How We Publish Information About Organizations and People
Last updated: 13 October 2026
In short. GivingTree Map publishes public information about what organizations do: their investments, grants, programs and partnerships. We work hard to get every fact right, and we show where each one comes from. If we get something wrong about you or your organization, tell us. We'll look at it quickly, take it down while we check if it could cause harm, and fix it openly.
What we publish
GivingTree Map shows the public activity of organizations in the purpose-driven economy (also called the impact economy):
- organizations: what they are, where they work, and what they focus on
- activities: investments, grants, loans, funds, programs, partnerships, open calls and events, including amounts where they've been made public
- people, by name only, when a person is a party to a transaction, such as the giver of a donation, and only if they made it public themselves (see our Privacy Policy, section 9)
We publish this to make the purpose-driven economy easier to see and navigate. Capital and the people building a better world often can't find each other because information is scattered. Putting it in one place, with sources, helps both sides.
What we don't publish
- information that isn't already public
- confidential or leaked documents
- any information about individuals beyond their name as a party to a transaction: no location, employer, role, biography, contact details or photos
- anything about a person's private life, health, beliefs or other sensitive matters
- opinions presented as facts. Where we describe or summarize something, we stick to what the sources say.
Where it comes from
Every fact on the Map comes from a public source: news coverage, organizations' own websites, annual reports and press releases, public registers and filings, and newsletters from the field. Each record links to its sources so anyone can check them.
How we check it
The Map's data is gathered by an AI-driven research pipeline. It ties each fact to a cited source and checks it several times, in independent ways, before it appears. People review the data regularly. Records that don't pass our checks aren't shown.
We're diligent, but we're not perfect. A source can be wrong, numbers can be reported inconsistently, and AI systems can occasionally misread something. That's why we show sources, and why we fix errors quickly.
When something is wrong
Tell us. Use Corrections and Removal Requests. Anyone can report an error. You don't need an account.
What we do:
- We acknowledge your request within 2 business days.
- If the error could cause real harm, such as a wrong investment amount, a deal that didn't happen, or a wrong party to a transaction, we hide the record while we check it. Hiding isn't an admission that the record is wrong. It's how we avoid harm while we look.
- We check the source, and any evidence you send us, and decide within 15 days.
- If we got it wrong, we correct it, and the record shows that it was updated and when. If the record shouldn't exist at all, we remove it.
- If the source supports what we published, but you disagree, we'll explain why we're keeping it. We'll also offer to add a short statement from you or your organization to the record, next to the facts, so people can see both.
What helps us most: a link to an official source, such as your organization's own announcement, a filing or a report, showing what's correct.
Your right to reply
If you or your organization is mentioned on GivingTree Map and you want to respond, you can ask us to add a short, factual statement to the record. We'll publish it unless it's unlawful, abusive or unrelated to the record. This applies wherever you are. In Brazil, this is in the spirit of the right of reply (direito de resposta).
Removal requests
Organizations can ask us to remove records about them. We'll weigh the request against the public interest in the information. Public investment, grant and program activity is usually in the public interest. Information that's outdated, inaccurate, or that wasn't meant to be public usually isn't.
People can ask us to remove their name. We'll replace it with "an individual." See our Privacy Policy, section 9.
Corrections are public
We don't quietly rewrite the record. When we correct a fact, the record shows that it was updated and when. Being open about our mistakes is part of earning trust. To report one, see Corrections and Removal Requests.