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The Give Kindly difference

Give Kindly is a unique platform that allows you to make a positive impact by donating a portion of your transactions to a charity of your choice while shopping online. Learn more

How does Give Kindly make its money?

Give Kindly makes its money by a profit split from each product depending on our wholesale price from the supplier and the regular retail price the supplier recommends we charge the product at. The split is dependent on the margin as the entire charity component goes to the charity untarnished and untouched and the give kindly profit on each product needs to maintain all operational expenses and fund the Give Kindly operations.

Why is GiveKindly a for profit business and not a charity?

Give Kindly is a business like any other, but the founders and partners of Give Kindly sought to make a living un ashamedly by making a difference and doing good as opposed to more conventional business practices. The founders and partners sought to focus on their purpose of making a difference and facilitate that through this marketplace initially and as this advances we intend to continue to invest in organizations that follow the same principals of change we intend to see.

The second reason Give Kindly is a business is that we intend to increase our foot print and maximize the change we can make. This can only be done through investment and growth. Their may be potential risks the founders may need to take in terms of losing some of their personal money. We believe the greatest impact we can make as an organization is through enterprise and capitalism.

How is the Give Kindly charity different to the Give Kindly business?

The Give Kindly Charity has really nothing to do with the business except that the business covers all overheads of the charity. The purpose of the charity Is to directly invest into infrastructure and direct projects to benefit the global community. So far a disability centre in Zimbabwe has been built with he support of the founders and the future ambitions of the charity extends to water wells, schools, hospitals orphanages and shelters. Donations can even go towards other charities potentially if they can demonstrate It has a project that falls within our charities constitution. Any infrastructure that can help make a difference. The Charity intends to fund the construction but also seeks to assist in formalizing mechanisms for the project to self sustain and continue to operate without the charities support on a 5 year plan. The give Kindly Charity is managed by Rotarys Rawcs program which means the money collected is held in trust and audited until the Charity board makes direction as to where the money should go. It is fully audited and the use of funds are transparent and transaction statements will be available for public scrutiny on the Give Kindly US social media pages every Quarter.

Who gets the tax receipt?

You do! 100% you! You get the benefit after all its you doing the work! Its you putting your mney down. We facilitate it as a matter of software but the good that you have done is all on you and you shall be rewarded 100% for it.

How do we choose the charities?

We don’t you do. Your choice is un-encumbered! If the government approves them as a registered charity you can provide funds to them. If they aren’t on our list taken from a government website than you can also request a charity. If you are a charity and wish to work with us on maximizing the Give Kindly platform send an enquiry on the Give Kindly contact page linked here and well happily seek to support you in any way we can.

Do the charities endorse Give Kindly as a fund raising agent?

No they don’t, some may, some do but essentially we don’t collectively give guidance as to which charity you can support. The American Government approves the licenses of these charities to operate and so long as the US Government approves their cause as a cause for good and hence worthy of a charity we will leave it up to our consumers to elect which charities they resonate with.

What happens if I don’t choose a charity?

If you don’t choose a charity the Give Kindly charity will default as your charity of choice. The details of the give kindly system of operation and how they use your donations can be pressing this link.

What happens if the charity rejects our donation because its too small?

If theCharity rejects your donation for whatever reason or the charity is now out of business or no longer licensed we will generally contact you and ask you for an alternative charity or recommend similar licensed causes.

How often will donations be issued to the charities?

Donations will be sent at the end of every financial quarter. As you can imagine we facilitate a lot of very tiny transactions on behalf of consumers to the charities. We need to do this quarterly for 3 main reasons.

1. We need to wait a fortnight after any transaction to issue the donation to ensure that in the event of a refund the consumer doesn’t lose their charity contribution as part of their refund.

2. There is significant amounts of Admin that goes on with each charity in order to audit the receipts of donation on behalf of the consumer who makes that donation.

3. We need the funds to accumulate on behalf of the charity so that the charity doesn’t expend resources on the administration greater to what it receives from the Give Kindly community. We intend too be the solution to their resource issues not the cause of it.

What happens to the donation component if I ask for a refund on a certain product?

Each supplier has its own refund policy. Please see the refund policy of give kindly linked here. Generally speaking if you are eligible for a full refund you will also get your charity component refunded also. You may elect to keep the charity component on route to the charity if you wish to keep giving kindly without the receiving of your product.

Do you put margins on top of the price of your product for the charity component?

Give Kindly endeavours to provide extremely competitive pricing in the market place while still wishing to create the marketplace for change. For us its about the ethos of lots of a littles. We need to create scale to make a change. The more scale we have the more competitive we can be with our pricing.

All of our products listed are at or below the regular retail price suggested by our wholesalers and suppliers.

How do I help the Give Kindly movement?

Word of mouth and endorsement is key to the growth and survival of the Give kindly movement. Tell your friends share the link to our app and website and have us help the world make a difference one purchase at a time.

 How can businesses have their products on the Give Kindly platform?

Please make an enquiry on our website contact us page linked here. We will simply need to negotiate our method of distribution, wholesale cost and RRP and then we can work together in partnership to make a difference to the world and communities everywhere.

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