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As 2022 ended, GivingTuesday wrapped up our 10th anniversary and began our 11th year as a global generosity movement. Ahead of us, we see unlimited possibility because of the foundation we’ve built — one forged by the people who make up this movement and who have a shared vision for a more generous world.

Our milestone year was marked by exponential growth in service of our mission, and at every level, GivingTuesday is bigger than ever before.

• Our team grew from 11 to 35, and we launched Global Hubs in India and Africa to deepen our impact in those regions.

• The GivingTuesday Data Commons expanded its work to explore generosity and launched a capital campaign to fuel its ambitious projects.

• 9 new countries launched national GivingTuesday movements.

• Countless activations were held for the annual celebration of generosity on November 29.

After another inspiring year, we’re reflecting on our growth and the lessons we’ve learned since GivingTuesday launched. We’re taking those lessons with us as we build GivingTuesday’s next era. We’re beginning 2023 with a steadfast commitment to our thriving community, radical generosity — or what we call, with a bit of a smile, effusive altruism — and its transformative potential, and the values that have guided this movement for the past decade.

The movement’s leaders are the heart of GivingTuesday. What makes this network of changemakers so special is that it is one massive community of a multitude of smaller ones, and at every layer, there is cross-pollination of ideas, co-created resources and tools, and constant encouragement and support. Together, we’ve built a shared space where we dream and build. The growth of this movement is critical to building that better future we want to see, but it’s also up to us in the GivingTuesday network to work together to protect and preserve the qualities that make this mutually supportive, warm, and inspiring network unique and effective.

Radical generosity has been at the core of GivingTuesday, and it remains our central philosophy as we head into the next ten years. It is the idea that generosity is abundant and that the well-being of others is important and meaningful to each of us. The deepening of our understanding of radical generosity comes from the people who make up this movement. They remind us that people who incorporate generous acts into their everyday lives are the ones who help transform systems and create change. Generosity leads to more engaged citizens and is key to civic participation. People connecting through generosity find common ground and appreciation despite all that might divide them, and because of that, generosity can be an antidote to the polarization continuing to take hold across the globe. Generosity is crucial to the better world we want to build. It’s not just a nice set of heart-warming acts; it’s an absolute must.

The core set of values that shaped GivingTuesday into what it is today will continue to guide us as we deepen our impact and grow our movement. Co-creation and co-ownership, collective action, distributed power, and proximate leadership helped transform an idea that started in one country into a global movement. Over the past few years, the entire social sector has looked inward to reflect on its approaches and question traditional systems and old power dynamics. As our staff, leaders, and broader community continue to hone this network and movement, we’ll continue sharing our learnings and insights to uplift our model.

We are thrilled as we look ahead to the next ten years of GivingTuesday. While every year is different from the one before it, our work — the work of helping people see generosity as vital to our future — has a steadfastness to it. We dream of a more generous world when there is peace; we dream of a more generous world when there is crisis. Our strategies may shift, but the vision that unifies all within our movement is unchanging. We are always working toward that better world we all dream of, and we know we can build it together.

ASHA CURRAN, CEO GIVINGTUESDAY

GivingTuesday is a movement that unleashes the power of radical generosity around the world. It was created in 2012 at New York’s 92nd Street Y and incubated in its Belfer Center for Innovation & Social Impact. What started as a simple idea of a day that encourages people to do good has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity year-round. The movement is brought to life through a distributed network of entrepreneurial leaders who lead national movements in 85+ countries. People and organizations participate in GivingTuesday in every single country in the world.

Asha Curran, Chief Executive Officer

Shareeza Bhola, Chief Communications Officer

Woodrow Rosenbaum, Chief Data Officer

Jessica Schneider, Chief Operations Officer

Cherisse Faith Beh, Director, Global Learning & Engagement

Jesse Bourns, Technology & Knowledge Management Lead

Staci Bruce, Associate, US Communities

Gabrielle Campeau, Knowledge Management Project Coordinator

Mihika Chanchani, Partnerships Consultant, GivingTuesday India Hub

Annie Collins, Data Analyst

Madelaine Diaz, Global Communities & Coalitions Manager

Priyanka Dutt, Chief Advisor, GivingTuesday India Hub

Eme Iniekung, Programs & Partnerships Manager, GivingTuesday Africa Hub

Celeste Flores, Director, GivingTuesday US and Canada Hub

ZJ Jallah, Starling Regional Director, US & Canada

Victoria Leonhardt, Leadership Manager, US Communities

Laurence Belfer (CEO, Belfer Management LLC)

