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From
November 11, 2008
SEEKING PROFITS IN NONPROFITS
By Deborah L. Jacobs
Giving without Giving In today’s troubled economy, Ken Ramberg’s recipe for fund-raising is simple: give people at all income levels a tool for benefiting charity without spending a dime. GoodSearch, the Los Angeles-based company that he and his sister JJ founded in 2005, tries to do just that.
Their vehicle is an Internet search engine called GoodSearch (goodsearch.com), powered by Yahoo. A visitor to the site can both initiate a search and specify a charity; GoodSearch donates a penny to the charity for each search. A charity with 1,000 supporters searching the Internet twice a day will receive $7,300 in a year.
Since the company started, users have chosen to benefit more than 68,000 nonprofits and schools. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for example, has received $18,800 in donations, Mr. Ramberg said. GoodSearch adds 100 charities each day, drawn from users’ request, after vetting them to make sure they are legitimate, Mr. Ramberg said.
The charities pay nothing to participate, and at first thought “it was too good to be true,” said Ms. Ramberg, 38, who was previously a television reporter. “In the beginning they vetted us, too.”
SEEKING PROFITS IN NONPROFITS
By Deborah L. Jacobs
Giving without Giving In today’s troubled economy, Ken Ramberg’s recipe for fund-raising is simple: give people at all income levels a tool for benefiting charity without spending a dime. GoodSearch, the Los Angeles-based company that he and his sister JJ founded in 2005, tries to do just that.
Their vehicle is an Internet search engine called GoodSearch (goodsearch.com), powered by Yahoo. A visitor to the site can both initiate a search and specify a charity; GoodSearch donates a penny to the charity for each search. A charity with 1,000 supporters searching the Internet twice a day will receive $7,300 in a year.
Since the company started, users have chosen to benefit more than 68,000 nonprofits and schools. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for example, has received $18,800 in donations, Mr. Ramberg said. GoodSearch adds 100 charities each day, drawn from users’ request, after vetting them to make sure they are legitimate, Mr. Ramberg said.
The charities pay nothing to participate, and at first thought “it was too good to be true,” said Ms. Ramberg, 38, who was previously a television reporter. “In the beginning they vetted us, too.”
Follow these instructions:
1.) Go to the GoodSearch Web site.
2.) You will be asked, “Who Do You GoodSearch For?” Type in “Operation Nightwatch - Portland.”
3.) Conduct your search! (Nightwatch earns a penny!)
1.) Go to the GoodSearch Web site.
2.) You will be asked, “Who Do You GoodSearch For?” Type in “Operation Nightwatch - Portland.”
3.) Conduct your search! (Nightwatch earns a penny!)
