Where the money actually goes, why there is no like button, and what credit claims once you have earned it.
Where the money goes
You just watched the split. Nothing about it is buried in a help article, and nothing about it changes after you confirm.
Given is not a charity and not a bank. It is a way to give to organizations that are.
Every charity on Given is a registered nonprofit with an EIN on file.
Given reports what you gave, when, and to whom. The organization sends the acknowledgment, and your tax position is between you and them.
Credit counts what you have given. It has no cash value, cannot be bought, sold or transferred, and is worth nothing outside the app.
Lifetime giving is private to you. It sets your rank; the number itself is never shown to anyone else.
The feed
The only thing you can do with someone else's gift is give to the same cause. Try it.
No likes · no follower counts · no reach
The vault
Give, then spend what you earned. Nothing here has a price in dollars, and no amount of money will open it — the only way in is to have given.
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Your trophy room
When a season closes its pieces retire for good. What you claimed stays yours.
What credit is
Credit is not a currency and not a balance you own. It records that you gave, and it claims pieces — that is the entire scope of it.
Earned in this demo
credits, from giving above
Because credit cannot be bought, no amount of money will put a piece in your collection. Someone who has given more has one and you do not. That is the whole mechanism.