Currently 50% of revenues from giveaway entry purchases go to charitable causes to help improve the welfare of the planet and its inhabitants. We donate to try and help offset the harmful environmental effects of the textile industry, at the very least karmically if not directly (for example, if we donate to an animal shelter, it wouldn’t really be directly fighting against the harmful effects of the textile industry, but at least we as part of the textile industry can in some small way make a positive impact on the world)
We plan to keep Scuphed mostly feeless, without ads, and without selling your data. thus giveaway entries will be where the majority of our revenue comes from. We are a greedy for profit business, not a charity, so although a share of total revenues may always be donated, the number will dwindle over time. We will send out emails whenever this percent changes so our community is always aware of how much of the money they spend is donated, so they can decide if they want to continue support or not.
The kind of causes we put our money towards to will vary. We are skeptical of many charities, and believe many have a tendency to either waste money on unnecessary bureaucracy, or pocket money when it shouldn’t be pocketed. For this reason instead of always donating to charities we may make contributions such as pay for the adoption fees for people to adopt animals in need of a home, donate to small community run animal shelters, contribute to volunteer groups that plant trees or clean up water ways, etc.
Donations will be done live at the same time giveaway winners are drawn, so viewers and entrants will be able to see for themselves donation amounts being submitted. we will also provide any documentation such as emails or receipts from the donations on our “Our Donations” page.
If a user purchases entries and chooses not to allocate them to a giveaway, if they then requests a refund after a donation is made, the amount donated from their purchase is tallied, and will be subtracted from the donation amount of the following giveaway. It is for this reason we do not announce the charity we are donating to until the giveaway is closed, to avoid possible manipulation of donations.
We also want to be transparent about the fact that, while we don’t currently have any use for tax credits due to our low revenues, in the future we will take advantage of tax credits that come with donations. Tax deductions, like any financial aid, help us keep our costs down, which helps keep the marketplace feeless, and will aid in the growth of the platform and the garnering of future donations.
Why We Donate
We put together a short read about some of the issues within the textile industry, which are the reasons we donate in the first place. The issues consist of waste, water consumption and pollution, microplastics, forever chemicals, sweatshops, the carbon footprint of the industry, etc. We give a short summary or statement for each issue then provide sources for detailed information on the facts. Click the button below to check it out.