GigaGive is an innovative way to represent the flow of funds from donor to recipient by helping the viewer grasp both the short-term and long-term trends that exist in the data.

This project makes data analysis simple - it is a big-picture solution, a beautiful visualization of transaction-flows over time.

This particular visualization shows DonorsChoose.org activity over a period of 10 years.

Understanding the different visual dimensions:

1. The arrows animate from the source to the destination.
2. Each ripple indicates a received donation. The ripples that appear without an arrow leading to them indicate donations where source data was censored or unavailable.
3. The donation that causes the project to reach its fundraising goal is indicated by a green ripple.
4. A blue star appears at the school’s location the moment a project attains full funding.
5. You can click on the blue star to view a full description of the project. Click anywhere outside the box to resume the animation.
6. You can click on the date to change it to a different period.
7. The slider can be moved to change the speed.

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A project by Joey Dong, Grant Kot, and Akarshan Kumar