To connect people to quality giving and volunteer opportunities worldwide.®

UniversalGiving® is at the forefront of one of the most important movements: The incredible surge in Volunteering, a strong part of our heritage. In America, volunteering has increased by 32% since 1989.  UniversalGiving® has responded: We’ve facilitated more than   22,000 volunteers in over 100 countries worldwide, equaling  30 million dollars’ worth of volunteer hours.

UniversalGiving®  uses its  Quality Model® to vet all its Partners , ensuring your donation goes directly to those in need.

Thank you for helping UniversalGiving®  achieve its vision to “Create a World Where Giving and Volunteering Are a Natural Part of Everyday Life.”™   Your donation -- and your volunteering--really counts with us!

All Donations Are Tax-Deductible:   Tax ID: 73-1662480

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UniversalGiving®  is an award-winning nonprofit 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®  has been featured on the homepage of  Bloomberg ,  Oprah.com ,  CBS , The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. UniversalGiving®  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 .UniversalGiving®  has 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. UniversalGiving®  is a Webby Award Honoree. We continue to gain momentum, with dozens of articles in the  Christian Science Monitor   and monthly contributions on  Forbes . To date, we have matched more than 22,000 volunteers worth $31 million dollars’ of volunteer hours.

Founder and CEO Pamela Hawley is a winner of the Jefferson Award (the Nobel Prize in Community Service). Hawley was invited twice to the White House, and selected as one of 50 leaders to the White House's Next Generation Leadership and Social Innovation event. She is a Finalist for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award. She is a Colburn S. Wilbur Fellow through the Institute for Global Ethics. Pamela is an Expert Blogger for  Forbes   and writes for  Fast Company ,  Christian Science Monitor , and  CSRWire . She also writes  Living and Giving , a daily blog with the mission of “Inspiring Leaders to Live with Excellence and Love.”