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Givingtide International

A Global Movement for
Disciplined Generosity

An invitation to the world’s institutions to commit 1% of their relevant resources to uplift the world’s poorest 10%. A proportional standard for a historic transformation.

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The Global Reality

Unprecedented Capacity.
Fragmented Will.

Perhaps for the first time at global institutional scale, humanity possesses the capital, technology, and knowledge to decisively address extreme poverty. The barrier is no longer a lack of absolute resources.

It is a problem of allocation, coordination, and institutional will.

Givingtide exists to solve this architectural deficit. By establishing a universal, proportional standard, fragmented charity is transformed into measurable, historic global action.

1%

The Core Proposition

The Power of One Percent

The genius of the Givingtide framework lies in proportionality. A 1% commitment is modest at the level of the individual institution. Yet, if adopted at global scale, it has the potential to mobilise over $600 billion annually.

Pillar I

Nations

Directing sovereign generosity into a coherent, internationally recognised architecture.

Official Standard 1% of Gross National Income (GNI)
Pillar II

Corporations

Converting strategic philanthropy into framework-aligned global impact and market creation.

Official Standard 1% of Pre-Tax Profit
Pillar III

Foundations

Ensuring institutional philanthropy is comparable, rigorously directed, and structurally aligned.

Official Standard 1% of Total Annual Grants

The 1-1-1 Framework

Three Disciplined
Channels of Giving

Givingtide is not random generosity. It is a structured architecture. Institutional resources are deployed through three coordinated channels to maximize systemic leverage.

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Channel 01

Core Equity Giving (CEG)

The foundational equity commitment. 1% of institutional resources directed to the world’s poorest 10%—establishing the baseline against which membership is measured.

Channel 02

Cross-Continental Giving (CCG)

The global solidarity dimension. Channelling resources across continental boundaries to where leverage is highest—building diplomatic goodwill and cross-border trust.

Channel 03

The Universal Project (U.P.)

The annual flagship initiative. Applying nine rigorous selection criteria to identify and fund the intervention most likely to catalyse structural change at civilisational scale.

The Coalition

Meet the GIVA Alliance

GIVA (The Givingtide 1% Alliance) is the institutional membership body that operationalises the movement. Where Givingtide articulates the strategic case, GIVA is the formal coalition that translates moral intent into verifiable commitment.

Designed for Global Leadership

Nations

GNI Basis

Corporations

Profit Basis

Foundations

Grant Basis

Analogous Participants

SWFs & Philanthropists