How it Works

Benevolist.org simplifies and speeds up the item donation process and helps to increase the number of donors for all your charitable item collection drives. Work with our merchant partners to easily create a wish list of items for your next donation drive. Share the link to the list with your donor network and they’ll be off and running - purchasing the items that you’ve specifically chosen and having them delivered to your desired location!

You’ll be amazed at how Benevolist.org helps make your work so much easier and more efficient. And your donors will love contributing to the success of all your charitable donation drives.

For Organizers

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SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT AND CREATE A DRIVE

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SHOP FOR ITEMS AND ADD THEM TO YOUR WISH LIST

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SHARE THE WISH LIST LINK WITH YOUR DONOR NETWORK

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TRACK AS YOUR WISH LIST IS FULFILLED

For Shoppers (Donors)

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SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT AND OPEN A WISH LIST

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CHOOSE ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE

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PURCHASE DIRECTLY FROM THE MERCHANT

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RECORD YOUR PURCHASE

Our Partners

Our Advisors

The Benevolist.org Advisory Panel provides expertise and guidance to ensure that our tool helps the greatest number of people in need. We are eternally grateful for their input.

— Cari Newton
Founder & CEO

Todd Coats

Todd Coats

Senior Director, Creative and Brand

ISC2
Linda Leake

Linda Leake

President

execUchange
Jim Saunders

Jim Saunders

President

CISYS LifeSciences
Phil Molaro

Phillip Molaro

Technical Program Manager

Lumaverse/SignUpGenius
Courtney Tellefsen

Courtney Tellefsen

Founder & CEO

The Produce Box

Frequently Asked Questions

There is absolutely no cost to use Benevolist.org, either as an Organizer or as a Donor (shopper).

Benevolist.org does not collect any credit card information. Shoppers navigate directly to the merchant website once they select an item or items that they’d like to purchase from the Benevolist. They will pay for the items through their own account on the merchant website. If they don’t already have an account, they may need to set one up or shop as a guest, depending on the merchant.

Only items from our merchant partners can be added to your wish lists.

The Organizer relies on you to tell them. This is done by easily navigating back to the Benevolist (either directly or from the link in the confirmation email we send), where you’ll be guided to report the items and quantities that you’ve purchased. This is an important step that really helps out your donation drive Organizer, so you don’t want to skip it!

Every Organizer has access to an easy-to-navigate dashboard that gives you real-time updates on the number of items purchased for your drives based on shopper reporting. This will save you time and effort in keeping track of what has been collected already and what items still need to be collected in order to completely fulfill your wish list.

Yes! You can log in at any time to make adjustments to the items and quantities.

You’re welcome to purchase items from a wish list and pick them up from your local store IF the merchant offers this option for the items that you’ve purchased. You can then drop them off yourself!

Yes, you can use the search bar at the top of the page to enter keywords that will help you navigate to the causes that mean the most to you.

Yes, there is no limitation to the number of lists that you can build or have open at any given time, and you will easily be able to navigate to any of them through the Organizer Dashboard. The more people you help through Benevolist.org, the better!