An estimated $3.1 billion was raised in the United States during the annual GivingTuesday event this year, GivingTuesday Data Commons reports.

The 2022 totals for online and offline giving in the U.S. represent a 15 percent increase compared to 2021 and a 25 percent increase since 2020. Based on data from Benevity, Blackbaud, Charity Navigator, DonorPerfect, Fidelity Charitable, GoFundMe, Meta, the National Philanthropic Trust, PayPal, Schwab Charitable, Vanguard Charitable, and other organizations, Data Commons estimated that 37 million adults in the U.S. participated in GivingTuesday in some way, a 6 percent increase year-over-year.

Established in 2012 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City and supported by numerous organizations and philanthropists, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MacKenzie Scott, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, Google.org, and the National Philanthropic Trust, the event engages people and organizations around the world. This year’s events included GivingTuesday Ukraine, which hosted an online festival of giving, and GivingTuesday Pakistan, which raised supplies and support for flood-affected areas.

“GivingTuesday 2022 was another impactful day of community-centered generosity, where people in every single country in the world collectively prioritized giving back and celebrated that we all have something to give and we all can create change,” said GivingTuesday co-founder and CEO Asha Curran. “The most magical part of GivingTuesday, the special and unique characteristic that drives this generosity movement, is that this remarkable day of giving is made possible by the many and not the few; everyday people’s kindness, acts of generosity, and commitment to a better world fueled this day of good. This swell of generosity was possible only because people showed up for each other and with each other. We know this is just a preview of the continued good that will happen throughout the rest of this year and the year to come.”

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