Americans Gave $4B on GivingTuesday 2025 as Donations and Volunteering Gain Big over Last Year

Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday

Americans gave $4 billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in 2025, an increase from the $3.6 billion they gave in 2024, according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday.

How to break free of “money dysmorphia” — and 3 other tips on generosity

As the writer of an ethical advice column, I get a lot of questions from people who really want to do good in the world but are running into problems. They want to know how to give charity — and how to do it optimally. They want to know if they should be pressuring their parents to donate more. They want to know if there’s such a thing as helping too much or too little. And they want to know about ways of doing good that aren’t about giving mone…

What to know about GivingTuesday 2025

GivingTuesday returns this year as a nationwide day of charitable giving, encouraging donations and volunteer work after a long weekend of holiday shopping.

Heading into GivingTuesday, charitable donations are holding steady this year

In 2024, 36.1 million Americans participated in the annual day of giving.

SC tech company heads to the Nasdaq to promote GivingTuesday

Executives from Daniel Island-based Blackbaud will once again ring the closing bell at the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York City on Dec. 1 to promote the global day of philanthropy.

What is GivingTuesday? How to donate on the annual day of charitable giving

Since it started as a hashtag in 2012, GivingTuesday, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, has become one of the biggest fundraising days of the year for nonprofits in the U.S.