2025 Giving Report
A year of resilience, innovation, and impact in philanthropy
More than 350,000 Fidelity Charitable donors made 2024 a historic year for donor-advised funds, granting $14.9 billion to charities around the world. Giving was up by over $3 billion from the previous year, showing just how committed these donors are to the causes that drive them. Explore our annual Giving Report to see how this remarkable generosity has fueled remarkable results.
Surging generosity
In 2024, Fidelity Charitable made
in donor-recommended grants.
Transformative impact
Fidelity Charitable has helped donors support more than 433,000 nonprofits with donor-recommended grants totaling $100 billion since its inception.
Number of grants
2015
734K
2024
2.7M
Total amount of donor-recommended grants
2015
$3B
2024
$14.9B
Number of donors1
2015
132K
2024
350K
Number of unique charities supported
2015
106K
2024
213K
1 Does not include third-party contributors or other third-party individuals.
Growing and unlocking capital for good
In 2024, donors contributed $786 million in cryptocurrency, a 14x increase from 2023, demonstrating their interest in continuing to unlock the potential of this innovative form of giving.
Since inception, Fidelity Charitable has converted more than $15.5 billion in non-publicly traded assets and $30 billion has been made available for granting through tax-free investment growth—that’s more than $45 billion in additional funds for charity over the lifetime of our organization.
Through their donor-advised funds, donors offer a steady stream of support to favorite causes.
DISTRIBUTED WITHIN 5 YEARS
Nearly three-quarters of contributed dollars to donor-advised funds are distributed to charities within 5 years.*
CONTINUED SUPPORT TO FAVORITE CAUSES
Donors continued their commitment to the charities that move them.
INCLUDED ACCOUNT NAMES OR NAMES AND ADDRESSES
Most recommending donors showed open support for the causes they care about.
*An analysis revealed that after 10 years, $89 has gone to charities and only $11 remains to be granted. This continuous flow of grant funds to charities is consistent from year to year—reflecting the steady support that donor-advised funds provide for the philanthropic sector.
Read more about our record-breaking year and how our donors are using philanthropy to make a difference.
Additional insights
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