Yahoo Search for Charity

As teachers gear up for another year of having to do more with less, some innovative fundraising programs are empowering teachers, parents, students and administrators to take matters into their own hands to help bridge the gap. Freelanthropy.com is one such company that recently introduced a free suite of online fundraising tools to educators at the 2009 National Education Association Expo in San Diego, CA.

Facing budget cuts schools are looking for ways to generate revenue to protect the quality of education that all students should receive. Freelanthropy.com is now offering an innovative way to enable parents, teachers, administrators and even students to quite literally take matters into their own hands to generate revenue for their school.

And in these tough economic times when it might not be possible for families to open their wallets, they can do something they’re collectively doing thousands of times per day to generate literally thousands of dollars per year for their school or individual classroom. Searching for something on the Internet is now a free and simple way to generate money for schools.

By simply adding a school to the charity directory and then using the free search and communication tools provided by Freelanthropy, the act of using Yahoo! Search generates funds for supplies, field trips, music programs or whatever the particular school or department needs.

“While our services are available to a broad range of nonprofits and charities in the United States and Canada, Freelanthropy was originally born out of a desire to help schools, so it is a great privilege to be an exhibitor at NEA Expo 2009 and to be able to address the largest single assembly of educators on the planet.”

Sheehy added, “With four daughters of my own I see first-hand how schools are struggling to fulfill their mission of providing the best education possible. Parents are feeling the pinch, too, and perhaps a bit of guilt not being able to contribute as much as they’d like to the school. Freelanthropy’s Yahoo!powered web search tools provide a great method for supporters to generate money for schools without having to actually write a check. It’s a lot easier than going door-to-door with forms or cajoling neighbors to help you out.”

In addition to empowering supporters to generate revenue for their school just by searching or using the Shop & Give charity shopping service, Freelanthropy also helps them to stay connected to their school through the free “Community Toolbar” that Freelanthropy provides to each of its nonprofit partners.

It works for the whole school, just the science department, a class or even a small project like a class party.