The short answer is yes. You can switch the nonprofit you selected at any time. Keep in mind, though, the nonprofit you selected may be expecting to receive your donation for at least 12 months. Your nonprofit could end up short in covering its annual budget.
Because, by joining Charity+Power, a guaranteed portion of your utility bill charged by the rate plan provider you selected will be donated to the charity of your choice. You can also expect to receive a receipt at the end of the year for the portion of your bill that was donated to the nonprofit organization you selected. On top of that, we have negotiated rates that are competitive with your utility. Considered together, we believe we are offering a very competitive rate and, at the same time, you are supporting your favorite non-profit organization.
We are a broker of utility services, meaning we have contracted with retail service providers to deliver the utility service to you. The retail service provider you selected when you registered with us and selected your rate plan will be the name that appears on your bill.
The percentage of your rate charge that is donated to charity is included in the rate plan you selected (there is no additional mark-up of the rate plan you selected). Once your payment is received by the retail service supplier of the rate plan you selected, the donation is remitted to us and we, in turn, remit your donation to the nonprofit organization you selected, without any deduction.
You can contact the retail services provider of the rate plan you selected. Contact information for your retail service provider is listed on the Contact Us page. If you do not have this information, we will put you in touch with the retail service provider of the plan you selected.
No, but you may want to consider our smorgasbord menu. You can select from a group of environmental causes, animal welfare causes, medical research, and other affinity groupings that have been selected by us. Our smorgasbord menu will change from time to time depending on input from you.
The nonprofit will have access to information on each of our members who have chosen to make a donation to them, including name, address, phone number and email address of the member and an accounting of the amount of your donation and the date the donation was paid.
You can select any non-profit organization registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization. Charity+Power uses a third-party web-service from GuideStar that contains information on over 1.5 million US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. If you can’t find your nonprofit on Charity+Power, first try searching by the EIN (Tax ID). If you still can’t locate your nonprofit, go to the Guidestar.org website and search for your charity there. If you find your charity on the GuideStar website, simply email nposervices@guidestar.org and ask that the charity be opted in to their third party web-feed. Within 24 hours the charity will show up on our data base of non-profits. If you don’t see your charity on GuideStar, you can contact us or reach out to them directly but note that GuideStar receives a file from the IRS an average of 11 times a year of organizations who are deemed eligible to be listed as a nonprofit so it will take at most, a month and a half before your nonprofit can be automatically included in the GuideStar database.