Riot Games announces winning non profits, including from India, from end of year charity voting campaign –

Riot Games, Los Angeles developer and publisher, known for genre-defining games including League of Legends and VALORANT, announced the winning nonprofits from their end of year charity voting campaign.

In December, Riot announced that they were allocating $6M for players to vote on how Riot, in partnership with GlobalGiving, would distribute the funds across the 83 pre-selected nonprofits. The organisation who received the most votes from each country/region received 50 per cent of that country/region’s charity pool with the other two organisations each receiving 25 per cent. Riot has guaranteed a minimum grant of $15,000 to each participating nonprofit. At the end of the two week voting period, over 775,000 players had cast their vote for which nonprofit they wanted to support. 

“Thanks to our incredible players we were able to make a difference for 83 nonprofit organisations worldwide. 2022 was a great year for the Social Impact Fund and we’re excited to bring players more opportunities in 2023 to make meaningful change in their local communities through our games,” said  Riot Games senior manager social impact Jimmy Hahn.

Below is the list of the 83 nonprofits with the nonprofit receiving the most votes from players in bold: 

Argentina

• Fundación Integrar

• Fundación TierraVida

• Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

Australia

Brazil

• Vaga Lume

• Instituto Revoar

• Think Olga

Canada

Chile

• Cultiva

• América Solidaria

• Fundación Semilla

Colombia

France

Germany

• Tafel Deutschland e.V.

• NABU

• Gaming-Aid e.V.

Greece

India

• Teach For India

• Mann Deshi Foundation

• The Opentree Foundation

Indonesia

Ireland

• Jigsaw

• Teen-Turn

• CoderDojo Foundation

Italy

Japan

Malaysia

Mexico

New Zealand

• KidsCan

• WAI Wānaka

• RainbowYOUTH

Peru

Philippines

• Young Focus

• Haligi ng Bata, Inc.

• FundLife

Poland

• Szlachetna Paczka

• Fundacja PODAJ DALEJ

• Wonder Foundation

South Korea

Spain

Taiwan Region

Thailand

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

An organisation from Vietnam had to drop out of the voting process so the other two Vietnamese nonprofits are splitting the full prize pool.