https://fundraisers.givedirectly.org/campaigns/2022match
1:1 Match, up to $50K per donor. Until the end of the year or until they hit $1 million.
I gave all I could and still afford to pay my taxes and medical bills.
$2K donation, $4K effective donation, eight people lifted out of poverty, and $10,400 economic impact.
A happy new year to all the people of the world. Live long and prosper:)
https://fundraisers.givedirectly.org/campaigns/2022match
$550K raised in 36 hours. I'm very impressed with GD's ability to get so many people involved so quickly.
From $20 donations to $20,000, we're over 360 people on a mission to donate $2 million to lift 9,000 people out of poverty and make a $5.2 million economic impact.
For context, this single campaign, if used in a single area, could boost local GDP by 3%.
They set a goal of 5 days but are on track to finish in half that time.
What if you miss it?
The Life You Can Save matching campaign has no time limit and is available once this is over.
For US donors.
https://tlycs.networkforgood.com/projects/54784-the-life-you-can-save-givedirectly-match-campaign?_ga=2.38624291.1872895852.1672273982-455330969.1671672791
$4,500 out of $33,000 goal reached.
For Australian donors.
https://donorbox.org/new-donor-givedirectly-match?_ga=2.38624291.1872895852.1672273982-455330969.1671672791
$20,100 AUD out of $50,000 raised.
I'll post the Life You Can Save Campaign again in a separate post once the Million Dollar match campaign ends.
And when that runs out, I'll talk with Tyler, Director of Communications at GiveDirectly to make sure they update the fundraising match campaign.
In other words, there should always be a way to match your donations to GiveDirectly, and I'll do my best to help the people on these forums find it.
If you give $1 it's matched and actually $2.
And that's $5.2 in economic impact, a multiplier of 5.2.
According to Moody's, most domestic programs the government funds have a multiplier of 1.36 to 1.73.
Or, to put it another way, by matching donations to GiveDirectly, your money can make 3X more of a difference in people's lives than our most effective government spending programs (SNAP benefits).
Every bit helps.
Thank you for giving what you can.
Humanity moves forward because everyone does what they can to contribute.
That's good we continue slouching towards utopia, but by bit😉