Patent ID: 8249964

Claim:
A method for facilitating a donation to a charitable organization contemporaneous with the sale of a property, the method comprising the steps of: (a) inviting a first financial transaction involving the sale of a property from a property seller to a property buyer, and a contemporaneous second financial transaction involving a donation from the property seller to a charitable organization, the step of inviting comprising the steps of: (i) providing a website based fundraising program, the property seller listing the property with the fundraising program, and selecting a charitable organization; (ii) linking the first financial transaction involving the listed property to the second financial transaction involving the charitable donation within the fundraising program; (iii) modifying an existing property listing service database to include data identifying the link between the first financial transaction involving the listed property and the second financial transaction involving the charitable donation; (b) conditioning the second financial transaction involving the charitable donation by the property seller on the linked first financial transaction taking place; (c) completing the first financial transaction between the property seller and a property buyer; and (d) completing the second financial transaction between the property seller and the selected charitable organization.