On the charity blacklist
Business | Amazon.com continues to ban some Christian nonprofits from its donate-while-you-shop program
by Juliana Chan Erikson
Posted 8/27/20, 04:37 pm
Over a million nonprofits use Amazon.com’s charitable giving program, AmazonSmile, to collect donations. It’s not hard to see why: The online retail giant’s donate-while-you-shop function gave away over $100 million to enlisted charities in 2018.
AmazonSmile’s most popular recipients range the spectrum. They include Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign but also Christian nonprofits such as Samaritan’s Purse and Compassion International. The latter each collected over $80,000.
But not all Christian charities have been welcome.