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Donath fundraises separately.
To ensure that all goes to
charity, a slight surcharge
is added to pay credit card
processing fees. People
can sign up for a monthly
donation of $31.20 or an
annual donation of $376.
MAKING A
DIFFERENCE DAILY
Each day, donors receive an
email telling them where
their money went that day
with a brief description of
the nonprofit receiving the
funds. “We find that many
people use Daily Giving as
a ‘charity navigator’ because
they know the organization
was well-vetted. This means
the nonprofits we choose are
also gaining exposure and
additional donations,” Donath
said.
Donath has heard from
families who give a dollar
for each family member and
say it’s an unbelievable way
to teach their children about
how important it is to give
tzedakah and expose their
children to giving at an early
age.
Some donors have signed
up for someone who has
died to uplift their neshama.
Others have started giving as
a gift for a bar/bat mitzvah
or graduation. Some have
given in the name of someone
who’s sick in the hospital or
even unconscious so they can
continue doing mitzvot.
Donath recalls one email he
received from a donor named
Dalia, who signed up for Daily
Giving on behalf or her father,
who is in a rehabilitation
hospital with limited use of
his body.
“Charity is very important
to him and before he got sick,
he used to collect a lot of
money for different charities.
I video call him, but as he
cannot speak, I do all the
talking,” she wrote. “I am
always looking for something
to say that will interest and
stimulate him. Daily Giving
has given me something to
talk about with him as well
as hopefully make him feel
that even though there are so
many things he cannot do, he
can still give charity.”
Lema’an Achai, an Israeli
ani-poverty nonprofit, uses
Daily Giving’s donation to
further the work of Smart
Chesed, which gives a hand
up to those in crisis. “Daily
Giving’s program allows us
to be a part of a wonderful
initiative of ‘compounded
tzedakah,’ where many
people constantly giving
(even) small amounts adds
up to significant sums. As
the Rambam recommends:
many acts of giving have more
impact than giving a one-time
one large gift,” they wrote.
Donath adds that it’s an
easy way to ensure you fulfill
the daily mitzvah of tzedakah.
He said his ultimate goal is to
donate $100,000 a day. “I’m
confident we can get there,” he
said.
You can sign up to give $1 a day at
https://dailygiving.org.
Dr. Jonathan
Donath