Amazon Smile

Discontinued Unverified

Last updated 2026-03-15 · Update this page

Discontinued. This listing is kept in OSS.Fund for reference, but the platform no longer appears active.

AmazonSmile was Amazon’s charity-giving program, which donated 0.5% of eligible purchases to selected nonprofits at no extra cost to shoppers. The program is discontinued, but it remains historically relevant as a large-scale purchase-triggered donation model that some open source foundations could benefit from.

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Organization	Corporation
Open source status	Closed source
Platform technology	Closed source retail donation program
Monetization model	Donations from purchases of customers who opted-in
Payment methods	Credit card
Platform fees	Amazon funded the donation itself by contributing 0.5% of eligible purchase value; users and charities did not pay a platform fee.
User activity	Before it was wound down, Amazon said AmazonSmile had donated more than $215 million globally to hundreds of thousands of charities.
Evidence	https://press.aboutamazon.com/2020/9/amazon-surpasses-215-million-in-donations-to-charities-through-amazonsmile https://press.aboutamazon.com/2018/10/amazon-announces-100-million-donated-to-charities-through-amazonsmile https://press.aboutamazon.com/de/2021/4/mit-amazonsmile-bei-jedem-einkauf-ein-laecheln-schenken