Raise money for charity every time you search.
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.
Latest reviews
- (2023-10-18) CSB: This extension is predatory, do not install it. First, it does not tell that it exclusively works with Yahoo search. If you want Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or anything else, you're bum out of luck because once you install this addon your search bar is unchangeably set to Yahoo search through Search for a Cause. And yes, you heard me right - you cannot change it back! Not only have I made doubly sure the settings direct the search tab to google, but I have uninstalled and restarted both the browser and my computer... twice! I'm still stuck with garbage Yahoo search! But that's not the end of it, either!! Okay so maybe Yahoo isn't as good as Google, but it's still serviceable, right? Wrong. You are stuck with the default search settings. Want to search for a video? You will be unable to sort by length, date published, or anything like that. Want to search for an image? Not only do you not have reverse image search, you can't sort by size or anything else, either. I am currently HARDSTUCK with a neutered version of the worst search engine, and I have uninstalled this stupid addon and reset everything. This is plainly predatory, dishonest behavior from Gladly. I have been using Tab for a Cause for something like 4 years now, with like over 80,000 points donated before they changed the way it worked. After seeing the philosophy of the company behind this, I'm uninstalling. If you want to donate to charity, your time would literally be better-spent mechnical turking for an hour for sub-minimum-wage pay to just donate that to whatever charity you wanted. Do not give these people the time of day, they are crooks and scheisters who take most of the money generate through ads to pay themselves in the first place. Shame on them for preying on people who only want to help.
- (2023-08-25) Jay Jones: Love the concept, but two things significantly impact its usefulness to me: the lack of dark mode, and inability to expand images. I really don't want to visit a website and scroll through if searching for an image every time I want to view one in better detail. I'll revisit this down the road to see if it's been developed further, but right now it's too raw to adopt for daily usage.
- (2023-06-08) Eric Nohr: Combine this with Shop for A Cause and Tab for A Cause
- (2023-05-18) halconillustrates: I had tab for a cause installed for a long time now and the only thing that's keeping me from having this one enabled is a dark mode. I love the idea but until we get a dark mode, I'll be on the sidelines for now. I don't mind Bing search but I think a lot of people already mentioned that there are other features that Google normally offers which lack here. My only actual dealbreaker currently is dark mode, hoping it will be implemented soon!
- (2023-04-08) Gregory Cudmore: On my device it says that search for a cause is inactive, but I can't find a way to activate it. When I click "Activate Extension" it just brings me to the webstore, and there is nothing there. Is it because I am using a chromebook?
- (2023-03-06) Rachel Stark: Seems to do what it claims to do. A HUGE tip to the devs though, since you are partnered with Yahoo/Bing you.need.to.specify.this in the description of the app. I am sure that it was a bit of an oversite BUT, not doing so lowers your trustworthiness and negatively effects your relationship with your users (as you can see from many comments that users are upset not having the option to use Google because Yahoo/Bing search results are of lower quality than Google). It is always best practice to be up front about such information to maintain high levels of customer/user trust.
- (2023-03-01) Becky Alice Min: Great idea but I don't like the lack of customization options or the fact that it uses yahoo search engine, I had become so used to using the google search engine, I wish it let you choose. Uninstalling until more options are available.
- (2023-01-30) Petter Henriksson: I like the idea behind this, but why can't I adjust the Yahoo Search options? It enforced a different language on me even though I want it set to English.
- (2023-01-04) LoLo: I love the idea behind it, but I'm not loving the poor search results and the hideous UI. Also a dark theme is always essential for the eyes.
- (2022-12-30) Chew Wei Quek: I really wonder why customization is not possible even though it is obviously Yahoo backed, "Safe Search" option cant be configured. The first page results sometimes dont even contain the famous repository/information page like Wikipedia, Microsoft help page etc. You CAN do that, but you need to display some alternatives that are equivalently accessible/credible. How do these help contribute to charity?
- (2022-12-16) Matrix Remix: very great, love helping.. <33
- (2022-11-25) Workbench: I would've rated it higher otherwise, but for some reason, my search result are always in Spanish. Other than that, it's a 5-star.
