Fight poverty for free with Altruisto

No extra cost for you

Just install our Chrome extension and when you buy something online, people in extreme poverty will get medicines, bed nets, or financial aid. No extra cost for you, huge difference for people in need!

Fight COVID-19 for free with Altruisto

No extra cost for you

Just install our Chrome extension and when you buy something online, people at risk of COVID-19 in Africa will get clean water, soap, and medical kits. No extra cost for you, huge difference for people in need!

Fight for animals for free with Altruisto

No extra cost for you

Just install our Chrome extension and when you buy something online, charities fighting for animals rights will get extra funds. No extra cost for you, huge difference for animals in need!

OUR PARTNERS

MicrosoftAliexpressBooking.comEtsy
PROBLEM

Humanity
faces many problems

690 mln

Around 690 million people, or nearly 10% of the world's population, lives in extreme poverty. Nearly half of this group are children under the age of 14.
Although global poverty is still a burning issue and a lot of work needs to be done, it’s not a lost cause! The only way to reduce poverty and change the lives of the millions of people suffering from it is cooperation. Global citizens, charities, and governments have to join forces against the war on poverty.

Kongo
Kongo400 000 children face starvation.
India
India176 million people live in extreme povertyPhoto: Zoriah Miller for Dollar Street 2015 (Free to use under CC BY 4.0)
Kenya
Kenya16 million lack access to safe water.
Madagascar
MadagascarUndernourishment and hunger rates were at 42% in 2018.
Globally
GloballyOver 50 billion animals live in factory farms.
SOLUTION

It’s never been easier for you to change that!

All it takes for you is to install our plugin and activate it when shopping in one of our partners’ websites. No additional expenses required - simply buy anything and our partners will pass part of the money to charity of your selection.

African children

See what difference you can make

Usually, most partners share 2-6% of the price with the charities we support.

$12 donated from shopping for $200

3 childrenGet cured from parasites
3 peopleGet protected from malaria

Install extension

Start by registering your account and installing our extension. The extension is safe, open source, and respects your privacy.

Choose a store and shop

When you shop online, a button will appear. After clicking it, a portion of the money you pay will go to selected charities.
You pay no additional money!

Make a difference

We send the donation from your purchase to carefully chosen, underfunded charities that are extremely effective.

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WHY US

Change the world with Altruisto

Our mission is simple - we want to engage as many people to be altruists as possible. Below you can find out about our altruistic plans...

100% safe

Altruisto does not collect any user data nor it tracks your purchases. We do get information about what kind of products are purchased, but we do not track individual users' purchases. See our Privacy Policy

100% free

Altruisto is absolutely free to use. The prices in the online stores are exactly the same whether you use altruisto or not. Our partners cover 2-6% of the sum you spend in their store.

Charities we support

You can support the fight against extreme poverty, Against Malaria Foundation, Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and Give Directly. You can also support the fight against animal suffering and more.

Open source

The source code of our extension is available for everyone to view, audit, and improve. That way everyone can make sure that it is safe to use and does what it is supposed to. See source code

Social enterprise

We are registered as Community Interest Company. From Wikipedia: A community interest company (CIC) is a type of company introduced by the United Kingdom government in 2005 (...) designed for social enterprises that want to use their profits and assets for the public good.

100% safe

Altruisto does not collect any user data nor it tracks your purchases. We do get information about what kind of products are purchased, but we do not track individual users' purchases. See our Privacy Policy

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FAQ

Questions & Answers

Find out more about Altruisto and how our browser extension works.

How does it work?
In short, after installing Altruisto, when you visit one of our partner stores you will see a special box with a button saying “Activate donation.” When you click this button, you will be redirected back to the partner store (exactly where you were before). When you buy something, Altruisto receives a portion of the price you pay (usually between 2% and 6%). We donate our profits to carefully selected charities. Some stores will require you to repeat the process after some time.
Does it cost me anything to use Altruisto?
No, Altruisto is absolutely free to use. The prices in the online stores are exactly the same whether you use altruisto or not.
How can I be sure that the money will be donated to charities?
Altruisto is set up as Community Interest Company.

