The process is easy, register on the site first and then create a list of organizations by searching the database. Once the list is ready, set an amount and link Givv to your PayPal account. That’s it!

Demo video:

Features:

• Easily donate to many different non profit organizations.
• Give monthly and in small amounts.
• Your donation is automatically divided between chosen organizations.
• Give to as many organizations as you want.
• Change and cancel your monthly payments at any time.
• Option to give anonymously so you do not get on donor list.
• Payments can only be made through PayPal.
• Easy to use and registration required.
• Similar tools: Givinganon, GoodSearch, ReplyForAll, Kiva and FreeRice.

Check out Givv @ www.givv.org

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Using the website is really easy, simply fill recipients name, address and the amount you want to give. Once you provide it with your credit card details it will do the rest and send a confirmation email once the person gets the money. The recipient can (optionally) leave a thank you message to a donor.

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Features:

• Donate money to anyone you want (friend, relative or neighbor) anonymously.
• 100% of the “Gift Amount” will go to the person you are giving to.
• A minimal contribution to overhead is added to gifts over $500.
• The recipient can leave a message to a donor.

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Features

• Site that helps people raise funds through donations on web shopping.
• The site has partnered with major online retailers like Ebay and Wal-Mart.
• Get donation each time a member of your group shops on their site.
• Simple and easy to understand user interface.
• Similar sites: Pledgie and ChipIn.

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It uses open-source technology and courseware and incorporates peer-to-peer teaching methods where students form online study groups and help each other with homework assignments and exam preparation. To apply you must have a high-school diploma and sufficient level of English.

Students only pay $15-50 fee for enrollment and $10-100 for exams, with students from poorer countries paying lower fees. However, for 2009 Fall semester all fees have been waived.  For those strapped for cash, or looking to restart their lives, this may be a good option. Worth checking out.

Features:

• First ever non-profit free online university
• Incorporates online peer-to-peer learning methods and social networking features
• Fees: $15-50 for enrollment and $10-100 for exams, with students from poorer countries paying lower fees
• All fees are waived for 2009 Fall semester
• Minimum requirements: high-school diploma and sufficient level of English
• Apply and get enrolled online

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How it works:

1. Search for a charity or a cause (cancer, pets, environment etc.) you would like to support from the field “Who do you GoodSearch for?”
2. Pick a charity from the list and click to confirm it.
3. Search for anything online as you normally do. The 50% of advertising revenues generated from your searches will go to your selected charity (on average 0.01$ per search)

You can search the Internet from the website or from your browser by installing the GoodSearch toolbar. You can always change the cause that you support by selecting a different charity.

Features:

• Raise money for charity (protecting environment, homeless pets, cancer research etc) by using the GoodSearch search engine.
• No financial or time cost to you.
• Half of revenues from your searches are directed to the charity of your choice.
• Search from GoodSearch website or directly from your browser by installing the GoodSearch toolbar.
• Search results powered by Yahoo!.
• View the amount raised through user searches for every participating charity.
• Similar web tools: Pledgie, ReplyForAll and FreeRice.

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Pledgie is a web service that allows you to pledge money for a cause, or accept pledges for your own cause. Setting up campaigns is really easy, simply fill in provided fields with cause details, start and end dates, PayPal info and then click on “Launch a campaign” button. Once a campaign is ready you can post about it on Twitter, Facebook and also embed it on your blog or online profile.

Additionally to setting up campaigns you can browse popular causes or causes that interest you and pledge money through PayPal. After your payment has been cleared your name appears in the donors list.

Features:

• Pledge or raise money for a cause.
• Donate money right away with PayPal.
• Search causes by keywords or browse through categories.
• Start raising money for your own cause.
• A progress bar shows how much of the needed amount has been raised.
• See how many people have already pledged for a particular campaign.
• Embed the badge for your campaign on any website.
• Share your campaign on twitter, facebook.
• Similar websites: ChipIn.

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Many people just don’t take things seriously unless it’s some sort of competition. With that idea in mind, CarbonRally was born. The main idea of CarbonRally was to turn living green into a competition. The website lists a whole bunch of different challenges for you to perform. Many of these challenges are extremely simple things, such as decreasing your shower time by two minutes. However, CarbonRally shows you just how much CO2 emissions has been reduced due to your actions.

Once you sign up for an account, you can start right away and accept these challenges. CarbonRally will keep track of which challenges you’ve taken, and how much CO2 you’ve reduced. So, how is this turned into a competition? You can compete with other CarbonRally members and create groups with your friends so you can all work together to make the world a better place to live in. CarbonRally is the place to go if you want a green earth.

Features:

• Take simple challenges to live green and reduce Carbon Dioxide emissions.
• Compete with friends and family as well as the rest of the world.
• View statistics on how much the rest of the world has saved.
• Chat with new friends, and discuss challenges together.
• Learn about what you can do to make the world a better place.
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The process is really simple, once you have selected your cause, follow step by step process to hook your email with ReplayForAll.  After completion you will have the option of displaying a message about your cause in your email signature which will include: the cause details and a financial sponsor. The sponsor pays for the visibility it gets from you and the people you email to, and this revenue is then shared with the cause.

Features:

• Support and promote common good and causes from your Inbox.
• Automatically inserted when you compose new email.
• Supports Gmail and Yahoo Mail.
• Can be removed anytime you want.
• Doesn’t spam your email with ads; shows only once every 4 hours when mailing back and forth within the same Gmail thread.
• Personalize cause banners as you like: you can feature your cause, a non-profit’s name, rotating facts associated with your cause, and your contact info.

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The subjects from which the questions are drawn range from Art, English, Chemistry, Geography, Language learning and Math. You can change your subject at any time and still keep your grains with you!

All questions are multiple choice with only one correct answer. So by answering questions correctly you feed hungry people and at the same time improve your vocabulary.

Features:

• Test your knowledge from various subjects and donate rice at the same time.
• Set your option to save your rice donation and continue from where you left.
• There are 60 diffiuclty levels you can try yourself with.
• No sign up required

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First locate your house on the map. Next draw the array of solar panels on your roof and set slope orientations. Once you have finished drawing the RoofRay will give an estimate amount of power you would be able to generate. This will give you a fairly good idea whether the solar power is a good choice for you (taking into account cost and power production).

Features:

• Estimate the amount of solar power you can generate from your roof.
• No sign up necessary, unless you want to save your estimations online.
• Simple and easy to use

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