Giving Tuesday, a global movement to inspire charitable giving, is upon us once again. Launched in 2012 by the 92nd Street Y, Giving Tuesday takes the festive narrative of Black Friday and Cyber ...

In what has become an annual bonanza of philanthropic largesse, billionaire MacKenzie Scott recently announced in an essay on her Yield Giving website that she gave $2 billion to 199 nonprofit ...

U.S. charitable giving rose 3% in 2025, surpassing US$600 billion for the first time. The $617 billion that Americans gave to everything from churches to cat rescues was the second-highest ever in ...

Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving and unity. Now in its eleventh year, Giving Tuesday is recognized as an opportunity for people and communities to come together in the spirit of generosity.

The happiness we feel after a particular event or activity diminishes each time we experience that event, a phenomenon known as hedonic adaptation. But giving to others may be the exception to this ...

Fifteen years ago this week, 40 of America's richest families and individuals pledged to give away most of their wealth. In the years since, the Giving Pledge has lost steam even as billionaire wealth ...

Giving to charity is great, not just for the recipients but for the givers, too. But it can be intimidating to know how to pick the best charity when there are thousands of worthy causes to choose ...

Sandwiched around the deals-focused holidays of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday — the now billion-dollar global giveback movement — represent two of the holiday season's ...

Bryan Walsh is a senior editorial director at Vox overseeing the Future Perfect and climate teams and writes the Good News newsletter. He worked at Time magazine for 15 years as a foreign ...