From Wikipedia:
A community interest company (CIC) is a type of company introduced by the United Kingdom government in 2005 under the Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act 2004, designed for social enterprises that want to use their profits and assets for the public good. CICs are intended to be easy to set up, with all the flexibility and certainty of the company form, but with some special features to ensure they are working for the benefit of the community.
What percentage of the purchase is donated to charities?
Altruisto receives usually 2-6% of the final purchase price. The percentage depends on the shop and the particular product.
What stores does Altruisto work with?
We have partnered with several big e-commerce businesses such as Ebay, Microsoft, Booking.com, Aliexpress, Etsy, Barnes&Noble, and over 1000 others. A full list of partner stores can be found at: https://altruisto.com/partners.
What charities do you support and why these and not others?
We have several cause areas you can choose from when you create an account. You can support the fight against extreme poverty, with Against Malaria Foundation, Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, and Give Directly. You can also support the fight against animal suffering, with Anima International.

The charities we've chosen to support have been recommended by either GiveWell or Animal Charity Evaluators, organizations that do in-depth research into how well charities do what they are supposed to do and chooses the best ones. As a result, the charities we support are exceptional at improving the lives of people living in extreme poverty or reducing animal suffering.

Selected charities are evidence-backed, thoroughly vetted, and underfunded.

Therefore, you can be sure the money they receive from your online shopping is used to do as much good as possible. Also, because the charities are so efficient with their funds, every small purchase in altruisto's partners' shops makes a real difference.
I am not buying in any of these stores, is there any reason for me to install Altruisto?
Yes, there are three reasons:

  1. We are constantly working on new partnerships, so we may partner with stores that you do use in the near future. It’s easier to have it already installed rather than regularly check if stores that you use have been added.
  2. If you even once decide to buy from our partners stores, having Altruisto already installed can be a difference of curing one child from parasitic worms or protecting a couple people from malaria. It’s better to have it installed just in case, rather than miss an easy opportunity to do a lot of good for free.
  3. It is easier to establish new partnerships with a bigger userbase: the more users Altruisto has, the easier it is to convince new stores to join our initiative. Therefore, by installing Altruisto, you make it more probable that we will partner with shops you use in the future.
I only shop at Amazon and already use Amazon Smile program, is there any reason for me to install Altruisto?
First of all, our partners usually donate 4-12 times more through Altruisto (2-6%) than Amazon does through Amazon Smile (only 0.5% of the final price). So, if you care about having as big a positive impact on the world as you can, using Altruisto either instead of or in addition to Amazon Smile is a way to achieve that.

Moreover, there are a lot of products or services available in our partner stores that are not available on Amazon. For example, travel services (hotels, flights, train tickets, car rentals, financial products, or sport clubs’ official apparel.
How do shops benefit from being in Altruisto program?
  1. Our users are clients who have a strong incentive to buy from our partner shops and not their competition.
  2. We are preparing multiple new features such as highlighting partners' websites in search results or informing the user when the product they are going to buy is available for the same price in one of our partners' stores. These features directly drive new consumers to partners' stores.
  3. Last, but definitely not least, thanks to Altruisto, our partners' brands are associated with a great cause.
Does Altruisto track my purchases or internet activity?
No, we do not. We do get information about what kind of products are purchased and how many items our users bought each month, but we do not track individual users' purchases. You can find out more in our Privacy Policy (we’ve tried to keep it simple and easy to understand).
Why installing Altruisto requires permission to “Read and change all data on websites you visit”?
For the extension to work properly it needs to have access to the information about what website you have opened to know if you're on one of our partners' sites (hence the "read data on websites" part) and be able to add new elements to the site (i.e. a box that displays a button for raising money. Hence the "change data on websites" part). In short, the extension downloads the list of partner shops, then works in the background, comparing the website you're viewing against the downloaded list, and if there is a match, it shows a special button. The information about visited websites does not leave your computer, so your privacy is protected.

Altruisto has an open source code available at Github so anyone can view and audit it to make sure it is safe to use.

Start making the world a better place with Altruisto!

Don’t be indifferent to helping. Register today and start helping with every single purchase.

Altruisto is a not-for-profit initiative. We donate our profits to Against Malaria Foundation, Schisotomasis Control Initiative, and GiveDirectly.

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