Amazon is ending its charity donation program, which it says didn’t have enough financial impact. But some charities say the support “made a huge difference,” and shoppers have expressed disapproval of the decision on social media.
The Amazon.com, Inc. BHM1 fulfillment center is seen before sunrise on March 29, 2021 in Bessemer, Alabama. Amazon announced it is ending its charity donation program, AmazonSmile.Patrick T. Fallon for AFP via Getty Images
In 2022, AmazonSmile's average donation per charity was $230 in the U.S., an Amazon spokesperson told NPR in an email. The Squirrelwood Equine Sanctuary, an animal sanctuary in New York's Hudson Valley that is home to more than 40 horses and other farm animals,Beth Hyman, executive director of the sanctuary, says the organization reliably received a couple thousand dollars per quarter. While that's a relatively small amount of the overall budget,"that can feed an animal for a year," Hyman says.
Eloise Hudson, the group's communications manager, says that while CASA is a national organization, it's broken down into individual, local nonprofits that work and seek funding at the grassroots level. AmazonSmile empowered people in supporting a small charity, she says, and"that's not going to be there anymore."
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