GiveRadar vs GlobalGiving: an honest comparison
GlobalGiving and GiveRadar overlap on one question, which nonprofits exist and can you rely on them, and diverge on everything else. GlobalGiving moves money to grassroots projects and sells a nonprofit database called GlobalGiving Atlas. GiveRadar is a free intelligence layer that shows you how a charity is run before you give.
Primary sources
All GlobalGiving figures are from its own published pages as of July 2026 and will drift; volatile figures carry their date where stated. Note: globalgiving.org blocks automated fetchers, so re-verification goes via search snippets or archives. GiveRadar figures are live counts from this platform.
This page is written and maintained by GiveRadar. We make no claim to neutrality: we built GiveRadar and we believe in it, and we have tried to represent GlobalGiving fairly. GlobalGiving is a well-established platform for funding vetted grassroots projects worldwide, and we recommend it without reservation for that purpose. The two answer different questions and combine well. If you spot an inaccuracy, email info@giveradar.com and we will correct it.
Matt Timmermans
Founder of GiveRadar
GiveRadar
GlobalGivingWhat are GiveRadar and GlobalGiving each for?
They overlap only on which nonprofits exist. GlobalGiving moves money to grassroots projects and licenses a nonprofit database; GiveRadar researches how a charity is run. Name your job and the choice is clear.
Check how a charity discloses
"Is this specific nonprofit registered, transparent, and well-governed?"
This needs free, open records at scale: registration, financials, leadership, and a disclosure score from official registries. GiveRadar answers it across 100+ countries, no account required.
Answered by GiveRadar
Fund vetted grassroots projects
"How do I give to trustworthy grassroots projects abroad, tax-effectively?"
This needs a vetted donation platform: screened partners, disbursement, receipting, and a licensed nonprofit database for teams that need one. GlobalGiving is built for exactly that, and GiveRadar moves no money at all.
Answered by GlobalGivingWho each one is
GiveRadar
GiveRadar is a free charity intelligence platform covering 7.9 million+ nonprofits across 100+ countries, built from 50+ official government registries and tax authorities, plus vetted directories where no registry data exists.
Every charity gets a 0-100 integrity assessment of disclosure and governance signals: registration, financial transparency, governance, contact availability, and data recency. It measures what an organization discloses, not its impact, and it cannot be bought.
Profiles add red flags, officer compensation where disclosed, GiveRadar Analysis peer context, and watchlists with change alerts. Developers get a REST API and MCP server with free tiers, and every data point shows its provenance.
GlobalGiving
GlobalGiving is a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2002 in Washington DC that runs two distinct products: a crowdfunding platform for vetted grassroots projects, and GlobalGiving Atlas, a paid B2B nonprofit database.
The crowdfunding platform has raised over $1 billion from more than 2 million donors for 43,000+ projects in 175+ countries since 2002 (as of July 2026). It charges a nonprofit support fee of 5% (US/UK-registered) or 7% (elsewhere) plus 3% processing; its own disaster funds carry 12% plus 3%.
Vetted partners carry a public Vetted badge, and GG Rewards tiers (Partner, Leader, Superstar) earn a Top Ranked badge. GlobalGiving Atlas advertises 11.6 million+ validated nonprofits across 74 countries and regions, delivered via API and bulk files under a paid license (as of July 2026).
GlobalGiving funds grassroots projects, GiveRadar researches the charity
There is no single winner because the two answer different questions. If you want to fund vetted grassroots projects internationally, especially where donating directly is hard, GlobalGiving is excellent at exactly that, and GiveRadar does not move money at all.
If you want to check how a specific nonprofit is run, what it discloses, and how it compares to peers, GiveRadar does that for free across 100+ countries. And if you are choosing a nonprofit database, the real comparison is Atlas versus GiveRadar's API: Atlas advertises more records under a paid license, while GiveRadar covers 7.9 million+ nonprofits with free API and MCP tiers and per-field provenance.
