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Charity used to be a tax write-off for corporations. If Amazon paid taxes, they would have a reason to give to charity. But they don't, so they won't.
So by "impact" they mean the impact on their bottom line, yes? I mean, any amount given to charity is better than nothing, no? >

You would think so. I've "generated" $16 for the organization my Smile profile is aimed at. Total they've received \~$550 from AmazonSmile.  
It's not a lot, but it's $550 that they didn't have before. >


I've "generated" $16 for the organization my Smile profile is aimed at. 

How much did you spend to generate that $16? >

It says they donate 0.5%, so $320? >

Try $3200 for $16. It's small beans and they still cut it. >

Bananas. They’re discontinuing the program … because it hasn’t resulted in enough donations?? K. >

bezos on his 8th super yacht: what can I do? >

I have been using Amazon Smile for long time and my chosen charity (local cat and dog rescue) has been getting money from that. I got the email just now. I will keep donating directly and cutting Amazon out. We just cancelled Prime in any case. Cost-cutting, my ass. Somehow there’s still billions available for Lord of the Rings prequels and midquels but few dollars here and there for charitable causes, that cannot be done. >

and plenty of money for terrible Thursday NFL games... >

Let's see how much they spend on fighting unionization by their employees now. >

So disappointing 😞. I represent a non profit that was benefiting from and relying upon the revenue from smile. 
Has anyone had luck or experience successfully applying to any of their other give back programs? Would love any tips or success stories! They mention they give back in other ways, but don't show how to apply to those programs or what the qualifiers are. >

Based on the email, it sounds like Amazon is just choosing who they’d like to donate too now. Sorry to hear about your business! We donated to our local shelter through Amazon Smile >

so are they gonna use their own money to donate? >

Oh, yah, absolutely! All charitable donations now go to the Jeff Bezos Foundation >


“With so many eligible organizations -- more than 1 million globally -- our ability to have an impact was often spread too thin.”

So reduce the number of charities rather than giving to none! >

Likely the real reason is Amazon Smile was getting too popular so it had to be cut.