UniversalGiving® is an award-winning nonprofit social enterprise, allowing people to donate and volunteer with top-performing, vetted organizations all over the world. 100% goes directly to the cause. All partner organizations are vetted with our proprietary Quality Model®. UniversalGiving® also provides customized services under UniversalGiving® Corporate and UniversalGiving® Philanthropic Services managing their worldwide giving and volunteer programs. For more information, please visit About Us section.

Here are three key ways UniversalGiving® is unique.

1. 100% Goes Directly to the Cause

UniversalGiving® does not take a cut on donations: 100% goes directly to the cause. UniversalGiving® uses the full amount of your donation to serve our NGO partners. This has always been a part of UniversalGiving®`s mission since its founding.

Many competitors take a cut on donations. These fees can be as high as 15%. For UniversalGiving®, 100% goes to the cause.

2. Unique Quality Model®:

Quality and trust are paramount to the UniversalGiving® mission. To address this important area, UniversalGiving® built a unique Quality Model® and Quality Affiliation Model® to help identify the top-performing NGOs in our global community. For more information please visit our Quality Model®.

3. Both Giving and Volunteering

UniversalGiving®`s website provides both giving and volunteering in one platform. You get two services in one. We provide these services for free to individuals and our NGO Partners.

Our mission is: To connect people to quality giving and volunteer opportunities worldwide.™

Our Vision: Create a World Where Giving and Volunteering Are a Natural Part of Everyday Life.®

Please visit the About Us section for a full description of our services.

UniversalGiving® welcomes all people of all backgrounds. We have individuals, donors, volunteers, corporate clients, C-suite clients, family foundations, and universities who all want to give back.

Our clientele ranges from teenagers to people in their 80s. Everyone is serving our world.

Pamela Hawley is the founder and CEO of UniversalGiving®. In 1996, she co-founded VolunteerMatch, a web-based nonprofit which has matched more than 2 million volunteers with nonprofits all across the nation. Inspired by her international experiences and life-long involvement in the community, she started UniversalGiving® in June of 2002 in order to raise awareness and serve the most impoverished communities in the world.

UniversalGiving® is a nonprofit that serves our global community. UniversalGiving®’s services are free.

UniversalGiving® is a nonprofit social enterprise supported by individual donors, foundations, and corporations.

UniversalGiving® is a also a social enterprise. UniversalGiving® Corporate helps manage global Corporate Social Responsibility for companies, including the strategy, operations, NGO Vetting, and Disbursements. UniversalGiving® Philanthropic Services provide a customized service for Donor-Advised Funds, Family Foundations, and High Net Worth Donors all over the world.

These services support UniversalGiving®`s nonprofit mission and help provide sustainability.

UniversalGiving® Corporate helps manage global Corporate Social Responsibility for companies, including the Strategy, Operations, NGO Vetting, and Disbursements. Our goal is to help companies scale their Philanthropy and Volunteer programs. Visit UniversalGiving® Corporate for more information.

UniversalGiving® Philanthropic Services help manage global Philanthropic Services for Donor-Advised Funds, Family Foundations, and High Net Worth Donors all over the world. UniversalGiving® Philanthropic Services helps families of wealth best safeguard and protect themselves as they increase their philanthropic involvement for themselves and their families. Visit UniversalGiving® Philanthropic Services for more information.

UniversalGiving® engages with its audience through Newsletters. Subscribe now and stay informed on important topics such as Philanthropy, Volunteerism, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Leadership.

Our founder and CEO, Pamela Hawley maintains her own blog, Living and Giving, whose mission is “To connect people to quality giving and volunteer opportunities worldwide.”™

By creating a private account, you gain free access to special UniversalGiving® features. You can create an account now, and it only takes a minute. You'll be able to:

• Find quality ways to donate
• Find volunteer opportunities and volunteer
• Request email updates on opportunities that match your interests
• Create lists of favorites by country and issue
• Track your own giving and volunteering requests and activities
• Register your own NGOs

UniversalGiving® honors all of our clients. UniversalGiving® uses the information we collect to customize our giving and volunteer services. UniversalGiving® does not sell your information. Please see our Privacy Policy.

Once you create an account with UniversalGiving®, our tracking system will allow you to keep records on all of your donations, volunteer opportunities, and requests for information in one place. In this way, you can rely on UniversalGiving® for planning and organizing your philanthropic and community service activities.

Log in to your account, click on your name on the top right corner, then on “My Account”. You can edit your account information by selecting the appropriate tab.

We accept credit cards, Paypal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and many more payment methods. Please see payment methods by clicking Donate Now. If you would like to donate via written check, please mail a check payable to UniversalGiving at our address listed on the Contact Us page.

UniversalGiving® is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your donation is eligible for a US tax deduction.

No. Any amount can and will make a difference.

Once you have found a volunteer opportunity that interests you, click on the green "I want to help!" button. This will send your questions directly to a representative of the selected NGO.

Yes, we’d love to have you volunteer with us! We have great volunteer opportunities here at UniversalGiving®. Check out the available UniversalGiving® Volunteer Opportunities.

NGO stands for Nongovernmental Organization. UniversalGiving® partners with NGOs by providing a free service. UniversalGiving® allows NGOs to register their giving and volunteer opportunities and promotes their important work. UniversalGiving® features quality NGOs from all over the world and across more than 30 issues.

• Free registration
• Free access to donor and volunteers
• UniversalGiving® promotes you on social media.
• UniversalGiving® features you in our newsletter.
• We are here to help get the word out about our valued NGO Partners!

UniversalGiving® has been featured on the homepage of Bloomberg, Oprah.com, CBS, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. UniversalGiving® also has been featured in more than 16 books, including the new edition Harvard Business Review Book, HBR Guide to Delivering Effective Feedback, Arianna Huffington’s Thrive, and Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen’s Giving 2.0. We have also been acknowledged six times on Great Nonprofits’ annual Top Nonprofits lists and are highlighted in Huffington Post's list of best volunteering matching websites. We continue to gain momentum, with dozens of articles in the Christian Science Monitor and monthly contributions on Forbes.

Visit NGO Services to register your NGO with UniversalGiving®.

You will need to Sign Up for an individual account with UniversalGiving®. Then you'll be able to register your NGO with UniversalGiving®.

Yes. Once you complete your organization's contact information, your information is saved, and you may stop at any time. To pick up where you left off, log into UniversalGiving®’s website using your username and password and click on "My Profile."

During the UniversalGiving® registration process, you will be prompted to set up a PayPal account and this will link you directly to PayPal’s website.

To set up a PayPal account for your NGO, you will need your organization’s bank account information. After your PayPal account is created you will need to return to your organization’s account on UniversalGiving® and add your PayPal login email address in the box provided.

After you complete the registration process, the UniversalGiving® team will review your information. If all of the required information has been included, the process will take up to 2 weeks. We will notify you once your organization's account has been approved and published on our site.

There are three ways to feature activities through UniversalGiving®: Projects, Volunteer, and Gift opportunities.

A Project is an opportunity listed by your organization, with a funding goal (usually $1000) and a specific timeline (usually one year).

A Volunteer opportunity allows people to serve with your organization. The volunteer opportunity can be:

• On the ground in your local community
• Global in the communities you serve
• A remote opportunity
• In your HQ office

Be sure to include if it is one-time or ongoing. Please provide specific details on the volunteer opportunity, so your organization can attract the best volunteers!

A Gift is an opportunity listed by your organization with a one-time donation gift. A Gift must have a description of its impact and donation amount (usually under $1000.).