Established in 1985 and founded specifically to support causes, this leading long distance company working for peace, human rights, equality, education, and the environment donated one percent of each customer's long distance phone charges to thirty-six nonprofit organizations a year. Working Assets has strived for citizen action. Listing two political issues per month along with the politician's names and phone numbers on your phone bill, they let you make free calls for citizen action. Each alert generated between 30-50,000 calls and letters. As of 1998, customer donations grew to $16 million.