Causes
San Francisco, California, United States
What it is
Causes is a free social advocacy and charitable giving service available on Android, iOS, and the web. It helps people follow news and issues through brief summaries and daily updates, then explore community campaigns or rally others around one of their own. Posts can highlight nonprofits for readers to learn about and support with in-app donations; donations may also come from purchases at participating brands. Causes describes its aim as encouraging engagement and giving through articles, expert views, conversations, and ways to contribute. Founded in 2007, the service is based in San Francisco. It lists native mobile apps and basic moderation tools. Its privacy policy says it may collect account, device, browsing, location, and cookie information and share information with service providers and transaction vendors such as Stripe. Causes says it uses safeguards for personal information but cannot guarantee internet transmissions are secure. The service is not intended for children under 16. Abusive behavior or objectionable content may lead to removal or permanent account termination.
For and against
For
- Free plan and native mobile apps.
- Daily news, issue, and Causes updates.
- Supports community campaigns and nonprofit donations.
- Donations may come from participating brand purchases.
Against
- Not intended for children under 16.
- Privacy policy allows collection of location and browsing information.
- Internet transmissions cannot be guaranteed secure.
The verdict
Causes combines issue updates, community campaigns, and charitable giving in a free service. Review its privacy terms and age limit before signing up.
Who it suits
Causes suits people who want news and issue updates alongside community campaigns and nonprofit giving. Its Android, iOS, and web availability can serve people who want to engage from mobile or a browser.
Plans and prices
Free
Free download
Read 11 Oct 2026 · apps.apple.com
On the record
- Age limit
- The services are not intended for children under 16, and Causes says it does not knowingly collect their personal information.causes.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Community campaigns
- Users can rally their community or explore and support community-driven campaigns.play.google.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Community standards
- Causes says it has zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive behavior, which can result in content removal and permanent account termination.causes.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Mission
- Causes says it aims to amplify engagement and giving through articles, expert opinions, conversations, and giving opportunities.causes.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- News and issues
- The app offers short summaries and daily updates about news, issues, and trending Causes.play.google.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Nonprofit donations
- Posts feature pinned nonprofits that users can learn about and donate to in the app.play.google.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Privacy practices
- The privacy policy says Causes may collect account, device, browsing, location, and cookie information, and may share information with service providers and transaction vendors such as Stripe.causes.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Causes enables users to engage in social advocacy and charitable giving, including donations from purchases at participating brands.causes.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Causes says it uses measures designed to protect personal information but cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted over the internet.causes.com · read 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- Causes lists [email protected] as its support contact.causes.com · read 11 Oct 2026
