FirstGiving lets people donate to nonprofits online. It's quick, easy and safe.

Our goal is to help people raise as much as they can for the causes they care about, by providing an excellent service to as many people as possible.

You can raise money for any nonprofit that's on GuideStar, although we're not a nonprofit ourselves. Our online fundraising pages make raising money and donating easy; they've helped transform the way people fundraise. The rest is down to the amazing and creative ways you use them.

We believe in giving all nonprofits the same opportunity to raise huge amounts of money, including the smaller ones who can't afford to spend lots of money on technology, freeing them up to concentrate on what's important whether it's medical research or running the local playgroup.

We're fundraisers and donors too.

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I surpassed my fundraising goal by over 65%!!!
Josh who raised money for Expedition Inspiration

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For me, it's all about the people and the product - and FirstGiving seems to have both.
- Susan, team coordinator for UMASS GoKids Boston
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Thanks for helping us net over $50,000 - we nearly quadrupled our net fundraising total from last year's walk.
- Allison from Down Syndrome Association of Greater Richmond Buddy Walk

    Our history

  • 2003 We start life in Lexington, Massachusetts
  • 2004 Better Business Bureau gives us their stamp of approval
  • 2005 We relaunch our website with a new look and some cool new features
  • 2006 and move to Davis Square, Somerville, Massachusetts
  • 2007 We keep growing
  • 2008 We buy shiny new servers so that we can grow with our nonprofits as they succeed
  • 2009 Supporters have raised over $115 million on FirstGiving for causes they care about