A Penny A Day

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little." - Edmund Burke

A Penny A Day is an organization committed to the funding of charitable enterprises worldwide by providing them a program to facilitate small, sustainable, monthly donations by its members. The goals of the organization are simple:

To provide the public and corporate institutions a means of contributing sustainable, scheduled donations to local, national, and international institutions working for the public good in the following capacity:

Develop a means for donors to contribute funds automatically by deducting a scheduled amount with each paycheck.
Assist donors, corporations, and public good institutions with the donation transaction process.
Assist donors and corporations with finding public good institutions ready to receive funding.
Educate or provide educational material to donors, corporations, and public good institutions about scheduled donation planning.
Develop a means to provide donors, corporations, and donation recipients with easy-to-understand documentation of transactions.

We've moved to the Bay Area!

A Penny A Day is currently searching locally for:

board members (preferably with experience in payroll and benefits management and/or accounting and billing)
volunteers with experience in international aid, grant writing, authoring transactional software, and non-profit law

If you, or anyone you know, may be interested in joining forces with an organization committed to ease funding for other groups, please contact:

Micah Laaker
mlaaker@apennyaday.org

Currently, A Penny A Day can not handle donation transactions, although we are hoping to support such services in the future. In the meantime, you can contribute directly to your favorite organization using the A Penny A Day program (described in our "Get Involved" packet (PDF: 75k)).

Contribute in small ways, everyday.
Get started.

You can make a difference today by committing to a certain dollar (or cent) amount each day (payable according to a monthly cycle) to the organization(s) of your choice. To show the organization your intent, as well as to spread the word of the A Penny A Day program to a wider number of charitable organizations, just print and submit the Pledge Coupons (contained in the packet) alongside your payments.

Also, to volunteer to help with A Penny A Day or to include your charitable group in our service, please write us at mlaaker@apennyaday.org. (All correspondence will be treated as personal, private communication, and your information will never be sold or given to a third party.)

WHO TO HELP
If you are looking to try the program today and wish to help a worthwhile cause, please consider making a donation to any of the not-for-profit organizations listed below. (For more information about any charitable organization's efficiency, please visit the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance.)