Patent ID: 7627483

Claim:
A method for a donor to make a monetary charitable contribution to a charitable organization, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving at a first Internet website an indication of interest from a donor to make a monetary contribution to a charitable organization, the first Internet website being an Internet website of the charitable organization; (b) hyperlinking the donor to a second Internet website to allow the donor to make the monetary contribution, the second Internet website not being an Internet website of the charitable organization; (c) the second Internet website providing information regarding projects of the charitable organization to the donor; (d) the second Internet website receiving a selection of a project from the donor, (e) the second Internet website providing a plurality of contribution options to the donor for the selected project, the contribution options comprising at least a gift and at least one of the following other contribution options: a sponsorship level, a membership, or a purchase of a tangible item; (f) the second Internet website providing information to the donor regarding a minimum monetary donation amount and a tax deductible amount in conjunction with at least one of the other contribution options; (g) the second Internet website receiving a selection of a contribution option from the donor; (h) the second Internet website receiving an indication of a monetary donation amount from the donor for the selection; (i) the second Internet website receiving payment information from the donor for the monetary donation amount; (j) the second Internet website receiving delivery information from the donor for the selection; (k) the second Internet website providing confirmation information to the donor for the selection; and (l) the second Internet website collecting transactional data concerning the donor, the monetary donation amount, and the selection.