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Ripples of Radical Giving

April 5, 2026 • quiet_fire

One kidney, freely given. One experiment in trust. 266 grants. 21 countries. A thousand tiny revolutions. Tom Cledwyn donated his kidney to a stranger at 25 — and that single act of radical generosity never stopped rippling. He co-founded Drop Dead Generous, giving 1,000 people $500 each to fund creative kindness: a book club in a Brazilian prison, chess coaching in a favela, a dance floor in Uganda, a Shetland pony visiting elders in the UK. What happens when you trust people to be generous? The ripples never stop.

Inspired by: https://www.positive.news/society/the-generosity-experiment/