Share Your Light at a Giving Machine
Give clean water, goats, meals, toys, and more to those in need through a unique giving experience. Your donations go directly to global and local charities to help change lives around the world.
Sowing Second Chances
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After a natural disaster, seeds provide a local farming community with the chance to start again.
Hatching Hope in Mérida
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Discover how ducklings are creating financial stability for individuals and families in Mexico.
Women Weaving Their Own Paths
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See how sewing materials and business mentoring donated through the Giving Machines are proving women around the world their own source of income.
Goats Inspire Growth in Jordan
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By selling goat milk and cheese, Syrian refugees can start saving the necessary funds for a new beginning in Jordan made possible by donors to the Giving Machines.
The next generation of women in Africa are given the opportunity to stay in school with tuition, transportation, and fees covered by donations through the Giving Machines.
Sustaining Spirits in Ukraine
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Families displaced by the war in Ukraine are provided with the nourishment they need in a time of loss and uncertainty thanks to donations to the Giving Machines.
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Tell Your Friends about GivingMachines
Click on a category below to donate online to one of our global charity partners. If you’d like to donate locally, find a Giving Machine near you on the map above.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints covers all operational costs for the Light the World Giving Machine initiative. Individual credit card transaction fees are covered by the donor or the Church. As such, participating nonprofit organizations receive 100% of every donation to purchase and deliver your selected item(s).
Occasionally, it becomes necessary to make an item substitution to meet unexpected needs. When this occurs, replacement products or services remain in the same category as the original.
Absolutely! You can donate directly to a charitable cause linked in the section above.
In most places, Giving Machines accept credit and debit cards and mobile payment services. In a few countries, cash and cards are accepted.
Every participating Giving Machine charity represents a cause with pressing needs. Before you visit a Giving Machine (or donate online), spend a few minutes learning about the vital work of these charities. We’re confident that a cause will resonate with youand you will know that your gift will bless a life in countless ways.
The Giving Machines are just one way to Light the World. And you don’t have to spend money to help others one by one like Jesus did.Find more ideas to do good and serve others this Christmas.
Global Charities
iDE
iDE creates livelihood opportunities for households in need with farming, nutrition, clean water and sanitation in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
UNICEF
UNICEF protects the rights of children in 190 countries and territories through quality nutrition, safe water and sanitation, vaccines, and education.
WaterAid
Clean water saves lives. Our mission is to equip people with sustainable clean water (and decent toilets and hygiene education).
Global Charities
Care
Care works to alleviate poverty across the world by tackling crises, nutritional, environmental and social issues that contribute to suffering.
Church World Service
Church World Service transforms communities in every continent through sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster.
iDE
iDE creates livelihood opportunities for households in need with farming, nutrition, clean water and sanitation in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Mentors International
Mentors International assists individuals out of generational poverty through mentoring and training across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
UNICEF
UNICEF protects the rights of children in 190 countries and territories through quality nutrition, safe water and sanitation, vaccines, and education.
Global Charities
American Red Cross
American Red Cross alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.
Care
Care works to alleviate poverty across the world by tackling crises, nutritional, environmental and social issues that contribute to suffering.
Church World Service
Church World Service transforms communities in every continent through sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster.
Mentors International
Mentors International assists individuals out of generational poverty through mentoring and training across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
UNICEF
UNICEF protects the rights of children in 190 countries and territories through quality nutrition, safe water and sanitation, vaccines, and education.
WaterAid
Clean water saves lives. Our mission is to equip people with sustainable clean water (and decent toilets and hygiene education).
Global Charities
African Girls Hope Foundation
African Girls Hope Foundation provides girls in Sub-Saharan Africa with quality formal education, instilling them with confidence, and knowledge.
Mentors International
Mentors International assists individuals out of generational poverty through mentoring and training across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
UNICEF
UNICEF protects the rights of children in 190 countries and territories through quality nutrition, safe water and sanitation, vaccines, and education.
WaterAid
Clean water saves lives. Our mission is to equip people with sustainable clean water (and decent toilets and hygiene education).
Global Charities
Church World Service
Church World Service transforms communities in every continent through sustainable responses to hunger, poverty, displacement, and disaster.
Lifting Hands International
Lifting Hands International provides housing, security, and aid to refugees displaced throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Global Charities
UNICEF
UNICEF protects the rights of children in 190 countries and territories through quality nutrition, safe water and sanitation, vaccines, and education.
Global Charities
Lifting Hands International
Lifting Hands International provides housing, security, and aid to refugees displaced throughout North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
Global Charities
UNICEF
UNICEF protects the rights of children in 190 countries and territories through quality nutrition, safe water and sanitation, vaccines, and education.
Local Charities
Calgary, Alberta
Cebu City, Philippines
Denver, Colorado
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Gilbert, Arizona
Honolulu, Hawaii
Houston, Texas
Kansas City, Missouri
Manila, Philippines
Mexico City, Mexico
Nashville, Tennessee
New York City, New York
Orem, Utah
Sacramento, California
Salt Lake City, Utah
Seattle, Washington