How big is GlobalGiving?
GlobalGiving is one of the most established grassroots giving platforms there is, with more than two decades of crowdfunding for projects worldwide. These are its own published crowdfunding figures.
Source: globalgiving.org, as of July 2026; its GlobalGiving Atlas database separately advertises 11.6M+ validated nonprofits across 74 countries and regions. GiveRadar moves no money: its scale is coverage, 7.9 million+ nonprofits in 100+ countries, free to everyone.
What are GlobalGiving's two products?
GlobalGiving is really two things under one name, and only one of them overlaps with GiveRadar. Knowing which you mean is the whole comparison.
The crowdfunding platform
- Donors fund vetted grassroots projects in 175+ countries.
- Public Vetted and Top Ranked badges signal screened, engaged partners.
- A 5% or 7% nonprofit support fee plus 3% processing funds the platform and vetting.
GlobalGiving Atlas
- A paid B2B database of 11.6M+ validated nonprofits across 74 countries and regions.
- Delivered via API v2.0 and bulk JSON/CSV under a per-country or global license.
- This is the product that competes with GiveRadar's free API, on records and coverage.
GiveRadar covers 7.9 million+ nonprofits across 100+ countries with a free API and MCP tier and per-field provenance, so you can test real coverage for your countries before paying for a license. Figures as of July 2026.
GiveRadar vs GlobalGiving: the full comparison table
Because GlobalGiving is two products, the table gives each its own column. GlobalGiving figures last reviewed July 2026 and will drift; check globalgiving.org for current numbers.
| Dimension | GiveRadar | GlobalGiving (crowdfunding) | GlobalGiving Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Free charity intelligence platform | Donation platform for vetted grassroots projects | Paid B2B nonprofit database |
| Coverage | 7.9 million+ nonprofits | 43,000+ projects supported since 2002 | 11.6M+ validated nonprofits |
| Geography | 100+ countries | Projects in 175+ countries | 74 countries and regions |
| Score or badge | Integrity assessment, 0-100: disclosure signals only, not impact; no pay-to-play | Public Vetted and Top Ranked badges; GG Rewards tiers over a trailing 12 months | Validation that an organization exists and is registered; no per-charity score |
| Price | Free for everyone; no pay-to-play | Free to browse and donate; 5% or 7% support fee plus 3% processing (12% plus 3% on GlobalGiving's own funds) | Paid per-country or global license; limited data free |
| Data source | 50+ official government registries and tax authorities; provenance per data point | Its own due diligence and partner reporting | Government data, public information, and other sources (its own description) |
| API | REST API and MCP server, free tiers available | Not a database product | API v2.0 with key auth, plus bulk JSON/CSV, under a paid license |
| Monitoring | Watchlists and change alerts on any charity | GG Rewards recompute over a trailing 12 months; no donor watchlist | None that we found |
Scroll the table sideways on a phone to see every column.
When should you use GlobalGiving vs GiveRadar?
One moves money to grassroots projects, the other researches the organizations; for serious giving you often want both.
Use GiveRadar when
- You want to check a specific charity before giving: registration, financials, leadership, red flags, and an integrity assessment, all free.
- You care about disclosure and governance signals from official registries rather than a platform's internal vetting.
- You need coverage beyond 74 countries: GiveRadar spans 100+ countries, including many with no commercial database.
- You want a free API or MCP server for lookups, or watchlists to monitor organizations over time.
Use GlobalGiving when
- You want to donate to grassroots projects abroad and want someone else to have done the due diligence.
- You want tax-deductible giving to non-US organizations as a US donor, via a 501(c)(3) intermediary.
- You are a nonprofit seeking international donors and crowdfunding infrastructure, and the published fee is acceptable.
- You need a licensed bulk nonprofit dataset with very high record counts and your budget covers an Atlas plan.
