On December 1st, Americans gave $2.47 billion to charity. Here’s how we collectively turn that into $150 billion.
5 min readDec 9, 2020
December 1, 2020, was Giving Tuesday — America’s annual (and very welcome) rebellion against consumerism. It began in 2011 as a fledgling idea to encourage people to give to charity after their Cyber Monday shopping. In 2012, Giving Tuesday gathered $10 million; by 2019 this figure had swollen to an…
