Can human-led AI spark a new era of generosity? |
For 50 years, America’s generosity has been stuck in neutral with charitable giving frozen at 2.5% of GDP. But not because people stopped caring. In 2024, total giving hit record highs, and food banks saw donations surge as families faced delays in SNAP benefits. The heart is there. What’s missing is technology that turns generosity into lasting impact.
We can’t solve today’s biggest problems, from food insecurity to climate change to health inequity, without unlocking the full potential of AI. For the first time, technology connects data across causes, predicts needs before they arise, and turns generosity into measurable progress. If generosity is the fuel, AI is the engine. As we look to reignite that engine, the clear path forward is to empower the social good ecosystem with smarter, more human technology.
Enter the Generosity Generation. It’s not an age group, but a global movement of people across every generation using innovation to turn compassion into scale. The movement is built on the belief that connection beats competition, collaboration beats control, and impact grows when information flows freely.
Achieving that scale requires a shift in how technology serves people. The next leap won’t come from software that asks humans to do more work, but........