Players Voted and These Charities Won the Lion’s Share of $6M

When players raise money for charity by supporting the Star Guardians or purchasing VALORANT’s Give Back Bundle, that money goes directly into the Riot Games Social Impact Fund. We launched the fund in 2019 to make direct investments in organizations pushing for a better world. In December, we asked players to help determine how we allocate our grant funding to nonprofits around the world. 

In all, $6 million (or about 550,000 Star Guardian Taliyah skins in USD) was allocated to be donated to charities around the world for this year's charity voting campaign in partnership with GlobalGiving. Across 28 regions, three different nonprofits were available for voting in each region. These nonprofits all work on impactful causes spanning climate change, education, gender equality, and plenty more. 

While competition in our games is kinda our thing, all of these nonprofits are winners in our book so the nonprofit that receives the most votes will get 50% of that country’s pool and the other two organizations will each receive 25%. Every single organization on this list is guaranteed to receive at least $15,000.

Once the voting concluded, we’d received about 775,000 votes from players all around the world. It was truly inspiring seeing all our players come together to champion the causes they care about most. Below you can see all the options with the organization in bold receiving the most votes from players. 

Argentina

Fundación Integrar

Fundación TierraVida

Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

Australia

Rainforest Rescue

Foodbank Australia

Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation

Brazil

Vaga Lume

Instituto Revoar

Think Olga

Canada

Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada

New Relationship Trust

Good To Be Good

Chile

Cultiva

América Solidaria

Fundación Semilla

Colombia

SOLE Colombia

Asociación Cultural Femenina

Fundación Óyeme

France

Laurette Fugain

Solidarité Formation Médiation (SFM) Clichy

Safe Place

Germany

Tafel Deutschland e.V.

NABU

Gaming-Aid e.V.

Greece

Sporos Regeneration Institute

Irida Women's Center

Lesvos Solidarity

India

Teach For India

Mann Deshi Foundation

The Opentree Foundation

Indonesia

Saya Suka Membaca

Yayasan Kemanusiaan Ibu Pertiwi

Planet Indonesia

Ireland

Jigsaw

Teen-Turn

CoderDojo Foundation

Italy

Fondazione Soleterre

Chayn Italia

L’abilità Associazione Onlus

Japan

Academy Camp

Japan Institute for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Civic Force

Malaysia

The Borneo Project

Persatuan Harapan Mulia

Fugee: Liberty to Learn Berhad

Mexico

Pronatura Noroeste A.C.

Pasitos Centro Psicopedagógico

Mano Vuelta A.C.

New Zealand

KidsCan

WAI Wānaka

RainbowYOUTH

Peru

Enseña Perú

Camino Verde

Asociación Grupo de Trabajo Redes

Philippines

Young Focus

Haligi ng Bata, Inc.

FundLife

Poland

Szlachetna Paczka

Fundacja PODAJ DALEJ

Wonder Foundation

South Korea

Korea Science Service

Korea Green Foundation

Korean Association for Safe Communities

Spain

Apadrina la Ciencia

Aldeas Infantiles SOS de España

Fundación Querer

Taiwan Region

Bright Side Projects

Modern Women's Foundation

Taiwan Digital Talking Book Association

Thailand

Siam-Care Foundation

Pratthanadee Foundation

Concordia Welfare and Education Foundation

Turkey

Türkiye Eğitim Gönüllüleri Vakfı

Buldan Eğitim ve Dayanışma Vakfı

Kadın Emeğini Değerlendirme Vakfı

United Kingdom

Drive Forward Foundation

PeaceJam

Rosa Fund

United States

World Wildlife Fund

Take This

Raising a Reader

Vietnam*

Kidspire Vietnam

Rock-Paper-Scissors Children's Fund

*An organization from Vietnam had to drop out of the voting process so the other two Vietnamese nonprofits are splitting the full prize pool.