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 TOP ORGANIZATIONS
#1  Coalition for the Homeless
#2  Coalition for the Homeless
#3  Coalition for the Homeless
#4  Fair Trade
#5  McSocial Enterprise

Organization Leaderboard
 TOP USERS
#1 user3
#2 user18
#3 anontest
#4 anontest2

User Leaderboard
 How It Works

Here is an overview of how you navigate each of the three major activities of the socialmarkets site:


  
Check out our project listings!

  • Start by clicking on "Browse Listings" in the upper left-hand corner.
  • By default, you will see the complete catalogue of all our listings, in order of expiration date and money needed
  • To see only the listings in a particular market, just select that market from the market menu on the left

FIND OUT MORE
Click on any listing title to find out more information about the project, including the organization behind it, amount of money needed, and expiration date.


  
At this step there should be one question on your mind: “Is my donation going to make the impact I want it to?”

RATE IT!
When you click on Rate It!, you will find yourself in a screen that is unlike any other donations site.

You see those sliders? Each slider corresponds to an outcome indicator. Move them around - you’ll notice the social impact pie chart move around as well. What’s happening is that as you move the sliders from left to right, you’re adjusting the social return on investment for that outcome from low to high. Move the sliders as you see fit, and socialmarkets will incorporate your input into the calculation of social impact for the related listings.

COMMENTS
If you have something to say about a particular listing or outcome, just type your thoughts in the COMMENTS box and click the "SUBMIT" button.

Typical comments look like this:

"Nothing is more important than saving our environment, so I increased those outcomes for this listing"
OR
“I don’t believe this listing should be so highly rated, because it’s too high in comparison to this other listing on the site”
OR
“I decreased my estimate because I don’t think one of the outcome indicators is valid”.

Don't forget that you can include links to relevant sites in your comments, so you can direct others to relevant research and opinions.


  
VOTE!
Let’s suppose you’ve browsed the project listings, rated their outcomes, and found some that offer a good social return on your investment. Even if you don’t donate money, you can still show your support. You can give an organization a ‘vote of confidence’ by clicking the ‘thumbs up’ tab alongside the listing. Votes help push an organization towards the top of the browse list, where donors see them first.

DONATE
The best way to show your support for the listings you like is to donate money. We use Google Checkout to make your donation as simple as possible, and to get the projects funded as quickly as possible. We keep track of all the donations you make through socialmarkets. Most importantly, we keep track of all the social returns your donations have realized. If your total social returns are large enough, you may make it onto our leaderboard of top social investors!