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Search Your Heart Out For Charity
There is an easy way for you to support worthwhile charities. It doesn't require any additional time or money from you. All you need to do is use different search engines than you are currently using. You won't even be sacrificing the quality of your search results because these search engines still produce the results you currently receive.
Below is a list of several charitable search engines. These search engines donate all or a portion of the revenue they generate from advertisements.
Check them out and then vote for your favorites.
Charitable Search Engines
Search Engines that donate some or all of their profits to charitable organizations
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GoodSearch
GoodSearch : a Yahoo-powered search engine that do more...22 points
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Helpuu - You Search, You Help
Clean, google-powered search engine that has a cle more...21 points
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CatchTomorrow
Help The Funding of Public Education Just By Using more...18 points
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ClimateGift.com - The Search Engine That Helps Fund A Healthy Environment
The only search engine dedicated to supplement the more...18 points
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CureTomorrow.com - The New Search Engine That Helps Fund Children's Hospitals
The only search engine dedicated to supplement the more...17 points
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VeteransClick.com - The Search Engine That Helps Fund Veterans' Hospitals
The only search engine dedicated to supplementing more...17 points
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Charteroo.com - The Search Engine That Helps Fund Charter Schools
The only search engine dedicated to supplement the more...17 points
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Search Kindly
Our goal is to raise money for charity through the more...11 points
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NeoAid.com | Choose your cause. Donate for free.
With NeoAid.com you can fundraise for important wo more...4 points
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Searchgive
Search the web for news, images, videos and more a more...2 points
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BetterHumanRace.com
Converts your Google searches into money for chari more...2 points
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Charity Cafe
Free donation site. Donate to charity free when yo more...1 point
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Clicks4Cancer
1 point
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Search with Charity
1 point
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Everyclick
Welcome to the free online fundraising tool that h more...1 point
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Freelanthropy
Fundraising Search Service for Nonprofits1 point
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LOOKLE.com
Search Engine for Australian Web Sites0 points
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Zap! Search
Help UK Charities always use ZAP! Search0 points
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How To Choose The Best Charitable Search Engines
- How are the charities selected?
- Is the selection of charities limited? If so, does the selection include those charities or charitable areas you are most interested in supporting?
- Where are the search results generated from (Google, Yahoo!, etc.)?
- What percentage of the revenue has donated to the selected charities?
- Is an easy method provided to help you integrate the search engine into your web browsers?
- Is their search page and results clean or cluttered?
- What additional features are available with the charitable search engine that might be useful (blog, directory, etc.)?
How Are The Charities Selected?
Some charitable search engines allow you to select your favorite charity. This is ideal if you have a specific charity you want to support. If that charity is not on the list, contact that charity and /or the search engine company and request it be added. I did this for one of the search engines and the charity was added promptly.Some charitable search engines have preselected the charities they will donate to. In this case, make sure they indicate which charities are selected. Also be aware that the selected charities may change on a regular basis (i.e. monthly). Using these search engines makes sense if you do not have a specific charity you want to support through your web surfing.
There is also some that allow the web surfers to vote on a preselected list of charities. The charity with the highest number of votes receives the donated funds. This adds an element of fun and suspense.
You Can Make A Difference
How to Make a Difference: Over 1,000 Ways to Serve at Home, in the Community, and in the World
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009) 
How You Can Help: An Easy Guide to Incorporating Good Deeds into Your Everyday Life
Amazon Price: $29.95 (as of 07/11/2009)
Is The Selection Of Charities Limited?
Where Are The Search Results Generated From?
If you are like me, you have a favorite search engine but then use others when needing a different set of results. You can do the same thing with charitable search engines. Determine the best choice for you and then add others for those times you want to change the search results.
You Can Change The World
The Power of Serving Others: You Can Start Where You Are
Amazon Price: $17.21 (as of 07/11/2009)
Life As a Daymaker: How to Change the World by Simply Making Someone's Day
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What Percentage Of The Revenue Is Donated To The Selected Charities?
The purpose for changing your current search engine to a charitable search engine is to raise funds for charity. Unless you continuously search 24/7, no charity is going to get rich from your efforts. However, when many people are supporting the same charities through their web searches as well it adds up. The number of people makes a huge difference in how much the charity will receive.Another significant factor is how much of the advertising revenue generated is donated to the selected charities. There can be a significant difference between charitable search engines. They currently range from 10 percent to 100 percent.
Is An Easy Method Provided To Help You Integrate The Search Engine Into Your Web Browsers?
The charitable search engine should provide the tools and clear instructions on how to set up your browser. This is especially important if you are not a "computer wiz" and need the help.
You Can Make The World A Better Place
The Power of Giving: Creating Abundance in Your Home, at Work, and in Your Community
Amazon Price: (as of 07/11/2009)
The Good Deed Guide: Simple Ways to Make the World a Better Place
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 07/11/2009)
Is The Search Page And Results Clean Or Cluttered?
Whether it is better to have a little or a lot of information on the search page and the search results is a personal preference. Take a look at the search page and do a few searches to get a feel for whether you are comfortable with the layout. What Additional Features Are Available With The Charitable Search Engine That Might Be Useful?
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What are your favorite charitable search engines? What charity do you support when searching? What do you think of this lens?
Leave a comment and let everyone know your answers to these questions!
Louis Lasky wrote
Yea man, these are some great resources and stuff. I really like the one where you can pay schools back and things like that. We should really try and do more stuff like this. Man, this is cool. Who would have ever known you can help out just be doing some searching..you know? So awesome. I'm gonna tell all my co-workers and stuff. It's like my high school could be making tons of cash instead of selling baked goods and stuff like that. Can you imagine how big this is and stuff? It's like I can't even fathom the potential we have here as a collective group to make a change for the better good.
Posted March 03, 2009
cjceo
I love using http://www.helpuu.com
Ive been using it for a couple months now and its been really easy to use and it helps alot of great charities.
Posted December 27, 2007
lisadh wrote...
Great lens. Hope it inspires many people to use these sites.
Posted November 19, 2007
steveffeo wrote...
I knew about Goodsearch but wow you did a great job of showing many more. I am going to "grab this list" very well done.
Posted November 06, 2007
by rogercarr
Roger Carr is the founder and owner of Everyday Giving. Everyday Giving inspires others to give back and make a difference in the world.
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