We celebrate the conclusion of our 2024 December fundraiser. Below are some thoughts and highlights.
The month of December was an incredible coordinated effort from our Auroville Partners, the AVI USA Team and hundreds of international supporters who joined in to make our third annual Matching Campaign the most successful yet. We share the full results of our ‘Double The Love’, 2024 Matching Campaign below.
During our third December Matching Campaign, we were able to raise $350,000 for 59 dynamic charitable projects inspired by Auroville.
As we start 2025 and we reflect on how much AVI USA’s December Matching Funds Campaign has grown since 2022. In 2024 our theme was “Double the Love.” We are grateful for all the good work and love we manifested for Auroville together. The numbers capture some of the nuances of all the generosity, collaboration, and effort that went into this campaign.
Six our our supporters have supported the Matching Campaign since its beginnings in December 2022. The seeds were planted for this year’s abundance two years ago, and the seeds have multiplied.
Matching Campaign Donations 2022-2024
The initial $36,000 in matching funds in December 2022 allowed 46 projects o raised a total of $140,000.
In December 2022, 33 projects raised under $1,000, and 9 projects raised over $2,000 with only 5 reaching our $2500 Match Cap.
This December 50 supporters donated $94,000 directly to the 2024 Matching Campaign for Auroville projects. The initial $94,000 you donated was leveraged by 59 project partners, who encouraged their supporters to give directly to their zeitgeist-changing work.
Matching Campaign Supporters 2022-2024
This December, 490 donors from all over the globe, more than twice the number from 2022, responded to our project partners, creating a multiplier effect that resulted in $350,000 being raised for our beloved project partners. Wow! We could not have done this without you.
Our Auroville Project Partners strategized and coordinated outreach campaigns beyond anything they had attempted before. They harnessed the advances in our fundraising software to initiate more than 20 supporter led fundraising campaigns. Several of our partners hosted 4 or more additional fundraisers held by their own donors! The power of networking and outreach was apparent – the number of new donors in the 2024 campaign, 331, exceeded the 233 total number of donors in our first Matching Campaign. Our collective journey has been remarkable in the past two years.
Together we are planting the seeds of growth for projects working to support understanding and peace between diverse communities and individuals, unending education, conscious spiritual evolution, and Earth stewardship, which are the founding ideals of Auroville.
The 2025 Matching Campaign Fund
We invite you to continue supporting this incredible journey by joining the 2025 Matching Campaign Fund. This coming year, we expect even more dynamic growth. We have set a goal of raising $125,000 by December 1. Consider become our first donors for the December 2025 Matching Campaign Fund!
On the ground, your donations and support translate into direct impact.
As a result of last year’s campaign EcoFemme was able to reach 30% more women by distributing personal menstrual kits. Each hand-crafted reusable menstrual pads replaces an average of 75 disposable pads in landfills.
The Auroville Dog Shelter started a mobile animal clinic taking place weekly every Friday. The clinic welcomes everyone and has benefitted hundreds of dogs and cats in the region. The funds also helped the Dog Shelter’s vaccination drive, which vaccinated over 6,000 local dogs.
Savitri Bhavan offers a sacred space for spiritual study and contemplation, and yearlong study groups focused the work of Mother and Sri Aurobindo. Savitri Bhavan was able to cover 1/2 of the full year of costs of their publications, which they offer free of charge.
Thamarai, an afterschool and supplementary education center serving numerous village families, was able to develope their pre-school activity center as well as a full women’s sports program for all bioregion girls!
Many of our projects were able to turn their dreams into reality and enter a new phase of growth as a result of your trust and commitment to our AVI USA Matching Campaign through the years.
Other Campaign Highlights Include:
24 New Project Partners in 2024:
24 new Auroville Projects joined us in time for the December Matching Campaign. 3 Farm and Ecology projects, 17 Schools and Education projects, 1 Health and Healing project, 3 Soul and Spirit projects, 2 Arts and Culture projects. A number of these new projects excelled at growing their supporter network and received 2O or more donations in December, reaching or exceeding the $2,500 match cap. Congratulations to all our new projects!
You can find all our projects on our aviusa.org/partners page.
Today, AVI USA is working with 65 Auroville Partner Projects in total! We are grateful for our growing AVI USA Project Partner Collective.
Out of our 65 Partners, 59 were actively fundraised during December 2024. Our Partners raised $259,184 raised by these projects in total.
In 2024, 22 projects reached the Match Cap of $2,500 – from areas like Farms and Forests, Auroville Community Services, Health and Healing, and Education.
Collaborative Growth
In addition to your generous support being multiplied in our December campaign to a total of $350,000, AVI USA is also collaborating with the Indian Development Relief Fund (IDRF), to match donations to 5 of our project partners. This collaboration has added an additional $21,5000 to the $350,000 raised in December for Auroville projects.
We can’t wait to give you a full update on the projects who are having their funds increased, in some cases, by up to 400% ! For every $1 you have contributed to the 2024 Matching Fund, a select number of projects will receive $4! It is a year of abundance and mutual support.