FMF Charities Supported in 2009

As many of you know, I give away all the proceeds from Free Money Finance to charity each year. Everything from every sponsor, every affiliate, every sale, every everything. Every single penny goes to charity. With this year's donations, we're now past $200,000 given since this blog started. It's pretty cool that by simply writing (me) and reading (you) a personal finance blog that we all can help so many people from around the world.

As I do each year, I give a list of many of the organizations FMF has supported the previous year. Some of these are charities I selected while others are those that received some sort of contribution award this year (such as winners of my FMF March Money Madness Tournament or The Best of Money Carnival best post and best host competitions.) Here's the list for 2009 in alphabetical order:

• American Cancer Society 
• American Diabetes Association 
• Athletes for Africa 
• Buist Community Assistance Center 
• Charity Water 
• Consumers Union
• Crown Financial Ministries 
• Global Fund for Children 
• Habitat for Humanity 
• Hepatitis B Foundation 
• Junior Achievement 
• L'Arche Tahoma Hope 
• Livestrong 
• Meijer Gardens 
• Mel Trotter Ministries 
• PBS (WGVU) 
• Saddle Up 
• Salvation Army 
• Samaritan's Purse 
• Second Harvest Heartland

I just want to say thank you to all the sponsors of Free Money Finance who have made this possible. It's an amazing list and I'm honored to help these charities. But most of all, a huge THANK YOU goes to you, the readers of FMF. You're the ones that make this site what it is and because you come back day after day, we're all able to help those less fortunate around the world. Thanks!

And here's to helping even more people in 2010!

Comments

[Paul]

Thank you FMF for using your blog to make an impact on the world. I salute you!

[Crystal]

Wow, that's fantastic!

[Mike Hunt]

FMF,

That's truly impressive.

I must apologize for writing the earlier post about not preferring to give to organized charities. It seems sort of crass when I see a post like this so I feel a bit ashamed thinking about it.

Keep on trucking FMF!

-Mike

[FMF]

Mike --

Thanks. And don't worry about the earlier post. I know your heart and that you look for different ways to help others outside the normal, organized charity route.

[Jim]

Great job.

[Old Limey]

Presumably all of your sponsors feel that they receive a net financial benefit from their ads or they wouldn't do it. Thus this website is a Win/Win for everyone concerned. I wonder if every reader sees the exact same ads or are some of them targeted individually through our different internet providers.

[FMF]

Old Limey --

I can't speak for the Google ads (they are supposedly targeted to the content), but the others are seen by everyone.

[Peter]

I'm just happy my charity (second harvest heartland) made the list after I won last year's march madness.

kudos for running such a great site, and using it for the betterment of others!

[Life Compass]

FMF - way to go! We can all take a lesson from you: just use the resources at your disposal - what you know, do and have - to make a difference in the lives of others.