This is why I love my cell phone company. 1% of yearly profits are distributed to charities based on how the members/subscribers vote.....better than AT&T or Verizon or any other company spending the money I pay them on lobbyist and politicians who don't represent me or my interest. Over 25 years they have handed out over $65 million U.S. Click the header to go to the website and to see the distribution list for the past few years.
$2,680,211 in Change
In 2009, CREDO Mobile members helped raise $2,680,211 for nonprofit groups working to change the world. Members voted on how to distribute the donations to the progressive organizations working for social change. Here’s how members voted to distribute the donations to each organization last year:
Environment
$39,398 Center for Environmental Health
$82,285 Defenders of Wildlife
$39,092 Green for All
$34,497 Grist Magazine
$104,189 Natural Resources Defense Council
$48,895 Oceana
$67,734 Rainforest Action Network
$82,745 Union of Concerned Scientists
$51,958 Vote Solar Initiative
$70,492 Wilderness Society
Civil Rights
$98,215 ACLU
$27,451 American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
$64,824 Americans United for Separation of Church and State
$42,462 Center for Constitutional Rights
$57,779 Electronic Frontier Foundation
$58,545 Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
$47,057 Innocence Project
$71,870 NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation
$40,164 National Immigration Law Center
$108,783 Planned Parenthood (affiliates)
Economic and Social Justice
$47,057 Center for Investigative Reporting
$30,668 Center for Responsible Lending
$86,267 Democracy Now!
$30,974 Families USA
$76,618 Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest)
$36,795 Free Press
$40,318 Girls Inc.
$35,109 Jobs With Justice
$38,326 National Center for Science Education
$27,451 National Employment Law Project
Peace & International Freedom
$26,685 Abraham Fund
$39,092 Engineers Without Borders
$57,166 Global Fund for Women
$38,939 Grameen Foundation
$66,509 Human Rights Watch
$38,939 Mercy Corps
$70,185 Oxfam America
$39,398 Ploughshares Fund
$34,191 Room to Read
$54,103 Women for Women International
Voting Rights & Civic Participation
$25,000 Advancement Project
$29,596 Brave New Foundation
$29,596 Brennan Center for Justice
$46,750 Color of Change
$25,307 Democracia U.S.A.
$46,138 Media Matters for America
$36,182 Project Vote
$35,722 Public Campaign
$34,344 Sentencing Project
$36,488 Women's Voices. Women Vote
Total donations for 2009: $2,680,211
Total amount in 2009 includes donations to tree-planting groups, bill round-ups and miscellaneous contributions.
