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Apple Pay Supporting U.S. National Park Foundation Over the Next Week

Apple National ParksNow through August 28, Apple will donate $10 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made in the U.S. using Apple Pay on Apple.com, in the Apple Store app, or at an Apple Store, up to a maximum of $1 million.

In addition, the annual U.S. national parks Apple Watch Activity Challenge returns on Sunday, August 23 this year.

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Top Rated Comments

4 weeks ago
Apples donating $1M and you guys are complaining that it’s tied to sales or not enough. Give me a break. Can’t a nice thing just be a nice thing?
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TruthAboveAllElse Avatar
4 weeks ago

Oh and the National Park Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, so Apple could likely write off the entire $1 million as a charitable deduction. So, in reality, this "generous" donation might not even cost Apple a dime after tax breaks.
Just because you write it off doesn’t mean it doesn’t cost anything. It just lowers the taxable income.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago
Definitely expecting to see the maximum $1 million to be donated. Good to see Apple donating.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Crow_Servo Avatar
4 weeks ago
Or donate directly to the National Parks yourself, and cut out the middle man.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Naraxus Avatar
4 weeks ago

You’re a trillion dollar company. You can donate a million no strings attached as we’ve seen and it would be ashtray change for you.
So nice to see you and others A: dictate how Apple makes donations, and B: have the nerve to deem such donations as insufficient.

Same as it ever was
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
4 weeks ago

Oh and the National Park Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, so Apple could likely write off the entire $1 million as a charitable deduction. So, in reality, this "generous" donation might not even cost Apple a dime after tax breaks.
Uh, yeah. Thats how the world works. Did you know you can deduct your personal charitable donations too? I guess that makes it less generous though, so I guess you shouldn’t bother. /s
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)