Overview
- The total rose from $3.6 billion in 2024, roughly an 11% year-over-year increase, according to GivingTuesday estimates.
- About 19.1 million people made financial donations, a participation increase of around 3% from last year.
- An estimated 13.5 million people donated goods and 11.1 million volunteered, with volunteering up about 20%.
- GivingTuesday derived the figures by aggregating data from giving platforms, payment processors and nonprofit software.
- Launched at New York’s 92nd Street Y in 2012, the initiative now reports about $22.5 billion raised to date and serves as a bellwether for December fundraising.