The service has raised over $377 million since it launched in 2013
has been donated through the scheme since it launched in 2013, but in its closure notice suggested this was not sufficient to keep the scheme running.“After almost a decade, the program has not grown to create the impact that we had originally hoped,” the company said in. “With so many eligible organizations — more than 1 million globally — our ability to have an impact was often spread too thin.”
AmazonSmile will shut down on February 20th. Charities enrolled in the program will still be able to receive additional donations until the program closes, and Amazon said it will be making a one-time donation to participating charities “equivalent to three months of what they earned in 2022 through the program.”
The closure of AmazonSmile follows recent efforts by Amazon to cut back on expenses after becoming the first public company to
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