Bonuses have increased again, so reposting. Previously first month was 5,000, it’s now 7,500. Hat tip to reader Andrew H.Â
The Offer
- Donate $33/month to ChildFund International and get 7,500 SB the first month
- Get 4,000 SB the second and third month if you continue your monthly donation
- Get 1,000 SB each of the next three months and 2,000 SB the seventh month if you continue
First month you’ll net $42 and the next two months you’ll net $7 each since SB are worth at least 1 penny each. Subsequent months there’ll be a cost for continuing to donate.
The Fine Print
- To be eligible for this offer, you must sign up for a new child sponsorship.
- Only new donors are eligible.
- Offer is only valid while supplies last.
- SB award totals are subject to be modified or offer may be cancelled at any time.
- You will earn the SB award that was active at the time of your initial sign up/donation.
- Only valid donations will earn SB, your donation must be successfully processed by Child Fund to be considered valid.
- Must use the same email associated with your SB account when donating to get credit.
- Please allow up to 21 business days for your first donation SB to post and award.
- SB award will be reversed for invalid donations or refund requests.
- Must be an active donor for at least one month ($33 donation).
- Monthly SB award for donations in month’s 2 – 7: allow up to 45 days for SB for award to post after each monthly donation is processed.
- Cancellation: After your first donation has successfully processed, you may cancel your sponsorship at any time by contacting Child Fund directly.
- You will not earn SB for any months which you do not donate, including any refund requests for previous donations.
- This offer may only be redeemed ONE (1) time per user.
- All rewards will be paid out in SB and redemption value quoted is based on current award store prices, which are subject to change
Our Verdict
Remember to use your SB email for the donation. Also bear in mind they might send you solicitation mailers in the future.
You might also get tax-deductible benefits by doing this deal aside from the $54 net. I think the first month’s donation is triggering instant SB, future month might go pending first for 45 days according to the fine print.
Some people are not comfortable with these deals since it might be the charity is losing on them. We think it’s worth giving readers the information and letting them make an informed decision.
A couple things to keep in mind:
- Remember to cancel when you no longer want to donate. Contact Child Fund to cancel.
- Bear in mind that some people end up having problems either with the portal tracking or with Swagbucks deactivating their account for reasons which aren’t clear, so keep the risks in mind. In this case, it might be possible to just cancel the order quickly if the Swagbucks don’t post.
If you’re new to Swagbucks then please read our review. You can also get a bonus of up to $13 by using a referral link.
Somehow they managed to give me the 4th month SB bonus, instead of the 1st month. 1000 SB vs 7500 SB. Submitted a ticket earlier today, but no response yet. Certainly not happy with the result. I have never done this promo before, and haven’t donated to ChildFund before, so not sure why this happened.
I also got screwed out of the HelloFresh SB bonus recently, after submitting 3 responses to the ticket, it got me nowhere. They gave me a story that was supposed to make me feel sorry for them, that they didn’t get the points/refund/rebate either. Then they stopped responding to my requests for more info.
I was considering doing the Blue Apron SB promo, but maybe my short-lived SB glory days have come to an end. Joined in Feb this year.
Same here. Now I am thinking of disputing this with my CC
Not sure disputing with the credit card will work. This program is a rebate unaffiliated with the actual service. Plus, I pay my credit card in full and may have already paid it off anyway. Not that I want anybody else to have issues, it’s good to know someone else and seeing the same thing, reporting it, and hopefully getting results. Good luck!
The 7500SB finally posted yesterday. They didn’t show the 4th month 1000 SB taken away, but judging by my balance, it appears they did. Which is fine, but it would be nice if the activity log reflected it properly. Like I have heard about SB before, if this was a bank account, we would all expect everything to be traceable and make sense. Instead they get a pass.
I wouldn’t blame Swagbucks for the HelloFresh issue. I tried for HelloFresh cash back via BeFrugal and never got paid. BeFrugal support says HelloFresh never paid them. So I think HelloFresh cash back is just a scam. I’m no fan of Swagbucks but I find their automatic cash back tracking to be good.
Yeah, I hear ya. As a consumer, I just want it to work. It’s possible it is a HelloFresh issue, but that wasn’t who I expect the rebate (SB) from. That’s on SwagBucks to decide if working with a company is beneficial. The good news is that SB did end up paying out on HelloFresh, just yesterday.
On this ChildFund thing, I did get a response today to my ticket from SB.
“What I am seeing is that you received 1000 SB on 5/10/18 for month 4, but are missing 6500 since you are actually on your first month. We are working with the advertiser to have this rectified asap, and will update you once the credits have been applied.”
It’s just hard to feel sorry for SB. Some of the programs they offer are straight up scams. Like the trade your $10 Subway card for 200 SB? Who does this? Most of the surveys collect all your info, then tell you your disqualified? I foolishly signed up for something on SB about getting “free samples”, just to try to complete my next PayPal card because I was like 150SB short. Who doesn’t like getting the occasional tiny soap or whatever in the real mail? I started getting tons of spam and thought I made a grave mistake. Luckily, I unsubscribed to about a dozen freebies lists and the crapstorm stopped, for now. Never got the 150SB, and who knows if they will renew my interest in all the SPAM.
Overall I am ahead on my deals with SB, even if some don’t go as planned.
It is not a bad feeling receiving cash back for charity. It is bad when I paln to cancel it I receive letter from child I supported…
March 12th, signed up + donated
April 11th, first SB posted
Looks like everyone got them on 4/11. Oh boy the junk mail is coming hard and fast.
Just a DP: Donated 1st month on 3/11 – showed no activity (even click-through) via Swagbucks, but got 7,500 SB pts credited yesterday (4/11). So looks like they really do mean 30 days.
3/19 Did $33/mo donation subscription (used desktop Chrome browser)
3/21 Sent email to cancel monthly sub
3/22 They confirmed the cancellation
4/11 Got my 7500 SB (Discover: ChildFund International 1st Month Donation +7,500 SB)
just an fyi, got a reply from swagbucks about this offer, the credits will not show as pending.
they also said SB should post 30 days after first donation is processed, and 45 days for months 2-6.
signed up 3/12, got SB for first month today 4/11
anybody got the 7500 sb yet?
update:
3/16 made the 1st donation
4/11 swagbucks 7500 posted
I did this offer on last sunday night. Its been 5 days. I’m yet to get the SB. Anyone got the SB’s yet?
it says it can take up 45 biz days
Link is still working for me
i am still seeing 7500 for first month and 20K in total.