Amazon Smile

Funding is certainly one area of that affects all teachers, students, administrators, communities. Here in the State of Michigan, we were ranked dead last in terms of school funding growth. Per pupil spending has declined 15% in the last 20 years and these numbers don't look any promising anytime soon. This is where Amazon Smile may come in handy as a way to raise money for your local school. Amazon Smile is a simple, automatic, and free way to support any charitable organization every time you shop, including schools. Nothing about Amazon changes in terms of prices, accessibility, etc. The one catch is that whoever wants Amazon to donate a portion of the purchase price to your school of choice should go to AmazonSmile first.

You can access AmazonSmile from the web browser on your computer or mobile device. You can even bookmark it for even easier access. Amazon and AmazonSmile can be accessed using the same account so no need to change your account. Nothing changes. There are tens of millions of products eligible for donations. However, recurring Subscribe-and-Save purchases and subscription renewals are not currently eligible. Once you have determined which organization you'd like to support, you need to select it and it will be remembered automatically and start donations with every single eligible purchase. Also, there is no commitment. If you want to change the organization that receives your donations, that is always an option for you. There are over 1 million eligible 501(c)(3) public charitable organizations to choose from. Once you have established where you want your donations to go, AmazonSmile will begin to donate 0.5% of the purchase price to your charity of choice. This 0.5% includes the purchase of the item minus any rebates and excluding shipping and handling, gift-wrapping fees, taxes, or service charges. Amazon may even offer special promotions increasing the amount. However, the only downside I can see to AmazonSmile is that donations are not tax deductible by you.

I would highly recommend setting up an AmazonSmile account with your school today and seizing the benefits of this great opportunity.