An estimated $2.47 billion was raised in the United States during the ninth annualĀ GivingTuesday, the event’s organizers report.
According to theĀ GivingTuesday Data Commons, a network of more than seventy contributing partners and forty global data labs, online and offline giving for the December 1 event jumped 25 percent, from $1.97 billion in 2019, while the estimated number of people participating increased 29 percent, to 34.8 million. The estimates are based on data from ActBlue, Benevity, Bloomerang, Charity Navigator, Classy, the Combined Federal Campaign, Cybergrants, Donately, DonorPerfect, DonorsChoose, every.org, Facebook, Fidelity Charitable, Firespring, Give Lively, Givebutter, GiveCampus, GiveGab, Givly, Givsly, Global Impact, GlobalGiving, GoFundMe, HelloFund, iATS Payments, iModules, Keela, Kindful, Mightycause, Movember, the National Philanthropic Trust, NationBuilder, Neon One, Network for Good, PayPal, Philanthropi, Pledgeling, Qgiv, Salsa, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Tiltify, and Vanguard Charitable.
According to theĀ NonProfit Times, more than 1.9 million people raised over $135 million via Facebook and Instagram, including $7 million in matching funds from Facebook over the last two weeks,Ā while the DonorPerfect platform processed 233,000 donations totaling $55 million, up 65 percent and 37 percent, respectively, from 2019. Mobile fundraising platformĀ ClassyĀ reportsĀ it processed nearly three hundred thousand donations totaling $37.9 million ā almost double the $19.4 million it processed in 2019 ā including $5.2 million for theĀ Salvation Army. In addition, school fundraising platformĀ GiveCampusĀ processedĀ more than $12.5 million in online and offline donations for over four hundred colleges and P-12 schools.
In May, GivingTuesday launched #GivingTuesdayNow, raisingĀ more than $503 millionĀ in online donations for COVID-19 relief efforts in the U.S.
“This groundswell of giving reaffirms that generosity is universal and powerful, and that it acts as an antidote to fear, division, and isolation,” saidĀ Asha Curran, co-founder and CEO of GivingTuesday. “Throughout this year, we have seen people driving extraordinary efforts rooted in a pursuit of equity, community, and shared humanity ādriving giving and action across all races, faiths, and political views. We know that when we act collectively ā what we can, with what we have, from where we are ā we can make massive change happen. Now, let’s resolve to carry this energy forward to reimagine a world where generosity is at the heart of all we do.”
Source: PND
