I just received the Happy Holidays note from Google to its advertisers in which they mention that they decided to do “something a little different” this year.
Different indeed! Click on the link in the email and you learn that they committed $20 million to charities.
The current list of intended recipients includes:
- African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
- Ashesi University College, Ghana
- Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience
- Boys and Girls Clubs
- CARE, Mothers Matter
- Feeding America
- Global Voices
- Grupo Cultural Afro Reaggae
- Harlem Children’s Zone
- HEAL Africa
- Loud Against Nazis
- Mobile Creches
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- Prajwala
- Pratham
- Reporters Without Borders
- Save the Children, Latin America focus
- Save the Children, Middle East and Eurasia focus
- Shin Shin Educational Foundation
- Smile Train
- The Mango Tree
- Tzu Chi Foundation
- Ushahidi
- Witness
- World Wildlife Fund, Natural Capital Project
Good one Google!
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This is very good indeed!
Well done Google!
Good., didn’t know about that until now. And I was just wondering what’s Google’s yearly profit… if it’s billions, $20 millions is very little…
Well done Google. Lets hope other do the same….organisations that is!
M
Glad to see Google giving to charity instead of making massive profits.
Good on ya Google!
Good to know. I appreciate this great step by google.
Wow, it’s always good to hear about a corporation doing some good!
This good news, CONGRATULATION for Google.
That was unheard to me even though I am an regular web user.. why not donate few more millions to me
They should donate more, since they are a multi billion dollar companies, like Microsoft.