I would like to find links to programs run by merchant card providers 
that would allow me to create a credit card with my non-profit 
organization's name on it, allowing my non-profit to receive a 
percentage of every charge made on the cards.  This is similar to the 
Mileage Plus Card, except they do it with miles!  I know that these 
exist with cash back to organizations, too.  For example, if there 
were a "Google Card" issued by Citicorp, it would say Google on the 
card and Google would get a percentage of the charges.  Please point 
me in that direction.

Hi! Thanks for the question.

The VISA card website says that the one applicable for nonprofit
organizations are what we call as affinity cards. Based on my
research, the percentage given to the non-profit depends on the terms
of the agreement entered into by both the provider and the nonprofit
organization.

“A co-branded card is typically issued in conjunction with a
corporation and offers a value proposition to the consumer. An
affinity card is issued in conjunction with a nonprofit organization
and the value proposition benefits that organization. “

“Visa USA | Business | Co-Branded Cards: Getting Started”
http://usa.visa.com/business/merchants/cobrand_getting_started.html 


“A partnership between a bank card issuer and a non-profit, social or
lifestyle association is what results in an affinity card. This is
designed basically to provide financial rewards to the group or
association. eg- each time the Citibank WWF Visa card is used, the
bank will automatically donate a percentage of that retail transaction
to the World Wildlife Fund for its environmental conservation
activities.”

“Affinity or co-branded cards”
http://www.rediff.com/money/perfin/2000/mar/06cobran.htm 


Credit card companies usually do not issue co-branded or affinity
cards by themselves but in partnership with different financial
institutions. I will list here the institutions that expressly show
they have such a program. Some banks or financial firms do not have
info about their affinity offerings so we will rely on news reports
for those companies.

Our next link shows three banks with different incentive percentages
given to each of their partner nonprofit organization.

MBNA America Bank (Delaware) (does not disclose percentage of
donation)

Retailers National Bank (Minnesota) (1 percent of purchases)

Associated Card Services Bank (Wisconsin) (.50 percent, or a
half-penny for every dollar in purchases, balance transfers, cash
advances)

“Emotional appeal of charging for charity rings up the donations for
favorite causes”
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20000320.asp 


Based on these articles, Citigroup and American Express also welcome
affinity card partnerships.

“American Dental Association Selects Citibank For Affinity Credit Card
Program”
http://www.citibank.com/citigroup/press/1999/data/990323c.htm 

“AMERICAN EXPRESS LAUNCHES ITS FIRST AFFINITY CARD IN ARGENTINA WITH
IAE”
http://home3.americanexpress.com/corp/latestnews/argentina-affinity.asp


You can contact Citigroup and American Express in the following
addresses.

Citibank:
U.S. Service Center
Citi Inquiries
100 Citibank Drive
P.O. Box 769004
San Antonio, TX 78245-9004
http://www.citibank.com/domain/contact/?BVE=http://web.da-us.citibank.com&BVP=/cgi-bin/citifi/scripts/&M=S&US&_u=visitor

http://www.citibank.com/us/cards/phone.htm?ProspectID=6E4110371A864FF3B004E3FFD34B467E
(phone numbers)


American Express
http://www68.americanexpress.com/cust_serv/FrontServlet?aexp_nav=cs_ent_contacttophone&request_type=CSAmex&type=ent&level2=contact&subLevel2=phoneaddress


The following are banks, financial consultants or institutions that
provides affinity cards to nonprofit organizations.

MBNA
http://www.mbna.com/creditcards/cause_service.html 

First Annapolis
http://www.1st-annapolis.com/html/m_news_article_30.htm 

Affinity Advantage
http://www.group3i.com/Nonprofit/ 

Loyal Bank
http://www.loyalbank.com/eng/about_affinity.html 

PNC Bank
http://www.pncbank.com/personal_finance/deposit_center/account_services/pnc_bank_check_cards/0,3810,3124,00.html

NonProfitCard.org
http://www.nonprofitcard.org/non_profit_visa.html 

Wright Express
http://www.wrightexpress.com/Brand/brand-affinity.html 

American Trust
http://www.americantrust.com/Personal_Banking/Credit_Cards/VISA_Affinity.html

Royal Bank (Canada)
http://www.royalbank.com/cards/affinity/index.html 


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