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Expensify.org Celebrates Its 2021 Impact

The charity's initiatives include supporting over 50 social justice campaigns, incentives to drive vaccinations among vulnerable communities, and clothing donations to people experiencing homelessness.

Expensify.org, a charity founded by the preaccounting platform Expensify, today announced the results of its 2021 efforts. Those results include financially supporting over 50 community-driven volunteer campaigns, where thousands of Expensify.org volunteers tackling social injustice in marginalized communities are funded directly for their crucial expenses and participation.

“2021 represented a big step for Expensify.org in terms of impact,” said Stefanie Stavri, Treasurer of Expensify.org. “In 2020, we found our footing supporting SNAP families with food assistance. We took those learnings and applied them in 2021 and really put our foot on the gas.”

From the Community Justice Grant Challenge held earlier this year, over 50 grassroots campaigns will be reimbursed up to $5,000 each to help fight injustice in their communities. Ten of these campaigns were then selected by community vote to be reimbursed up to $25,000 each for their volunteers’ efforts. The funds directly address social justice issues across food security, housing equity, reentry services for the formerly incarcerated, youth advocacy, and climate justice. Campaign initiatives range from a mutual aid group in Milan to a NYC-based program supporting formerly incarcerated communities.

Additionally, Expensify.org launched and continues to run a campaign that encourages individuals in marginalized communities to get their COVID vaccine through monetary incentives. The charity also donated over 2,500 items of clothing to St. Anthony’s in San Francisco, which runs the city’s largest free clothing program, providing new and gently-used clothing to individuals and families experiencing homelessness and poverty.

Expensify.org’s groundbreaking model moves away from the opaqueness of traditional grant-based nonprofit funding where there are often large gaps of information between donor and aid, towards a more transparent approach.

“Our goal is to provide total traceability to every dollar donated,” said TJ Ferriss, Secretary of Expensify.org. “We want our donors to know exactly who spent their donation dollars and exactly what was purchased because we believe that increased transparency will also mean an increase in support and donations for organizations in the long run.”

To learn more, participate, or donate to Expensify.org's community campaigns, visit www.expensify.org.

About Expensify.org:

Expensify.org, a 501(c)(3) charity with a fully transparent direct-giving model, is on a mission to eliminate injustice around the world by making giving and volunteering more convenient, meaningful, and collaborative. By harnessing Expensify.com’s receipt capture technology, Expensify.org creates transparency in the expenses process to connect donors and recipients in a meaningful way, maximizing generosity.

About Expensify:

Expensify is a payments superapp that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money. More than 10 million people use Expensify's free features, which include corporate cards, expense tracking, next-day reimbursement, invoicing, bill pay, and travel booking in one app. All free. Whether you own a small business, manage a team, or close the books for your clients, Expensify makes it easy so you have more time to focus on what really matters.

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