Making a difference
We believe in giving back to our community.
1% of all Willinglee sales are donated to those in need. We believe everyone benefits when we help our neighbors, so we try to reflect this in all parts of our business.
Because we can see the direct impact, we often try to donate within our local community of Austin, TX. When we’re donating nationally, we find our charities through GiveWell and Great Nonprofits, nonprofit companies that spend thousands of hours per year researching organizations so you can be sure your donations will have great impact. Take a peek below for more details on the charities we’ve given to in the past and where we’re looking forward to donating next.
“Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.”
— H Jackson Brown Jr
Q3 & Q4 2024 Donation
American Gateways
“American Gateways has served the Central Texas immigrant community since 1987. Our mission is to champion the dignity and human rights of immigrants, refugees and survivors of persecution, torture, conflict and human trafficking through exceptional immigration legal services at no or low cost, education and advocacy.
At American Gateways, we empower immigrants to know their rights. We give them the tools they need to be their own best legal advocate. And, we provide full legal representation. Donations support low-income immigrants and asylum-seekers in Central Texas.”
Previous Contributions
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Y4, Q1 & Q2 (Winter/Spring 2024) — $50
“Vitamin A deficiency leaves children vulnerable to infections and can lead to death. Givewell attributes over 200,000 children's deaths to vitamin A deficiency each year. Helen Keller Intl’s program saves lives by providing vitamin A supplements to children under 5 years old… [the] evidence of impact is very strong. Many high-quality studies of vitamin A supplementation show strong impact. Helen Keller Intl conducts high-quality ongoing monitoring.”
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Y3, Q3 & Q4 (Summer/Fall 2023) — $100
“The mission of this team of attorneys, staff and volunteers is to provide legal and advocacy services to survivors of domestic and dating violence, sexual assault and stalking.” We’ll donated to their Hope for the Holidays initiative, where we adopted a family of survivors to provide gifts off their wishlist.
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Y3, Q2 (Spring 2023) — $50
“The Maui Food Bank is Maui County’s primary safety net for hunger relief. The Food Bank provides safe and nutritious food to anyone in Maui County who is at risk of going hungry. Of those served, 40% are children and youth. Working with more than 100 distribution partners and programs, the Food Bank distributes safe and nutritious food to individuals, families, kids, the working poor, seniors on fixed incomes, the homeless and anyone who is at risk of going hungry. This includes people in need living in the rural communities of Hana, Molokai and Lanai.”
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Y3, Q1 (Winter 2023) — $30
“LifeWorks advocates for more than 4,000 youth and families, many of whom are facing life’s most difficult challenges, including homelessness, trauma, and abuse. We believe our community’s youth deserve a home, access to work, and a chance to heal.”
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Y2, Q4 (Fall 2022) — $75
“Our work is focused on the control, management and, where appropriate, the eventual elimination of a range of diseases - malaria, pneumonia, diarrhea, dengue and neglected tropical diseases. We balance this focus with other factors that affect child and maternal health, particularly malnutrition.”
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Y2, Q3 (Summer 2022) — $50
“The Evergreen Action Plan offers a comprehensive program that catalyzes trillions in investment over the next decade into clean energy technology, new infrastructure, and climate solutions.”
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Y2, Q2 (Spring 2022) — $60
“The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global human rights organization of lawyers and advocates who ensure reproductive rights are protected in law as fundamental human rights for the dignity, equality, health, and well-being of every person.”
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Y2, Q1 (Winter 2022)— $50
“We give cash directly to people living in poverty. GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets donors like you send money directly to the world’s poorest households. We believe people living in poverty deserve the dignity to choose for themselves how best to improve their lives — cash enables that choice. No, people don’t just blow it on booze.”
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Y1, Q4 (Fall 2021) — $50
“World Central Kitchen is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises. We build resilient food systems with locally-led solutions. With your help, we have shown that there is no place too far or disaster too great for our chefs to be there with a hot plate of food when it’s needed most.”
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Y1, Q3 (Summer 2021) — $50
“Texas Equal Access Fund provides funding to low-income people in the northern region of Texas who are seeking abortion and cannot afford it, while simultaneously working to end barriers to abortion access through community education and shifting the current culture toward reproductive justice. We believe that abortion is a fundamental feature of health care and that it is the responsibility of the government to cover abortion as part of social safety net programs. However, in the absence of government funding, we believe it is our duty to act now to support those who want abortions and cannot afford them.”
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Y1, Q2 (Spring 2021) — $40
“Central Texas Allied Health Institute exists to create communities where vulnerable communities have access to world-class quality education in the areas of allied health at an affordable price. Led by People of Color and provides workforce development in the healthcare field so that when People of Color receive healthcare, they can be served by people who look like them.”
Texas Allied Health Institute has since closed.
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Y1, Q1 (Winter 2021) — $40
“Amala means “hope” in Arabic. We believe that when people are committed to their own growth, there is hope for an equitable, inclusive, and compassionate future for all of us. Since 2001, Amala has been building a healthy and diverse community by focusing on a culture of belonging… for both youth and adults.”
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Y0, Q4 (Fall 2020) — $300
“Our mission is to help black women survive and thrive before, during, and after childbirth. Through programs, increased awareness, training, outreach, and research, the Black Mamas Community Collective is leading the charge in Travis County to help Black mothers get the education and access to resources needed to have healthy pregnancies and birthing experiences.”