Search for a Cause

Raise money for charity every time you search!
What is Search for a Cause?
Search for a Cause is a unique, purposeful Firefox extension that sets your search engine to Search for a Cause, turning every search into an act of charity. It operates on the ad revenue from your searches, donating a significant portion to various nonprofits. By simply surfing the internet, users have generated over 1.5 million dollars for various causes. The Add-on is committed to users' privacy, focusing on responsible data use and does not store search queries. Your net contribution to charity is tracked but all data is anonymized. It's an easy, free way to make a positive impact on the world.

Add-on stats

Users: 774 ▼ -2
Rating: 4.03 (34)
Version: 0.9 (Last updated: 2022-08-18)
Creation date: 2019-03-18
Weekly download count: 7
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Overrides search engine: Yes
Size: 15.71K
URLs: Website

Other platforms

Search for a Cause (v0.8)
3.76 (94) 20,000
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Add-on summary

By harnessing your searches, you can plant trees, remove plastic from the ocean, send emergency aid, provide healthcare, and much more!

This extension sets your search engine to Search for a Cause so you can have a positive impact every time you search. Like other search engines, we make money from ads, but rather than take all the ad money as profit, we use that money to support amazing nonprofits.

People like you have raised over 1.5 million dollars for charity just by surfing the web. Join them by adding the extension now.

Learn more at https://search.gladly.io/help/

Your Privacy Matters

Search for a Cause is committed to protecting your privacy and using your data responsibly. We save information relevant to your profile on Search for a Cause (such as number of searches made), but we do not store your search queries. The search results and ads are provided by our search partner, which may collect anonymized data to show relevant ads and improve the search experience.

For more info, check out our privacy policy at: https://search.gladly.io/privacy/

Search for a Cause is built with love by Gladly (makers of Tab for a Cause). We believe it should be easy and free to have a positive impact on the world and hope you’ll start making a difference today.

User reviews

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Search for a Cause requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Search for a Cause has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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