To date, 1DollarClub.org is in cooperation with four charities that strongly support 1DollarClub’s mission and goals. These charities include Doctors Without Borders, Free Rice, The Elders, and Shelter For Life. Each of these charities was strategically chosen based on their commitment to help those in need, their new and innovative ways of thinking and their willingness to help make a difference in the world. We feel that it is very important to recognize these charities and take some time tell you a little about them.

Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971.

Today, MSF provides aid in nearly 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need.

On any one day, more than 27,000 committed individuals representing dozens of nationalities can be found providing assistance to people caught in crises around the world. The are doctors, nurses, logistic experts, administrators, epidemiologists, laboratory technicians, mental health professionals, and others who work together in accordance with MSF’s guiding principles of humanitarian action and medical ethics.

MSF’s work is based on the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation.

Free Rice

FreeRice has two primary goals. The first consists of providing English vocabulary to everyone for free. The second goal is to help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

FreeRice believes that whether you are CEO of a large corporation or a street child in a poor country, improving your vocabulary can improve your life. It is a great investment in yourself. And perhaps even greater is the investment your donated rice makes in hungry human beings, enabling them to function and be productive. It is nice to know that somewhere in the world; a person is eating rice that has been supplied by our website through people’s commitment to expand their minds.

The Elders

The Elders is a gathering of world leaders who have come together to guide and support the “global village.” The only agenda of The Elders is that of humanity and their only purpose is to ease human suffering in three essential areas:

1. Offering a catalyst for the peaceful resolution of conflict.
2. Seeking new approaches to seemingly intractable global issues.
3. Sharing wisdom: reaching out to grassroots Elders and to the next generation of leaders. Listening and helping to amplify voices for good all over the world.

Shelter For Life

SFL believes that sustainable communities are built through the shared involvement of local people who are empowered to be an integral part of the rebuilding process. With this grassroots approach, SFL enables people devastated by conflict and disaster to become part of the solution. This process begins through the physical reconstruction of the community: shelters, schools, clinics, and infrastructure.

Families are trained in construction techniques and rebuild their homes, brick by brick. Village members are organized to identify critical infrastructure needs and reconstruct bridges, roads, wells, schools, clinics, or local markets. SFL equips people with training, tools, and materials to permanently rebuild their communities.

But SFL programs are more than just bricks and mortar. By integrating construction projects with community development programs, the results go beyond new shelters, roads, and water systems. SFL's comprehensive approach rebuilds communities, offers hope, restores dignity, develops local capacity, and creates environments where people feel physically, psychologically, and economically secure.

At the 1DollarClub, we pride ourselves in our mission to change the world one dollar at a time. This being said, it is a top priority to make sure that as much of your donation as possible goes to making a difference. Unlike some big legacy charities that have extremely high overhead costs and administration fees, the 1DollarClub makes it a point to keep these costs at or below 10%. Currently, this 10% administration expense is entirely a payment processing fee from Paypal. Because our transaction amounts are so small - $1.00 - there is a 5% processing fee, and a $0.05 transaction fee, this ends up being a significant part of the donations.  Unfortunately, as a new 501c3 organization we have done everything within our power to get PayPal to waive their fees, but until this point we have been unsuccessful.

As we continue to grow and earn more credibility as an organization we are planning on implementing some very innovative administrative practices. Our whole concept of the 1DollarClub.org is very simple, that people can ONLY donate 1 Dollar. So no matter whom you are whether you are Warren Buffet or the average everyday person, your 1 dollar has the same impact, thus putting all people on the same level. In the future, we will be accepting larger donations from individuals and organizations but those dollars will be put specifically towards our administrative expenses making our global fund solely from donors who have donated one dollar, and eventually our administrative expenses will become a negative percent.  

Unfortunately, we do not have massive funds to spend on administration, fundraising, and overhead costs like large legacy charities such as the Red Cross, ARC, or Habitat for Humanity.  However we are offering a new way, an innovative way, a 2008 way for you to be part of making a difference in the world, with something as simple as just 1 dollar. 

As most of you know one dollar in itself does not do much or mean much these days therefore you might be curious as to why the 1DollarClub only asks for $1. The 1DollarClub is not just about giving a dollar to charity; it is about creating a movement that encourages every single person to give a dollar to change the world.

The way www.1dollarclub.org has been set up supports the way in which this movement can happen. There are three easy steps involved with becoming part of the 1DollarClub. You start by donating your dollar, and then you invite your network of friends, family, coworkers, and acquaintances or anyone you feel should know about the 1DollarClub. Finally, you get the unique chance to watch your 1 Factor grow through the power of your social network.  

The 1 Factor has been set up to show how much money you as an individual are responsible for raising. This doesn’t just mean that you get to watch the real time widget on our websites homepage; this means that you can download your own widget that will keep track of how much money YOU are responsible for raising. Once this widget is downloaded you have the ability to put it on your Facebook or Myspace account as well as your own website!

So, how does this work? The 1 Factor tracks all of your friends that have donated because of the 1DollarClub invitation they received from you. It also is able to keep track of the money donated from the friends of your friends and friends of their friends and etc… (You are responsible for this money as well!) All in all, the 1 Factor allows you to see how much money you are actually responsible for raising through the utilization of your social network.  

The underlying goal of the 1 Factor is to add another layer to social networking. Millions of people belong to enormous social networks all over the world and it doesn’t really mean anything except that they are well connected. However, we want to take everyone’s enormous social network and put it to good use by showing how much good can come from utilizing the power of your social network.

The 1 Factor is set to be released in the coming week. For people that have already donated please watch for an email from the 1DollarClub team that will provide you a link to download the widget. For all you potential donators out there, check out the website in the next few days to download the next big thing to hit the internet!

Some really exciting things are starting to happen with http://1dollarclub.org! One of which is that we are nearing our first benchmark of $100. This may not seem very significant however when you take a look behind the scenes, some very extraordinary things are taking place. Being that 1DollarClub users can only view what is going on at the surface; we thought we should take the time to let you know how well 1DollarClub is really doing.

With the 1DollarClub being a nonprofit organization the first dollar donation that was given was a great accomplishment. Yet, this was only the first step to becoming a true success. The dollar amount we currently have not only represents the number of people that have donated but also the number of people that have received an E-mail informing them of the 1DollarClub. What people do not realize is that there are over 4,000 people that have been informed of the 1DollarClub through E-mails. The 1DollarClub movement requires a slow grass-roots building effort, and this takes time just as all great things do. The important thing to know is that the 1DollarClub is working and this is extremely exciting to all of us on the 1DollarClub Team!