- (2022-10-27) Allan Tan: If it is google search, i'll install this extension back.
- (2022-10-23) maegan searcy: Hi, i got this on my chrome book but it is not working could someone help me lease i really want to help with animals. Thank you
- (2022-10-12) Ari: i like the idea and as someone who uses google chrome for everything, i wouldn't even be upset about yahoo/bing being used if the search engine had a dark mode.
- (2022-10-07) Kaycee Snow: Really really needs a dark mode. Please
- (2022-10-03) Noah P Vargas O: Uninstalled. Tab icon is Yahoo and it says "Powered by Bing" in the footer... Do I need to say more?
- (2022-09-24) Виктор Новиков (Витя): me gusta mucho, es simple de usar y una de las mejores maneras de dirigir el dinero de las publicidades, me da mucha felicidad
- (2022-09-21) -Ktsp-: WHY can't I use Google. Yahoo won't work with me, and I can't find the Search for a Cause homepage. There may not be one. Worst extension ever.
- (2022-09-21) Nicole 'River' Rivera: Don't give up on it if it looks like it's not working. It takes a bit for it to work, but it'll apply automatically after a few minutes/searches. Only issue: it's Yahoo as a default... how do I change this?? I want Google, please.
- (2022-09-20) Benjamin Rushton: One question: How do I set it to Google?
- (2022-09-14) Kevin Jennison: A spectacularly easy way to do good! Search for a Cause posts all its financials online so you know the money raised is going to excellent causes.
- (2022-09-14) Tyler Malek: It didn't work for me. Waste of time. Edit: When I removed extension it worked. It's yahoo, though, so got rid of it.
- (2022-03-27) Max: I Like It But I Want It Not To Set My Search Engine To Google Because I Like Using Bing
- (2021-12-05) Aiden Lui: It did not show and it just brought me to google
- (2021-09-02) DivineFrost: Sticking with tabs for a cause cuz this is honestly trash
- (2021-08-15) Nobody: This isn't a search engine. It's just a link to google search.
- (2021-08-07) Paradox: it doesnt work for me, litteraly, it doesnt work.
- (2021-06-17) Joshua Smith: I agree with everyone,it is a good idea and concept but does need improvements I hope they can improve this app because if they do I would use it.
- (2021-05-31) moetoslow: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW0AQ4Wjrhiy19ViQaoUp7A/featured
- (2021-05-12) zhanchenjia qiu: me siento como si estuviera dando muchísimo dinero, pero en realidad es totalmente gratis
- (2021-03-14) Obviously, I hate that this uses Bing, but I understand that Google won't work here. Maybe another search engine could be supported, like DuckDuckGo or Ecosia.
- (2021-03-03) Jheiden Maveric G. Damasco: Noice?
- (2021-01-04) Plutopow: The searching is fine but its missing googles features like dice and clac. Also the ads blend in to well with the searches making it hard to find the thing I'm looking for.
- (2020-12-14) Michael Stemerman: TL;DR: Bing image, video, shopping, etc. are underrated, and when I click "Images" on a Bing based platform, it would be nice to get Bing image. video, shopping, etc. results. Also, definitions, tools, and Random Number Generation features would be welcome. I really like the idea, and I know the Bing problem has been repeated a million times, but I see a bigger problem. If you want to do Bing, go all out. It has MANY problems, but almost all of the advantages Bing has are washed out by this. Advanced, image and video search, news(ish), shopping and many more are not included. Also when I click on images, videos, shopping, etc. it brings me back to Google. Bing shopping, images, video, and news are underrated, and its only problem (search) is more Google just being good rather than Bing being bad. I have a ton of hope for it, and I'm starting to recommend it. P.S. If there was a way to add calculator, definitions, color picker, metronome, and random number generator features (roll a die, spinner, flip a coin, and random number generator) along with adding Bing video, shopping, images etc. then I would say its better than pure chrome. Plus charity!
