Today marks the start of #animalrights week. We’re proud to have worked with organizations like Wild Tomorrow and South American Initiative to help both wildlife and domesticated animals 🐕❤️🦏

We wish everyone who celebrates, a safe and happy #FourthofJuly weekend!

From the Vault: In 2018, we worked with Mr Foureyes to help provide free eye care and eyeglasses to children in #NewZealand!

Fun Fact: Did you know today is International Peace and Love Day? This day was founded by none other than Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles, for his 68th birthday. Spread some #peace & #love today! ❤️🕊️

As we enter a new chapter, we want to take a moment to walk through our most memorable and cherished moments – the first being our launch in 2013 at the Inside Bitcoin conference in NYC. Connie Gallippi saw the potential to fuse #bitcoin & #philanthropy, & the rest is history.

It's official! We're looking forward to building on what BitGive® (acquired by Heifer) has created to increase transparency and improve donor engagement.

In 2013, we also launched our first big campaign w/ Bitcoin Black Friday. Over 30 charities participated and raised over $1M in 1 day! As part of the initiative, we raised $5k for our first campaign with Save the Children US

2014 was a memorable time for us – in August 2014, the IRS granted BitGive 501c3 tax-exempt status, making us the first official government-recognized #Bitcoin #nonprofit!

“This transfer of assets is a way for what we’ve worked so hard to build to become a reality" - Connie Gallippi Check out our latest feature in NonProfit Times! We're looking forward to seeing all the incredible ways Heifer International will utilize #GiveTrack. thenonprofittimes.com/technology/hei…

Our first major project was completed in 2015. Funded entirely by #BTC, we built a new water well for the Shishango Girls Secondary School in #Kenya w/ The Water Project. This well serves the students & also their entire community. Click to watch the video! youtube.com/watch?v=ESEI6W…

Our flagship product and revolutionary donation platform, #GiveTrack, was launched at the 2017 Money 20/20 conference in Las Vegas, and was the first platform launched for tracking donations on the #BTC #blockchain.

$BTC reached an all-time high of $20K in December 2017, and we were honored to be recipients of 2 major donations, one from the #PineappleFund & one from another anonymous donor. These donations amounted to over $2M, and we used the funds to grow our tech.

We launched #GiveTrack 1.0, a more robust & sophisticated version of our previous MVP product, in 2018. It was unveiled at the 6th annual Latin American Bitcoin Conference LABITCONF

Our latest feature in The Chronicle of Philanthropy by Drew Lindsay is out! Click to read all about our transfer of assets with Heifer International. We're looking forward to the future 🫶🚀 philanthropy.com/article/heifer…

In 2019, we began upgrading GiveTrack. The 2.0 version was equipped w/ UX remodel, Uphold integration for donations in many other #cryptocurrencies, upgraded to BitGo ’s hosted wallet solution for #NGOs, & added credit/debit & #ApplePay donation options w/ Wyre

In the peak of #covid19, we hosted our first conference. It was the first global event solely focused on social impact and nonprofit projects around the world in $BTC, #Blockchain, and #cryptocurrency. We were joined by incredible keynote speakers, including danpallotta

We expanded our global reach in 2020-2021, welcoming several new NGOs including Heifer International @BlackGirlsCODE GiveDirectly💸 & more. During the pandemic, we led our own campaign, the Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund.

Closing out our walk down memory lane with a new addition to our milestone timeline! As of July 2022, we have officially transferred our assets, including #GiveTrack, to our NGO partner Heifer International Thank you to everyone who has been with us at every step, we appreciate you! 💕

Want to see the full history of BitGive? Check out our milestones timeline here: milestones.bitgivefoundation.org