Altruisto.com

Raise money for the world's most effective charities through your everyday online shoppings with no extra costs.
What is Altruisto.com?
Altruisto.com is a Chrome extension that enables you to effortlessly raise money for effective charities while shopping online. With no extra costs, a portion of your purchases goes towards providing essential aid to people living in extreme poverty.

Extension stats

Users: 359 ▼ -4
Rating: 5.00 (14)
Version: 3.0.6 (Last updated: 2021-07-23)
Creation date: 2020-04-27
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • cookies
  • alarms
Size: 1.71M

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Extension summary

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You can start helping people in extreme poverty with no extra effort or costs. Just install an extension, and when you buy something online, people living in severe poverty will get medicines, bed nets, or financial aid. There are no extra costs for you (the charity donation is covered by our partner stores).

We’ve partnered with online stores (including Ebay, Aliexpress, Etsy, Microsoft) to create a unique loyalty program. For every purchase you make in one of our partners’ stores, portion of the money goes to extremely effective, research-backed charities. That way, users can support great causes with no costs, and shops gain clients strongly incentivized to buy from them and not their competition.

It works with 1000+ shops including Ebay, Barnes & Noble, Aliexpress, and Etsy. For every $4.85 raised for Against Malaria Foundation two people are protected from malaria (via bed nets) and for every $1.19 raised for Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, one child gets a year supply of medicine.

Everyone wins!


How does it work?

When you visit one of our partners’ stores online, you will see a special button saying "start raising money". After clicking that button, you will be asked to confirm your choice, and you will then be redirected back to the store. From now on, when you buy something, Altruist receives a commission (usually 1-6%) and donates it to carefully chosen charities.

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User reviews

This is the kind of extension that makes me ask: "Why not?" Why not raise money for some of the most important causes out there with no effort whatsoever? I could see privacy concerns, but the creator is very transparent (it's even open source!).
by Nicholas Kruus, 2024-01-07

Raise money for the best causes, no effort required! love it
by Adam Binksmith, 2020-04-13

Fantastic. An easy way to raise money for great causes, without any added costs. This should come as standard on all web browsers!
by Peter Brietbart, 2020-03-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Altruisto.com requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Altruisto.com has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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