Gates Foundation Giving Tuesday

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Gates foundation giving tuesday.

Some three quarters of the roughly 473 000 donors who gave through facebook during 2017 s giving tuesday had never contributed to a charitable cause through the website before according to a. All lives have equal value. Join the movement and give each tuesday and every day whether it s some of your time a donation or the power of your voice in your local community. These tailwinds propelled the bill melinda gates foundation together with a group of other respected funders including omidyar and ate chandra foundation to invest in giveindia an online giving platform to scale everyday giving in india.

1 522 337 likes 23 654 talking about this. Launched in 2012 givingtuesday is a global day of giving positioned as a do good alternative to the post thanksgiving shopping and consumption associated with black friday and cyber monday. The gates foundation which focuses on reducing poverty and expanding access to health care has teamed up with the social media giant to match funds raised via facebook s fundraising tool. Some of these platforms are now enabling more giving especially during times of natural disasters.

How facebook and the bill melinda gates foundation are working to grow the charitable giving pie organizations. Giving has been an important part of american history since our earliest days and americans are incredibly generous. Facebook and the bill melinda gates foundation summary. Have banded together to promote this tuesday as a day to give back and to encourage people to give more give smarter and celebrate the spirit of giving.