{"id":23403,"date":"2020-12-19T01:37:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T01:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=23403"},"modified":"2020-12-21T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T13:01:20","slug":"us-nonprofits-raised-2-5-billion-on-giving-tuesday-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/us-nonprofits-raised-2-5-billion-on-giving-tuesday-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"US nonprofits raised $2.5 billion on Giving Tuesday in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abhishek Bhati<\/a>, Bowling Green State University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Some 35 million Americans gave a total of US$2.5 billon on Giving Tuesday<\/a> to causes of all kinds, including $808 million in donations made online.<\/p>\n

Donations increased overall by 25% from the total raised during this event in 2019 \u2013 the first year when the campaign began to calculate donations made offline, such as by sending a check or giving cash, in addition to online contributions.<\/p>\n

This good news came as a relief to some of the nonprofit leaders who had voiced concerns that donors who had given more than usual<\/a> throughout 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic distress might avoid this yearly show of support for charities. For example, an earlier event, #GivingTuesdayNow<\/a>, raised more than $503 million in May for pandemic relief.<\/p>\n

Giving Tuesday happens on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which fell on Dec. 1 in 2020.<\/p>\n