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.