Amazon Smile

Discontinued

Last updated 2026-03-15 · Update this page

Historical record. This platform is discontinued and should not be treated as an active option.

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.

You are viewing: Amazon Smile

Goal: Funding. Model: Donations. Status: Historical.

Should you use this?

Best for: Maintainers with an audience who want recurring or one-off supporter funding.
Not ideal for: Projects that need institutional grants, issue bounties, or guaranteed revenue.
Why choose it: Amazon donates 0.5% of the eligible net purchase price to the charitable organisation of choice, such as OSS foundations.
Watch out for: Success depends on visibility, trust, and sponsor conversion.
Setup effort: Review setup requirements
Fees: Amazon funded the donation itself by contributing 0.5% of eligible purchase value; users and charities did not pay a platform fee.
Last verified: 2026-03-15
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Model Donations

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Verification	Unverified
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.