Not all of our partners open shops to make a profit. One advantage of a print-on-demand company is to use the money generated from sales to support a cause. These causes range from helping victims of natural disasters to supporting animal welfare by donating their shop’s profits. An added bonus is that the t-shirt purchased spreads the cause and your support of it further.
Here is a collection of 5 shops, each with proceeds going towards a specific cause, some larger, others smaller. But in the end, a do-good shop partner is behind the shops.
- Christchurch Earthquake T-Shirts – the Auckland-based t-shirt company T-Shirt Chamber wanted to know how they could help the recovery effort in Christchurch. 100% of the profits from the t-shirts sold will go to the New Zealand Rad Cross Earthquake Appeal.
- That’s All Shirts – “Curing cancer while laughing-out-loud”. This shop uses direct statements to bring humour to not-so-funny situations. A portion of the proceeds go to the fight against ovarian cancer.
- Compassionate Dorset Tees – this animal welfare group promotes compassionate living to raise funds for the humane treatment of farm animals. 100% of the profits are donated to Compassion in World Farming.
- Xtinct – is an organisation that takes on the issue of extinction and the decline of the planet’s biodiversity. Proceeds from the sale are donated to the Frankfurt Zoological Society’s nature conservation projects.
- Hugh’s Fish Fight – Hugh has been fighting against unnecessary fish discards in the North Sea. Estimates are that 40%-60% of the total catch is tossed overboard due to quotas and eating habits. The products there are sold there to further the reach of the campaign.
If you have an organization you would like to support with proceeds from the sale of shirts, let us know! Write an email to sponsoring at spreadshirt dot net and we see how we can help.
What a great idea to highlight charity shops in these dark times of so many natural disasters.
If I may, I’ll direct a little attention to our own store for Japan Relief T-shirts:
https://japan-relief-tshirts.spreadshirt.com/
We are planning on donating an additional amount to what we get in from t-shirt sales, but I need to talk to HQ in Asia before we settle on it 🙂
Best regards,
Regina Baxter
VP, CSR Division
Dongster Europe
@Stavna – please write an email to the address given at the end of the post. We are collecting charity shops to feature on our platform to help get the word out there.
@Martyn, you make a good point. In the case of the 100% of proceeds, that would refer to the partner’s commission from the sale. That can range from $2-$4 (or more) per shirt. I agree that it should be clear to customers how much is being donated. The Xtinct shop clearly states €3 per sale, as that is probably their design commission. Spreadshirt is also looking at ways to make charity shop donations more transparent to the customer.
I made my shop to help raise awareness of diabetes and to also give all the profits I make to Diabetes UK, unless specifically stated for an individual product, where it might be going to a different charity. I express this to my customers by saying that at least 10% of the sale goes to the charity. I don’t want to try and put a negative on any shops that donate to charity, but I think it is misleading to say that 100% of the profits from the sale goes to charity. To me as a customer would think “wow that’s great, from a $20 shirt maybe $15 is going to the charity” which is clearly not the case. 100% of ‘MY’ profits go to charity but I still think expressing that as at least 10% of the overall sale price is less misleading to customers. What does everyone else think?
We opened a shop, but we are a 100% non-profit organization – 501(c)3. How can we gain your support in our cause to bring dance education and the arts to those who cannot afford it…?