Zynga,org is Zynga

Zynga

Zynga is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, United States. The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace....

’s philanthropic initiative, enabling players to contribute to charitable causes by purchasing specially created virtual goods within Zynga games. Launched in October 2009, it has raised more than $10 million for non-profit organizations.]

In October 2009, virtual sugar beet

Sugar beet

Sugar beet, a cultivated plant of Beta vulgaris, is a plant whose tuber contains a high concentration of sucrose. It is grown commercially for sugar production. Sugar beets and other B...

s were available for players to purchase in FarmVille

FarmVille

FarmVille is a farming simulation social network game developed by Zynga in 2009. It is similar to Happy Farm, Farm Town,, and older games such as the Harvest Moon series...

. Proceeds benefited two Haiti-based charities: FATEM.org and FONKOZE.org. By October 20, the sugar beet promotion had raised $427,000.

In January 2010, Zynga.org raised $1.5 million in five days for Haiti Earthquake

2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...

 Relief. The promotion ran across FarmVille, FishVille

FishVille

FishVille is a real-time aquarium simulation game developed by Zynga, available as an application on the social-networking website Facebook. The game allows members of Facebook to manage virtual aquariums by rearing fish...

, Mafia Wars

Mafia Wars

Mafia Wars is a multiplayer Social network game created by Zynga.In Mafia Wars the gamers play as gangsters building their own mafia. The players fight other players online and complete tasks to gain rewards and strength in the game. The game is a freemium game, meaning it is free to play normally...

, and Zynga Poker.

In September 2010, Zynga.org raised $500,000 in two days for L’Ecole de Choix, a K-12 school Zynga is building in Mirebalais, Haiti.

In December 2010 Zynga.org raised over $800,000 for the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, as part of the UCSF Challenge for the Children competition.

In March 2011, Zynga announced 100% of proceeds from purchases of virtual goods in more than seven of its games would go to Japan's Save the Children

Save the Children

Save the Children is an internationally active non-governmental organization that enforces children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries...

 Earthquake Emergency Fund. In the same month, Lady Gaga

Lady GaGa

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...

 contributed to Save the Children and the American Red Cross

American Red Cross

The American Red Cross , also known as the American National Red Cross, is a volunteer-led, humanitarian organization that provides emergency assistance, disaster relief and education inside the United States. It is the designated U.S...

from the sales of her Japan Prayer bracelets to Zynga.org.