Abstract: A method for generating and allocating a charitable donation or investment through a membership-based service, which method comprises: searching for an affiliate which is participating or willing to participate in the membership-based service; making a purchase from the affiliate by a member of the membership-based service for a purchase price; determining a charitable amount of the purchase price to be remitted by the affiliate to the member's charitable account; the member selecting which charitable organization or investment will receive at least an allocated portion of the charitable amount; and distributing the allocated portion of the charitable amount to the selected charitable organization or investment.

Abstract: The system includes a unique automated and reusable validation process in support of the issuance of the registration seal. This includes the following: (1) individual identity validation; (2) individual/business association validation; and (3) business status validation. These services will be utilized to provide validation in real-time during the product ordering process, as well as the ongoing user and business status validations. In addition, a set of pre-established business rules are used to provide: (a) when the rules are satisfied, utilization of the registration seal is permitted, or (b) when the rules have not been met, the registration seal is revoked.