Jeffrey Bradach (Co-Founder and Managing Partner, The Bridgespan Group)

Anita Gallagher (Secretary; Director, InnovaSocial; GivingTuesday Mexico leader)

Z.J. Jallah (GivingTuesday Liberia leader)

Shijuade Kadree (Director of Tech Equity, Aspen Institute)

Asim Ijaz Khwaja (Director, Center of International Development, Harvard University)

Sara Lomelin (CEO and Founder, Philanthropy Together)

Tan Madhavan, Manager, Research Partners

Kavita Mathew, Partnerships Advisor, GivingTuesday India Hub

Marc Maxmeister, Senior Data Scientist

Dr. Corneil Montgomery, Starling Design & Partnerships

Edward Moore, Data Analyst

Kathleen Murphy Toms, Director, Digital Strategy

Catherine Mwendwa, Director, GivingTuesday Africa Hub

Esteban Oyarzo, Starling Regional Director, Central and South America

Dante Plush, Director, Youth Engagement

Matt Price, Senior Manager, Knowledge Management

Jared Rockwell, Product Manager

Brandon Salesberry, Finance

Ali Samani, Data Scientist

Kait Sheridan, Senior Director, Global

Charlotte Arnø Storebakken, Starling Regional Director, Europe

Will Taylor, Manager, Working Groups

Parsa Torabian, Senior Data Scientist

João Paulo Vergueiro, Director, GivingTuesday Latin America & Caribbean Hub

Lexa Wilson, Senior Manager, Technology & Projects

Brittany Witham, Data Engineer

Amanda Nguyen (Founder + CEO, Rise)

Hilary Pennington (Executive Vice President for Program, Ford Foundation)

Rob Reich (Chair; Faculty Co-Director, Stanford University Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society)

Jonathan Soros (CEO, JS Capital Management LLC)

Jeffrey C. Walker (Treasurer; Author, The Generosity Network)

Asha Curran (CEO, GivingTuesday)

GivingTuesday launched two new global hubs — one in Africa and one in India — to support leadership, collaboration, and innovation throughout the global movement’s network and expand the network across those regions.

The India and Africa Hubs reflect our international focus on developing and supporting regional leaders who strengthen local philanthropic infrastructure, democratize philanthropy, and grow cultures of giving, generosity, and robust civic participation at all levels.

The Hub teams spent their first year building the needed infrastructure to gather learning and research. They are now translating their findings into actionable insights, programs, and partnerships, with a focus on such areas as expanding GivingTuesday’s collaborative data work to better inform and inspire the social sector around the world, youth engagement, community and coalition building, and more.

In particular, the India Hub amplified inspiring stories of generosity and increased awareness of GivingTuesday while forging strategic partnerships and sparking important conversations about giving. On GivingTuesday in India, held during DaanUtsav or the festival of giving, the team launched the #BornGenerous campaign to tell heartwarming stories of generosity from people around the country and held their flagship event, the India Generosity Run, which thousands participated in. The team formed an Advisory Group, featuring leaders and innovators from a variety of sectors, to support their strategic planning, outreach, and vision, and hosted their first event, the India Generosity Data Convening. The convening brought partners across the social sector together with GivingTuesday’s Data Commons team to identify key questions about generosity in India that will lead to actionable insights and data-driven decisions and supercharge giving in the country.

Additionally, the Africa Hub strengthened visibility for GivingTuesday, leveraged partner events to amplify the impact of GivingTuesday Africa leaders, and launched conversations about data needs and priorities across the social sector in the region. The team expanded movement leadership in Francophone Africa by engaging and welcoming new leaders from Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Eswatini, Côte d’Ivoire, and Zimbabwe. Moreover, they helped celebrate and amplify youth leaders within the movement like Starling Collective alumni Lesein Mutunkei, whose Trees4Goals movement was honored with a Gratitude Award by CivSource-Africa during the annual Gathering of Givers virtual conference. The team also collaborated with the Africa Philanthropy Network, EPIC-Africa, and the Center for Philanthropy and Social Investment to host their first data convening, which helped identify critical questions about generosity in Africa, as well as future collaborative research projects.