CREDO Empowers Customers to Support Progressive Nonprofits
San Francisco, CA – CREDO, America’s only progressive phone company, announced today that it is donating a total of $206,690.00 to Planned Parenthood, 350.org and the Mother Jones Investigative Fund to boost the nonprofits’ efforts as they fight back against attacks on women’s rights, the environment and fairness in news reporting.
Planned Parenthood, 350.org and the Mother Jones Investigative Fund were nominated by CREDO customers and chosen among hundreds of nonprofits to be featured as the three groups eligible in the month of January to receive funding. CREDO customers then helped decide how much money each nonprofit received by simply voting online or via phone or text.
Planned Parenthood received 39 percent, which added up to $80,609 in funding. Planned Parenthood is under constant attack from right-wing legislatures that are trying to defund Planned Parenthood and prevent women from accessing reproductive health care services. CREDO is Planned Parenthood’s largest corporate contributor.
“CREDO is Planned Parenthood’s largest corporate contributor, and we are incredibly grateful for its longstanding partnership,” said Eric Ferrero, Vice President, Communications, Planned Parenthood Federation of America. “With women’s health coming under repeated and increasingly harsh assault in states across the country, CREDO’s support is now more important than ever. Recent efforts to restrict access to safe and legal abortion, as well as preventive care like birth control and cancer screenings, have a very real and devastating impact on women who already have the least access to health care. CREDO’s support makes it possible for Planned Parenthood to fight back against these attacks on every front to protect women’s health and rights.”
350.org received 32 percent, which added up to $66,140 in funding. 350.org has been working alongside CREDO to stop the dangerous Keystone XL pipeline and most recently launched a nationwide campaign to pressure universities and other institutions to divest of fossil fuels.
“CREDO has been an invaluable ally and leader in the climate fight, regularly pushing boundaries, moving nimbly, and taking a firm stance when others hesitate,” said May Boeve, Executive Director of 350.org. “350.org and CREDO are regular partners—just this week they teamed up with other partners to help organize more than 280 vigils to stop the Keystone XL pipeline.”
The Mother Jones Investigative Fund received 29 percent, which added up to $59,609 in funding. The Mother Jones Investigative Fund has been a critical force in exposing corporate and political corruption.
“CREDO is way more than a phone company. It’s a leader – working for a strong and independent press, for social and environmental justice, and for peace and democracy – and that is why Mother Jones is honored to be one of the organizations that CREDO’s community members can support through this one-of-a-kind grassroots funding process,” said Steve Katz, Publisher of Mother Jones.
Every month, three progressive nonprofits will be eligible for funding through CREDO’s donations program. CREDO has donated more than $76 million to organizations committed to social change since the company was founded in 1985. To read more about CREDO’s donations program, go here: http://www.credomobile.com/mission/nonprofit-donations-current.aspx
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Sarah Lane
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