UniversalGiving is an American non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.
The organization operates as a web-based marketplace mobilizing resources for international charities, and aims to promote global philanthropy.
UniversalGiving uses a venture capital approach to vetting all charities that appear on its site.
[1] UniversalGiving was founded in 2002 by Pamela Hawley, one of the co-founders of VolunteerMatch.
2010 also saw the launch of two partnerships in Community Based Journalism with Link TV and the Christian Science Monitor.