enough number of donations it can add up to a considerable amount of money. By providing the charities a lump sum donation, it will cut down on the number of fees the charity pays to a single fee, allowing the charity to make use of a much greater amount of the money donated.
Check 2 Charity is seeking financing to cover all start up costs. We are seeking an amount of $80,000 to cover costs associated with developing the necessary website, legal fees to ensure our nonprofit status, and accounting fees to ensure all donations and contributions are handled in the most efficient way. This amount will also cover employee salaries until a regular inflow of revenue is established.
With your support, together, we can provide a service to further the goals of charities world wide.
