Gates Foundation Giving Tuesday

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Gates foundation giving tuesday.

Givingtuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. 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. Giving has been an important part of american history since our earliest days and americans are incredibly generous. 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.

Over 1 000 charities community organizations and businesses in the u s. Facebook has announced that it will again partner with the bill melinda gates foundation to match up to 2 million in donations for this year s givingtuesday event on november 28. 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. 1 522 337 likes 23 654 talking about this.

Some of these platforms are now enabling more giving especially during times of natural disasters. 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. The groups will match up to 1 000 per fundraiser. 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.