The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile purchases. The purchase price is the amount paid for the item minus any rebates and excluding shipping & handling, gift-wrapping fees, taxes, or service charges.
The average Amazon (non-prime) member spends $625 a year on Amazon.com. If you made all of those purchase through Amazon Smile, you'd be contributing $3.13 to the Foundation. Amazon Prime member spend an average of $1500 a year. Prime members would contribute $7.50 to the Rock Island County Farm Bureau Foundation-again, just by ordering what you normally order through Amazon! (http://www.geekwire.com/2015/amazons-40-million-prime-members-spending-1500-year-average/)
AmazonSmile is a simple and automatic way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you'll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate a portion of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization. You can choose from nearly one million organizations to support.