CREDO members are the reason we will donate more than $1.7 million this year

Today is Giving Tuesday, a special day for many nonprofits to kick off charitable giving over the holiday season.

Here at CREDO, we were created with a mission to fund progressive causes, like civil rights, climate justice and LGBTQ equality, today and all year long –— and we’ve been doing just that for more than 30 years.

We always get the question: How is CREDO able to donate millions to progressive nonprofits like Planned Parenthood, Friends of the Earth, the ACLU and so many others?

So this Giving Tuesday, we want to share with you just how we do that, and the answer is it’s our members. Because of CREDO members who use our CREDO Mobile, CREDO Energy, CREDO Long Distance and Working Assets Credit Card products every day, we can make an incredible impact on the progressive movement. Members like you are the reason we will contribute nearly $2 million this year – and have donated more than $88 million since our founding – to amazing progressive nonprofit groups doing incredible work. 

This Giving Tuesday, you can help increase that impact. Get $200 off select smartphones and to make it even sweeter, get 12 pints of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream on us* plus also get $25 CREDO Visa® Prepaid Card ** when you add a line.

Here’s how our donations program works:

1. All year long, CREDO members who use one of our products or services – CREDO Mobile, CREDO Long Distance, CREDO Energy or the Working Assets Credit Card – fund the CREDO Donations program with their phone, long distance, energy and credit card bills.
2. Each month, CREDO meets as a company to vote for which three nonprofit groups will be on the ballot to receive the next month’s donations. Just like our members, everyone who works at CREDO shares a passion for our progressive work and takes the act of voting on each month’s slate very seriously. You can nominate a group too, just visit our CREDO Donations site.
3. We ask all of our members to help decide who gets how much each month. We send the donations ballot to CREDO members, activists and supporters, and they vote for the group (or groups) they’d most like to see funded. The votes of CREDO members carry more weight. The vote of a member with one CREDO product or service counts twice. The vote of a member with two CREDO products or services counts three times, and so on.

Our donations are only possible because of our members who vote with their wallets and choose a company that shares their progressive values. Our loyal CREDO members have helped us donate more than $1.7 million in 2019 and over $88 million since 1985.

You can help us choose how to distribute this month’s donation to three great groups! Click here to cast your vote today.

So thank you, CREDO members, for making these donations possible. Not a member yet? Want to join a company that isn’t afraid to stand up for your values and gives millions to progressive causes? Check out CREDO Mobile and CREDO Energy and make the switch! Watch and share CREDO’s story too.