Zwift’s massive Tour for All fundraiser event series ended last weekend, and we were happy to see Zwift announce soon afterward that they exceeded their fundraising goal.
If you recall, Zwift donated an initial $125,000 to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Then they announced to the community that Zwift would donate an additional $125,000 once we hit 250,000 Tour for All event completions. (So every time a Zwifter completed a TfA ride or run, they added to the total.)
Tour for All ended on May 30th, and by then the Zwift community had racked up 383,161 event completions. Amazing! On top of that, the Zwift Community donated over $55,000 directly to MSF through Zwift’s campaign, resulting in a total donation of over $305,000.
“With a Zwift community stretching around the world, we knew we were uniquely positioned to do something big during a critical time. From the best professional athletes to the newest beginner, I am so proud of everyone who made Tour for All such a success,” says Eric Min, Zwift CEO and Co-Founder. “Our community came together in a big way for a cause that’s affecting the entire planet and I can’t thank our fellow Zwifters enough for making this happen.”
More Tour for All Stats
The Tour for All generated some remarkable statistics:
Cycling:
- 367,350 event completions
- 7.37 million miles ridden
- 3.97 million Ride Ons received
- 137,000 race completions
- 63.7K unique Zwifters took part in at least one race
Running:
- 15,811 runs completed
- 77.9K miles run
- 167.5K Ride Ons received
Additionally, 126 top professional cyclists, runners, and triathletes took part in the Tour for All Group events.
On top of that, you will have the Rapha donations from all the official merchandise that was sold. So, all round, great effort!
Now if they would just fix their software. I have been in software business for over 40 years and Zwift should fix their inadequate software life cycle process.
Amazing effort, thanks for giving back to the community Zwift. As for Rapha, they under produced their kit. Sold out before I could get my hands on either a jersey or t-shirt.
PRIDE ON all.
Hmm… So the community donated $55K.. but according to the Zwift Power results listing, the TfA participants numbered around 23,600. So that works out at around $2.3 per rider. Whilst the total amount donated is obviously welcome, the $55K amount donated by the riders is not great for a community of relevantly wealthy individuals sitting at home riding expensive bikes on expensive trainers using a paid subscription service. Especially given the work that MSF are involved with.