 the hunger site is the original click-to-donate site created in 1999 that gets sponsorship from advertisers in return for delivering users who will see their advertisements. the hunger site encourages visitors to click a button on the site, once per day, asserting that each unique click results in a donation "equivalent" to 1.1 cups of food. the hunger site is not a charity; it is a for-profit corporation which donates the revenue from its advertising banner to selected charities. currently, these are feeding america (formerly america's second harvest) and mercy corps. ==history== the hunger site was started by john breen, a computer programmer from bloomington, indiana, in june 1999. originally a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, the site became popular rapidly. "[t]he response was soon so overwhelming that he spent most of his time administering the site even though he received no income, loans, grants, or donations to compensate him for his time and effort or pay his expenses."the hunger site, snopes.com faced with increasing costs, breen sold the site to greatergood, "a seattle-based online shopping mall that gave part of its sales to charity" for an undisclosed amount in february 2000.lewin, tamar (2000-12-11) in a charitable mood? just pick, then click, new york times in july 2001, following the dot-com bubble crash, greatergood ceased operations after losing $26 million in venture capital. in 2001, charityusa.com, llc, a privately held, for-profit company based in seattle, assumed control of the company for one million dollars.asia week: enterprise charityusa owns and operates various click-to-donate-sites. charityusa currently claims that 100% of the website's sponsor advertising revenue is paid to the aforementioned non-profit partners.epinions: good will, or private gain? (online review of the site) the commercial fundraiser profile report page on the secretary of state's web page for the state of washington washington secretary of state commercial fundraiser profile report page for 2008 [http://www.secstate.wa.gov/charities/search_detail_cfr.aspx?cfr_id=20
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