Client Policy

Change.org provides the web’s most powerful tools for anyone, anywhere to start, join, and win campaigns for social change. To ensure we can keep these tools free, we offer nonprofit organizations, political campaigns, and social good businesses a “sponsored campaign” option to help promote their cause to people who express an interest in their work. Sponsored campaigns are indicated by the “Sponsored by [organization name]” text that appears on each sponsored petition.

We accept sponsored campaigns from organizations fighting for the public good and the common values we hold dear – fairness, equality, and justice. We do not accept sponsored campaigns from organizations that consistently violate these values, support discriminatory policies, or seek private corporate benefit that undermines the common good.

As there are many organizations who share our values and advocate solutions for social change in the public good, sometimes there are disagreements about how to bring about that change. Change.org does not take an official position on the means or tactics social change organizations use to achieve their goals, provided these organizations are ethical in their practices and policies. As an open platform that enables social change organizations to promote their causes to people around the world, we empower our members to decide which campaigns deserve their support.