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"At World Vision, we appreciate Volusion and their commitment to helping others. Through its partnership with World Vision, Volusion is giving small entrepreneurs micro-loans to start new businesses and become self-reliant; providing educational opportunities to children impacted by AIDS in four African countries; and developing leadership skills among local youth in Los Angeles. Volusion is making a difference, and for that we are grateful."

Richard Stearns, President
World Vision U.S.

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Every business can make a difference in the community

The Volusion Foundation

Volusion wasn’t started by a huge corporation or through venture capital funds. The company was built from an idea, and an angel investor who helped bring that idea to a wider audience. Often times, good ideas and intentions lack the financial support needed to get them off the ground. This is why the Volusion Foundation was created. The Volusion Foundation believes in three strong areas of support in giving back to others and the environment- Time, Product and Revenue. Through a combined effort of these three elements, the Volusion Foundation devotes 1% Time in helping to better serve the community, 1% Product in helping non-profits offer their ideas and services to others, and 1% Revenue in providing support for budding entrepreneurs as well as vulnerable children, farmers, families, workers and others in need
of assistance throughout the world.

1% Time

1% Time

Volusion allows its employees to spend a percentage of their time volunteering with charitable organizations in and around their communities. Employees are given paid days off to volunteer with the charity of their choice, and are also allowed to participate in company-wide charitable events at work during various times of the year.

Employee charity efforts with the Volusion Foundation include:

  • Helping others in need.
  • Helping the environment.
  • Helping to better serve the community.

1% Product

be chosen to receive a free non-profit store

Several hundred organizations use Volusion to collect donations and funding online. “Stores To Change The World” is a program that Volusion runs on a monthly basis, designed to offer recognized legitimate Non-Profit Organizations the opportunity to get started online with world class software, hosting, and 24/7 free tech support.

Each month Volusion sets aside a percentage of Gold Plan stores for deserving NPO’s so they can accept donations online and offer their products through the world wide web, at no charge. In providing these stores to deserving organizations, the Volusion Foundation helps non-profits to provide their insight and support to reach the online environment.

To learn more, please visit Stores to Change the World

1% Revenue

1% Revenue

Through the non-profit World Vision, Volusion contributes 1% of its total revenue to entrepreneurs, farmers, and families in need. World Vision serves close to 100 million people in nearly 100 countries around the world.

This past year’s donation to World Vision was divided into approximately five projects that Volusion felt would have the best impact in helping others. In 2008, the Volusion Foundation:

Supporting World Vision
  • Sponsored 50 children in 46 developing countries. These sponsorships allowed underprivileged children to attend school and to obtain clean drinking water, food and needed supplies.
    To learn more, please visit World Vision Sponsorship.

  • Helped fight child labor in East Africa; helping AIDS-impacted children stay in school and receive an education in four countries.
    To learn more, please visit KURET in Eastern Africa.

  • Helped others step out of poverty through economic development in Mexico.
    To learn more, please visit Mexico North Border - Pedregal Economic Development.

  • Funded a Micro Finance Project to help improve the incomes for working families in Ethiopia.
    To learn more, please visit WISDOM Microfinance Institution.

  • Supported the Education and Youth Development project in Southern California, where participants learned to identify and select issues that are negatively impacting their community, and then address these issues with government and community leaders.
    To learn more, please visit Southern California Education and Youth Development.

What impact can your business have?

Volusion encourages its clients to adapt the same model for offering their time and resources for the betterment of communities and the environment, both at home and abroad. Every minute and every single dollar can make a difference. A good place to start the process of giving back is to visit the Charity Navigator. Find a cause that you are passionate about and start making a difference today!