Start thinking summer! Check out our Dubuque summer learning guide for kids. Adventure awaits >>
01/01

Great Give Day Returns on Tuesday, May 5, 2015

The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (CFGD) will host the second annual Great Give Day on Tuesday, May 5.

This 24-hour, online-only giving day shines a spotlight on Northeast Iowa’s many nonprofits while helping them to attract new donors and build online fundraising capabilities for long-term success. Last year, the event attracted 500 new donors to 53 participating nonprofit organizations and raised $205,630. This year, the field has nearly doubled to 100 participating nonprofits. The event is open to all nonprofit organization with endowment funds at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque.

To participate in Great Give Day, community members can visit www.GreatGiveDay.org on Tuesday, May 5 and make a donation of $10 or more to their favorite nonprofits anytime between midnight and 11:59 p.m. The leaderboard displays all participating nonprofits and their current donation totals. Visitors can also search by nonprofit name or service category, such as arts or education.

Great Give Day is an online-only giving day with the goal of introducing community members and nonprofits to the power of online giving. Donors must give with a credit or debit card at www.GreatGiveDay.org.

Starting at 6 a.m., hourly prizes will fuel the excitement thanks to $28,500 in match dollars from local sponsors. Community members can view the prize schedule on the leaderboard at www.GreatGiveDay.org to see when their donation might help their favorite nonprofits win additional bonus dollars. For prize updates, listen to Radio Dubuque stations (92.9 KAT FM, AM 1379 KDTH, 97.3 The ROCK and 101.1 The River) and follow the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque on social media (@dbqfoundation).

Prize hours include:

  • 10 Theisen’s Home*Farm*Auto Golden Ticket Hours, during which a $500 “Golden Ticket” will be awarded to a nonprofit drawn at random from all nonprofits that received donations during that hour
  • Seven Money Match Hours, during which up to $100 of each donor’s first donation of the hour will be doubled until that hour’s match pool is depleted

In addition to hourly prizes, participating nonprofit will also be competing for overall grand prizes based on greatest number of unique donors and most dollars raised. The full prize schedule can be viewed on the leaderboard at www.GreatGiveDay.org.

“Great Give Day is dedicated to creating online awareness for nonprofits and raising as much money as possible on this specific day,” said Kari McCann, CFGD director of nonprofit partnerships and grantmaking. “Great Give Day simplifies online giving by coordinating information about all participating nonprofits on one website. The day, in turn, helps nonprofits garner support from new donors and encourages younger donors to give.

Online community giving days have been growing in popularity throughout the country since 2009, with some events in larger cities raising as much as $14.4 million for nonprofits in a single day. Great Give Day is part of a national online giving day called Give Local America, which brought community foundations across the country together to raise $53 million for local nonprofits during last year’s inaugural event on May 6, 2014.

Great Give Day is sponsored by: Theisen’s Home*Farm*Auto; Radio Dubuque; TH Media; Dupaco Community Credit Union; American Trust; Anderson-Weber Toyota; Dubuque Bank & Trust; Klauer Manufacturing; Mary Schmid; Allamakee County Community Foundation; Foundation for the Future of Delaware County; and Inspire Café.

For more information, visit www.GreatGiveDay.org, follow the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque on social media (@dbqfoundation); or call the Foundation at 563.588.2700.