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As the holiday season begins, our team at PayPal is focused on making it easier than ever for people to support and give to their favorite causes. With our community of over 250 million PayPal accounts around the world, we have an extraordinary opportunity to support the growth of charitable giving.

 

This year, I’m pleased to share that PayPal will be offering powerful ways to give your generosity even greater impact. On November 27, 2018, we’ll celebrate #GivingTuesday by matching donations made through PayPal’s holiday giving campaign dollar-for-dollar, up to $500,000. We’ll continue to celebrate the holiday giving season by adding 1% to any donation you make through the campaign once we reach $500,000, and then from November 28 to December 31.

 

PayPal has partnered with #GivingTuesday and its founding organization, the 92nd Street Y, since its inception in 2012, supporting its meaningful message during the holiday season. We’re immensely proud to have helped #GivingTuesday grow into an international movement that has inspired so much generosity. In 2012, PayPal processed approximately $16 million in donations on #GivingTuesday. In 2015, on #GivingTuesday we set a Guinness World Record by raising over $45 million, the highest amount raised online for charity in 24 hours. And last year we enabled more giving during #GivingTuesday than ever before, helping 715,000 people in 181 countries contribute $64 million to their favorite causes. Thanks to your generosity, more than $200 million has been donated on PayPal on #GivingTuesday since this annual day of giving was launched in 2012.  With your generous participation, we look forward to enabling even more giving this year!

 

 

PayPal communities around the world – including Australia, Brazil, France, Canada, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Russia, Spain, and the UK – will also celebrate #GivingTuesday and join in the spirit of giving by offering ways for people to support causes during the day and throughout the holiday season.