How does the site work?
When you visit our homepage you will see our vote options. These options allow you to choose from 3 charitable organizations on which to vote. The organization with the most votes will receive the MOST sponsorship monies at month’s end (in proportion to their number of votes). If one non-profit recieve 90% of the votes, they will recieve 90% of donations. The remaining 10% will be distributed accordingly between the two remaining non-profits. After voting on the charitable organization of your choice you will be redirected to the Thank You Page. Here, you you will see small ads for our site sponsors. There is no charge to you. 100% of money from these sponsored advertisements will go to our charitable partners (see non-profits page).
Where do sponsorships come from and how does it all work?
Sponsorships come from companies that see the potential for worldly change through the internet medium. We have found sponsors who share our concern with helping those in need. These sponsors agree to pay for advertising space and we in turn give the money to chairty. However, the more people we get viewing the site, the more money we will be able to collect from advertisers. Different areas of the site may have different dollar values and this is all based on the type and structure of advertising agreement the site sponsors have with Improving Your World.
Essentially, this site involves positive re-enforcement of people helping people:
- You Visiting + Advertisers Paying = Improvingyourworld(.org giving)
Therefore, the more sponsors the site has, the more funding is available for donation. Likewise more visitors means more advertising fees we can collect and thus, more improvements we can make together.
What social networks can the site be found on?
Currently improvingyourworld.org can be found on myspace and facebook. To add us: Click the following links:
How often can I vote for the non-profit of my choice?
Although you can click as many times as you wish, clicks will be counted only once per visitor per day (24 hour period). Improving Your World will monitor the clicks per non-profit to determine how to allocate funds. You may click as many times as you wish, yet it will not be recorded continually.
How can the voting system be moderated to ensure it is fair?
The voting system is setup on the basis that each person can vote once per day. While this does create some bias if an individual favors one organization over another, each organization does have an equal opportunity to get the most money. Voting for one organization does not necessarily mean that organization will recieve more money. Rather, it means that they will be more likely to get the highest amount of sponsorship-generated funds.
How much money has been generated?
Please see our Results page for a detailed breakdown of funding generated.
How many people have clicked?
Please look at the software on our thank-you page that displays in real time our voting results. Look here.
Is Improving Your World a nonprofit organization?
We are in fact, not a nonprofit organization. We work on the basis of committing as much funds as possible to any of the given charities per month. However, in order to keep the site going with scheduled maintence and upkeep, we do have ads on our homepage for non-charitable causes. We also have a shop where we sell items and donate a portion to charity.
