Who We Serve
In developing the mechanism to certify transactional charity, Commerce for Change has created a tool that will serve for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, and individuals alike.
Businesses. Commerce for Change will certify and aggregate corporate transactional giving, regardless of corporate size or age. From fortune 500 corporations to a local corner store, from a long time pillar of the business world to startups, Commerce for Change will certify, promote, and serve businesses philanthropic practices. Our certification is for business that having been donating to charity for years and for business that are wanting to develop and launch their own means to give back.
Nonprofits. For individuals, foundations, and nonprofit organization and institution working to solve to the unsolvable issues of our times, Commerce for Change creates another incredibly important avenue of resources to be able to even tackle these issues. With the goal of raising a billion dollars annually, Commerce for Change’s certification could be the difference in the health and survival of organizations looking to serve the unserved, treat the untreatable and solve to the unsolvable. Our certification will also guarantee to these organization, that the money these businesses are given are real and aren’t just an insignificant marketing ploy.
Individuals. Through weaving philanthropy into the fabric of our economy, by connecting the acts of commerce with the acts of giving by linking the shoppers’ actions to the corporations’ philanthropic reaction, Commerce for Change has empowered shoppers to be able to shop while supporting the institutes they care most about. Through our certification, the individual has more power how their money is spent. Our certification simplifies the question about what businesses give, how much and to whom, again empowering the shopper in how they want to spend their money. Finally, as we aggregate, the money given, a cause and effect will show itself, thus empowering this movement. By supporting our certified brands, a shopper is telling uncertified businesses a simple story, if you want my business you too have to give back.
