Results of the charity matching campaign
https://ift.tt/oh5iAFQ
In December, /r/Bitcoin partnered with [The Giving Block](https://ift.tt/diwv795) to do a charity matching campaign where anyone who donated BTC using a special link would have their donation matched. See [the original post](https://ift.tt/VqvpU2n) for more details.
I’m happy to report that the ~12 BTC dedicated to the match was completely exhausted, which means that generous /r/Bitcoin users donated over 12 BTC! Thank you to:
* Everyone who donated in this campaign.
* The original contributors to the ad fund from many years ago, whose ~$300 in donations turned into over $650,000 in charitable contributions thanks to Bitcoin.
* The Giving Block for doing almost all of the actual work involved in running this campaign.
**List of charities that received matching funds**
Which charities received matching funds was entirely determined by the donors. If you donated using the campaign link while the match was active (from when I posted about the campaign through almost all of December), then your donation was matched. Because I perceived it as something of a conflict of interest, I did not personally donate any amount using the match.
Price-wise, the timing turned out to be pretty favorable, luckily: Taken in aggregate, the ~12 BTC used for matching was “sold” at a price of roughly $54,600.
Because many of the charities were very local, I rounded the match amounts to the nearest $100 to help protect the donors’ privacy. The total match amount was $664,202.47.
Charity|Match Amount(USD)
:–|:–
Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey, Inc.|$304,100
Save the Children|$157,000
Vietnamese Baptist Church of Garland|$29,100
BethanyKids|$25,000
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation|$12,500
Action Against Hunger USA|$12,300
USA Clay Target League|$12,200
Helping Hand For Relief and Development, Inc|$11,600
Gamers Outreach|$10,400
Emerald Foundation|$10,100
Students for Life of America|$9,900
African Wildlife Foundation|$9,800
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital|$9,000
Talbot Mentors|$5,900
WholeSchool Mindfulness, Inc.|$5,900
Friends of Bonobos|$5,100
Drugs & Diagnostics for Tropical Diseases|$5,000
Boulder JCC|$3,100
Museum of Chinese in America|$2,500
AfricAid|$2,100
Built With Bitcoin Foundation|$2,100
Nonviolent Peaceforce|$2,000
United Way Worldwide|$1,900
Direct Relief|$1,600
IDinsight|$1,100
Institute for Justice|$1,000
The Water Project|$1,000
Signal Technology Foundation|$800
Feeding Southwest Virginia|$600
Buckhead Christian Ministry|$500
Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund|$500
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library|$500
The Everglades Foundation|$500
Urban Ed Academy|$500
Waukesha County Community Foundation|$500
Women for Afghan Women|$500
Women’s Audio Mission|$500
BANANAS|$300
Church on the Rock|$300
No Kid Hungry|$300
OutRight Action International|$300
Pencils of Promise|$300
StartOut|$300
The Reason Foundation|$300
Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence|$200
Crypto Kids Camp|$200
Foundation for Economic Education|$200
Operation Broken Silence|$200
Skateistan|$200
SolarBuddy|$200
Waters Edge Church|$200
4KIDS, Inc.|$100
American Foundation for Children with AIDS (AFCA)|$100
Best Friends Animal Society|$100
Cato Institute|$100
Children International|$100
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation|$100
Cure JM Foundation|$100
Diversity in Blockchain|$100
Fargo Air Museum|$100
Hope for Haiti|$100
Liberty In North Korea|$100
Lupus Foundation of America|$100
Oregon Humane Society|$100
Project HOPE|$100
Rainforest Foundation US|$100
Table Community Church|$100
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society|$100
WaterAid America|$100
Zoe Empowers|$100
Alzheimers Association|<$50
American Cancer Society|<$50
Animal Haven|<$50
Arch Grants|<$50
Big Green|<$50
Carbon Offsets To Alleviate Poverty (COTAP)|<$50
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington|<$50
CE – Clean Energy. Bright Futures.|<$50
Chai Lifeline|<$50
Children’s Hospital Colorado Foundation|<$50
CODESPA America|<$50
Financial Inclusion and Freedom Fund (by The Life You Can Save)|<$50
Fort Worth Zoo|<$50
Global Sanctuary for Elephants|<$50
Good+Foundation|<$50
International Justice Mission|<$50
Jacksonville Humane Society|<$50
Little Pink Houses- Breast Cancer Family Retreats|<$50
Little Smiles, Inc.|<$50
Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation|<$50
School Year Abroad|<$50
SEE Turtles|<$50
Southern Connecticut State University Foundation, Inc.|<$50
Starlight Children’s Foundation|<$50
The Water Trust|<$50
To Every Tribe|<$50
Tunapanda Institute|<$50
Veterans Bridge Home|<$50
Water Wells for Africa|<$50
Western Reserve Academy|<$50
WFAE|<$50
Wright-Way Rescue|<$50
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