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Workplace giving programs showed a distinct pivot toward domestic issues and emergency response in the United States during 2025, reflecting a heightened emphasis on humanitarian needs at home.
Domestic emergency response primarily shaped workplace giving during 2025. Employees pivoted from international aid to domestic relief. These donors prioritized immediate support for communities hit “at home” by natural disasters and food insecurity. This reversed a long-standing trend of giving to global conflicts — including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The data is from Benevity, Inc., a provider of corporate purpose software, better known as workplace giving software. Total donations on Benevity’s Enterprise Impact Platform — including corporate grants and workplace giving programs — reached $3.74 billion during 2025, a 9.2% increase compared to 2024.
Among the key finds are:
* Outpouring For Texas: Following the tragic Kerrville floods in July 2025, the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country received $15.7 million via the platform, making it the #5 ranked cause overall. At least 135 people were killed.
* California Wildfire Relief: Southern California experienced a similar surge in support following the January 2025 Los Angeles fires, which destroyed more than 525,000 acres. This event propelled seven local nonprofits into the Top 50, as employees mobilized to provide essential resources to displaced residents and their animals.
* International Pullback: Funding for international, foreign affairs and national security causes dropped 9% year-over-year. In particular, Save the Children and the International Rescue Committee saw drops in their annual rankings on the platform, slipping from the 12th and 18th spots to 18th and 23rd respectively.
* Spotlight On World Central Kitchen (WCK): WCK emerged as a dominant force in crisis funding both in the U.S. and abroad.
Donations made to emergency food nonprofits grew by 35% with employees and their companies rallying in a national effort to bridge the gap left by inflation and changes in government funding via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Feeding America had a 32% increase in donations on the platform.
Donations to Civil Rights causes increased 15% — double the overall Benevity growth rate – while law and legal services had a 21% increase.
The analysis draws from Benevity platform data between January 1 to December 31, 2025, representing the activity of more than 2.12 million unique donors. The rankings focus exclusively on workplace giving, which comprises employee donations, corporate matching, and volunteer rewards; corporate grants are excluded.
