Gedale Fenster - Podcast The Power of Daily Giving
Sep 4, 2025
Jonathan Duran, founder of DailyGiving.org, dives into the transformative power of daily charitable giving. He shares personal anecdotes that highlight how small, consistent contributions can create community and drive meaningful change. Duran emphasizes the alignment between generosity and personal growth, particularly during significant times like the month of Elul. He discusses the profound impact of adopting a daily giving mindset, revealing how it can foster unity and enrich lives, even during challenging financial times.
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Origin Story Of DailyGiving
- Jonathan Duran had an epiphany after watching Rabbi Alon Anava and put a dollar in a tzedakah box that sparked DailyGiving.org.
- He launched the nonprofit Jan 1, 2019 to automate daily $1 giving to different Jewish causes worldwide.
Small Daily Gifts Create Large Impact
- Daily Giving aggregated small daily gifts into large pooled impact and now reaches over 20,000 donors in 43 countries.
- The platform routes collective daily funds to a rotating portfolio of Jewish nonprofits without taking fees.
Parent Registers Kids To Teach Giving
- A man signed up five times to DailyGiving to reserve donations under his children's accounts so they'd grow up seeing they gave.
- Jonathan showed how small repeated acts become lifelong identity cues for giving.