Stories

Some of you asked us why we go to such great lengths to highlight individual changemakers. How exactly do they fit into our broader mission of increasing travel-based giving to nonprofits? Well, at Outpatch we believe strongly in the power...

If you occasionally venture outside your home, onto the internet, or check your mail chances are you’ll encounter an organization soliciting you for donations. This may vary from the more traditional Salvation Army volunteer standing in the freezing rain with...

Vermont. Greatest state of all time? Arguably of all COVID-time at least. Thanks to it’s prudent quarantine measures, low density, and indomitable people, the state has seen some of the lowest transmission and mortality rates in the country. This, paired...

Tricky tricky moral, financial and practical question. To answer it we thought we’d start by laying out how much Americans currently give to charity. According to the Lily Family School of Philanthropy’s seminal 2019 report on philanthropy in America titled...

Although I spent the majority of 2020 on road (yes, even during a global pandemic), the year before was defined by restlessness. I had a good job in a magical city but craved something more. I was checking the boxes,...

To bring something back from a trip taken is an older tradition than most would think and it’s one that’s still going strong today. As a traveler, you probably have a motley collection of souvenir paraphernalia. Or maybe you’re the...