Use both when
You found a project on GlobalGiving and want an independent second look at the organization behind it: search it on GiveRadar and read its integrity assessment and filings before you give. GlobalGiving vets for partnership; GiveRadar shows what the organization discloses publicly. And if you are evaluating nonprofit databases, run your country list against both Atlas's 74 countries and regions and GiveRadar's 100+ countries, and compare record depth for the geographies you actually need before paying for a license.
Is GiveRadar a good GlobalGiving alternative?
Whether GiveRadar is a GlobalGiving alternative depends on which GlobalGiving you mean. If you mean the donation platform, GiveRadar is honestly not a replacement: we do not process donations, we do not vet partners for fund disbursement, and we cannot make your gift to a foreign nonprofit US tax-deductible. For that job, GlobalGiving is one of the most established options there is, with $1 billion+ raised since 2002. What GiveRadar adds alongside it is independent, registry-sourced intelligence on the organizations themselves.
If you mean GlobalGiving Atlas, the paid nonprofit database, GiveRadar is a genuine alternative for many use cases. Atlas advertises more raw records (11.6M+ as of July 2026) within its 74 countries and regions, and if your pipeline needs its specific validation layer or bulk country files, it may still be the right buy. GiveRadar covers 7.9 million+ nonprofits across 100+ countries from 50+ official sources, adds integrity assessments, red flags, and officer records on top of the raw registry data, shows provenance on every field, and offers free API and MCP tiers, so you can test real coverage for your countries before spending anything. Start with the charity checker or the API plans.
GiveRadar and GlobalGiving: common questions
Is GiveRadar a GlobalGiving alternative?
For the donation platform, no: GiveRadar does not process donations or vet fund recipients, and GlobalGiving remains a strong choice for giving to vetted grassroots projects abroad. For GlobalGiving Atlas, the paid nonprofit database, yes: GiveRadar is a free alternative covering 7.9 million+ nonprofits across 100+ countries from official government registries, with an integrity assessment, red flags, and free API and MCP tiers, though Atlas advertises more total records (11.6M+ as of July 2026) within its 74 countries and regions.
Is GlobalGiving or GiveRadar better?
Neither, because they are different tools for different questions. GlobalGiving is better at moving money: vetted projects, tax-deductible international giving, and crowdfunding infrastructure. GiveRadar is better at intelligence: free registry-sourced data on how a charity is run, an integrity assessment with no pay-to-play and no paid placement, and monitoring via watchlists. If your question is where do I give, start with GlobalGiving; if it is who is this organization and what do they disclose, start with GiveRadar; many donors use both.
What is the difference between GlobalGiving Atlas and GiveRadar?
GlobalGiving Atlas is a paid B2B database advertising 11.6M+ validated nonprofits across 74 countries and regions (as of July 2026), sold via API and bulk JSON/CSV under per-country or global licenses, with limited free data. GiveRadar is free for everyone and covers 7.9 million+ nonprofits across 100+ countries from 50+ official government registries and tax authorities, plus vetted directories where no registry data exists. Atlas focuses on validated organization records; GiveRadar layers analysis on top of the records: integrity assessments, red flags, officer records with compensation where disclosed, and per-field provenance.
Does GlobalGiving charge fees, and does GiveRadar?
GlobalGiving publishes a nonprofit support fee of 5% for US- and UK-registered organizations and 7% for organizations registered elsewhere, plus a 3% third-party payment processing fee, on donations to nonprofit partner projects (structure in place since October 2017; as of July 2026). Donations to GlobalGiving's own disaster and thematic funds carry a 12% nonprofit support fee plus the 3% processing fee. That fee funds its vetting and platform, which is a legitimate model for a donation platform. GiveRadar charges donors and charities nothing: the platform is free, charities cannot pay for placement or scores, and only high-volume API access has paid Pro and Enterprise tiers.
Other giving and data platforms compared
Check any charity's disclosure record, free
Search 7.9M+ nonprofits in 100+ countries. Fund the project on GlobalGiving, and use GiveRadar for the independent second look.