From
Chase Community Giving's FAQ:
Facebook users will have over 500,000 nonprofit organizations to chose from- the largest number ever for a program of this type. Facebook users will be able to vote for non profits that serve the general public in the following focus areas: education, healthcare, housing, the environment, combating hunger, arts and culture, human services, and animal welfare. [emphasis mine] The 501c3 designation will help us with the administration of the program and screening charities.
Since the SSDP definitely doesn't belong in any of those categories, it's pretty clear that that's the most likely reason it got disqualified. While the exclusion of organizations with political goals isn't explicit, it's implicit.
I'm unsure why the NYRA didn't get disqualified. Perhaps, it has enough of an educational and human services component that Chase ignored its political agenda, or Chase might not know about it's political goals yet, but I think this is less likely.
From the
NYRA's homepage:
The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) defends the civil and human rights of young people in the United States through educating [emphasis mine] people about youth rights, empowering [emphasis mine] young people to work on their own behalf in defense of their rights, and taking positive steps to lessen the burden of ageism.
Edited by Florin Clapa, 18 December 2009 - 02:11 AM.