I am a freelance developer and added footnote to my invoices explaining I donate 1% of the amount to an open-source project used for the assignment. I ask them to propose the projects they prefer but almost no one does.
My assumption would be that the people handling invoices are just not involved in that kind of stuff. At least when you're dealing with 'bigger' clients with their own billing departments.
I really like the idea but maybe talk to your direct point of contact at the client instead?
They should. Although I guess in a perfect market with two identical companies.. the one without the donations will have 1% more cashflow and be able to underbid the nice competitor by 1%.
(1% is likely to small to make a difference, but a fun thought experiment).
I really like the idea but maybe talk to your direct point of contact at the client instead?