- (2020-12-02) Zephan Wu: nice making me feel that i am helping charity and i bookmark all my favourite websites. just in case i cant find in search
- (2020-11-25) Zack Prasad: To the people who don't like it, just search what you want, click "Images" and then once you are redirected to google click "All". Solved Otherwise, I would highly recommend this search engine, as I really like Tab For A Cause I got recommended to this extension by HAI (Half as Interesting)/Wendover Productions
- (2020-10-20) Sumedh Shah: The way how Tab for a Cause and Search for a Cause work is fantastic, as I myself usually forget about charity and have no time to devote to it. The site always reminds me to donate a few hearts but I would like to have a few changes: 1. Catch Up with the Speed. The site should load a bit faster. 2. Don't be so tacky. Try to design the site beautifully. 3. Make a heart worth more. 1/10 of a cent is too low to catch up with the need all around the world.
- (2020-10-05) thecarefulcactus: it is great because it is for charity, but tab for a cause doesn't effect search results. if they used google search results and had a few ads up top i would use it. make it look more like google as well
- (2020-09-19) Mustafa Özhan: I really want to use search for a cause with tab for a cause, but I simply can not the reason is the search engine. I do not blame search for a cause for this but you guys need to find a way to work with Google. You do great job with wrong partner.
- (2020-09-07) Linda Cook: Good Concept. Bad Design. Cons. The Theme Is Not Good. It takes pretty long to get rid of it. They Pretend They Care About feedback but we all now that is going to where the proof of epstein committing suicide, no where. Pros. It Donates to charity which is always honorable
- (2020-08-14) Blue Bulbous: I love it, period.
- (2020-07-15) Dizzytig88: Its very good, But it defiantly lacks what i thing is an essential to a browser.
- (2020-07-07) Maya M.: This search engine sucks ngl, but since it's a charity thing, i'll give it 4 stars. The engine is ugly, yeah that's it. Maybe in the future it'll look better. But for rn imma stick to my web page.
- (2020-06-27) Regaan :D: i just want a way to donate to charity without money so i love this idea
- (2020-03-20) Harry Michelson: Used to be better than it is now. I've decided to remove the extension because while I like supporting Tab for a Cause through Search for a Cause, the search engine is simply bad. After scrolling through a page of results, the results repeat and only change in order, not the next page of sites. Perhaps if the search results were based off Google, this would work much better.
- (2020-03-05) Jojo AL: Le concept de cette extension est très bon, nos recherches vont donner des cœurs pour les association qui sont transformés en argent. Les résultats de recherches sont également bon. Mais il faudrait beaucoup d'amélioration comme lorsque on va sur les images cela nous ramènent à Google, ayez vos propres résultats... Sinon c'est bien de plus en combinant Search for a Cause et Tab for a Cause on gagnent beaucoup de cœurs. The concept of this extension is very good, our research will give hearts for the associations that are transformed into money. The research results are also good. But it would need a lot of improvement like when we go on the images it brings us back to Google, have your own results... Otherwise it's good that by combining Search for a Cause and Tab for a Cause we gain a lot of hearts.
- (2020-01-14) ahmed abdulaahiii: are u kidin me wat u tink i giv moni to charity wen i no food BIG FAT ONE giv me and my sun moni
- (2019-12-20) Brendan Tyne: It's a nice idea. I'm deciding between this and Ekoru.org which cleans oceans with every search and they are hydro-powered. Ocean plastics are becoming ridiculous
- (2019-12-02) Mauricio alvarez: I love search for a cause. A plus is the fact that it doesn't collect as much information as most free sites like google. I strongly believe you should advertise the beta of search for a cause on tabs for a cause so that more people are informed of this fantastic extension. It's fast and works well, with seemingly no bugs or issues that need to be attended to. Fabulous work. Edit: I believe that a dark mode should be added, or add a customization for searching the web like the widgets and background for Tab for a Cause. Something extra to appeal to others (mainly because I like having a dark theme).
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Rating
3.7553 (94 votes)
Last update / version
2022-08-19 / 0.8
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