Man•i•fes•to: noun: a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer.

As a for-profit business, serving non-profit businesses, this is what we believe. We intend, at all times, to act in ways that support what we believe.

• We believe we can do more than is currently being done to improve the quality of life on our planet.
• We believe the more good you personally do in the world, the better your personal life is.
• We believe the more good you do in your business, the better your business does.
• We believe in being green, creating a healthy environment and helping to heal the Earth whenever possible.
• We believe in cooperation, collaboration, inspiration, integrity and passion.
• We believe you attract back to you what you put out into the world.
• We believe business should be both fun and profitable.
• We believe that thousands of nonprofit and for-profit businesses, all working together, can create a bigger benefit for everyone.
• We believe matching tens of thousands of donors with causes and wishes they care about will result in long-term relationships with nonprofit businesses.
• We believe when you connect more people with causes they’re passionate about, they will feel better, resulting in a higher quality of life.
• We believe that by matching businesses with causes and nonprofits their owners and employees care about, we can help generate greater resources for the nonprofit business and more sales and customers for the for-profit business.
• We believe in giving donors more control over where their money goes.
• We believe nonprofit businesses should be accountable for how they use donor’s money and show donors the results of their gifts.
• We believe nonprofit and for-profit businesses should use technology more effectively to better market their businesses.
• We believe in creating ways that empower supporters of nonprofit businesses to support them in ways beyond just giving them money.
• We believe we have the responsibility to connect tens of thousands of nonprofit businesses with tens of thousands of for-profit businesses.
• We believe the more self-sustaining a nonprofit business is, the better it will be able to serve its constituency.
• We believe nonprofit and for-profit businesses play a key role in helping make our community, our country and our planet a better place to live.
• We believe it is our responsibility as Make The Difference Network to honor and acknowledge the people and businesses who support nonprofit organizations.

And we believe it is our responsibility to BE a catalyst to enable people, businesses and nonprofits to Make The Difference in the quality of life we ALL lead.

“501(c)(3) is a tax classification, not a business philosophy.” Peter Drucker