Back in February of 2014, reddit promised that at the end of the year, it would total up its ad revenue and give ten percent of it to charity. Charities, actually – reddit said it would “hold an election” based on community-nominated charities and split the ten percent of ad revenue with ten lucky charities. Well, now’s the time. Reddit has announced that it made $8,276,594.93 in ad revenue in 2014, so $827,659.49 will be going to charity. That’s $82,765.95 for each of the ten charities selected. “Here at reddit, one of the things that gets us out of bed every morning is knowing that we have the ability to help the world at a scale that was, until very recently, only imaginable,” says a post on the reddit blog. Reddit users can now vote on where the money will go. To vote, you have to already be a reddit user. You can’t just create an account today in order to vote. Here’s how it works:
You can discuss the merits of each non-profit here. Voting closes on February 25. Image via reddit donate |