Charity and Cause Selection

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What Are Causes and Charities?

You can select one or more of each. Selecting a cause or charity does not automatically donate money — it signals your personal alignment and connects your recognition activity to the impact your team is tracking collectively.

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How to Select a Cause

From the Charity Channel

1. Open the Charity Channel from the main navigation.
2. Scroll to the My Selected Causes section, or tap Browse Causes from the Discover More Causes card at the bottom.
3. The Causes browser opens, showing all causes available in your organization.
4. Tap a cause card to view its description and details.
5. Tap Select (or the equivalent action button) to add it to your personal list.
6. Your chosen cause now appears in the My Selected Causes section of the Charity Channel.

From the Discover More Causes Card

1. On the Charity Channel, scroll to the bottom.
2. Tap Browse Causes.
3. Follow steps 3–6 above.

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How to Select a Charity

From the Charity Channel

1. Open the Charity Channel from the main navigation.
2. Scroll to the My Selected Charities section, or tap See All in the Team Charities section to open the full list.
3. Alternatively, tap Explore Charities from the Discover More Causes card.
4. The Charities browser opens as a full-screen dialog.
5. Browse or search for a charity by name.
6. Tap a charity to view its details.
7. Tap Select to add it to your personal list.
8. The charity appears in the My Selected Charities section of the Charity Channel.

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Viewing Your Selections

Your currently selected causes and charities are always visible in the Charity Channel under:

• My Selected Causes
• My Selected Charities

You can also see what causes and charities your teammates have selected under Team Causes and Team Charities in the same screen. This visibility helps teams discover shared values and align around common goals.

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Removing a Selection

1. Navigate to your selected cause or charity in the My Selected Causes or My Selected Charities section.
2. Tap the cause or charity to open its detail view.
3. Tap Deselect (or the equivalent remove/unfollow button) to remove it from your personal list.

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How Selections Appear in Rankings

Your cause and charity selections flow into the River Rankings leaderboard. Rankings include:

• A Charity Leaders tab showing the top contributors aligned with charity goals
• A Cause Leaders tab showing engagement around specific causes

This means the causes and charities you select become part of how your team measures its collective social impact over time. See River Rankings for more detail on how the leaderboard works.

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When You'll Be Asked

Cause and charity selection is opt-in: Give River does not force the picker on you at every login. You'll be invited to choose causes during onboarding, and you can revisit and update your selections any time from your profile or the Charity Channel. (Previously every login briefly redirected through /causes — that's been removed.)

Tips

• There is no limit to how many causes or charities you can select.
• Your selections are visible to your teammates on the Charity Channel, which encourages alignment and shared purpose.
• Causes and charities are managed by your administrator. If a cause or charity you care about is not in the list, contact your admin to request it be added.
• The Charity Channel and cause/charity selection features must be enabled by your admin. If you cannot see these options, the feature may not be active for your organization.