Introduction

About UniversalGiving™

UniversalGiving™ is an award-winning website that helps people give and volunteer with the top-performing projects all over the world.  All projects are vetted through UniversalGiving's trademarked, proprietary Quality Model.™  100% of each donation goes directly to the cause.

You’re invited to view our Top Gift Packages and Top Volunteering Opportunities, or to search our database of opportunities.  You can read more here about our features and ways to give.

UniversalGiving is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, whose vision is to "Create a World Where Giving and Volunteering Are a Natural Part of Everyday Life."™

UniversalGiving’s Work with Corporations and High Net-worth Donors

UniversalGiving Corporate (UGC) is a customized service, helping Fortune 500 companies scale Corporate Social Responsibility programs worldwide.  UniversalGiving Corporate handles the strategy, operations and NGO vetting for corporations, to ensure the success of their international giving and volunteering programs.  In addition to our corporate service, UniversalGiving™ provides customized models for Giving Circles.

Press for UniversalGiving

UniversalGiving’s press includes:

• CBS
• FOX Business Network
• BusinessWeek
• Fast Company
• CSRwire
• WomenEntrepreneur.com
• Oprah.com
• NBC News
• Christian Science Monitor
• New York Times
• Financial Times
• CNNMoney.com
• Change.org
• SEE Change Magazine

Honors for UniversalGiving

UniversalGiving™ is a winner of Opportunity Knocks' Best Nonprofit to Work For Award, a Webby Award Honoree and won the Silver Award for W3 Creative Excellence on the Web.

UniversalGiving’s CEO, Pamela Hawley, has been honored with a Jefferson Award for Public Service, as well as being selected as a finalist in Ernst & Young’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award.  In 2010, she was invited to the White House’s Next Generation Leadership and Social Innovation event.  She has also been chosen as a member of the Colburn S. Wilbur Fellowship Program, through the Institute on Global Ethics. 

Keep In Touch

Keep up with UniversalGiving’s latest innovations—sign up for our newsletters.  Or engage with us through social media:

UniversalGiving

• Read our blog: PhilanthroPost
• Follow us on Twitter: @UniversalGiving
• Like us on Facebook.

Pamela Hawley

• Read our CEO’s blog: Living and Giving
• Follow Pamela on Twitter: @pamelahawley
• Friend her on Facebook.

Come join the conversation, and learn more about giving and volunteering all over the world.