Welcome to the 2012 Give to the Max Day nonprofit toolkit, designed to equip nonprofits with all the resources they'll need to market and promote Give to the Max Day. You'll find digital templates, a news release, fact sheets and images ready to download. For more information, email info@givemn.org.
Learn more about how scheduled donations will work – click here
Facebook was the #2 source of web traffic during Give to the Max Day in 2011, surpassing email and email newsletters. For nonprofits, as in many other sectors, Facebook has become the dominant social network for engaging supporters. Join us for this webinar focused on Give to the Max Day strategies for relationship building and fundraising through Facebook.
We'll cover:
Lighting up your Facebook wall with activity for 24 hours on GTMD
Facebook ads and sponsored posts - is it right for you on GTMD?
Facebook tips, tricks and tools
The GiveMN Facebook app for processing donations right on your Facebook page
On Nov. 15th our communities came together for 24 hours of online giving. Every donation you made during Give to the Max Day 2012 helped qualify your nonprofit or school for prize money and awards, furthering the impact of your donation.
There are several ways your donation went further on Give to the Max Day.
Leaderboard prize grants – nonprofits which raised the most dollars earned a spot on one of the four leaderboards. There are prize grants for each of the top 10 spots on all leaderboards. Prizes are as follows: 1st place - $12,500; 2nd place - $5,000; 3rd place - $2,500; 4th-10 th place - $1,000.
Golden Tickets – One nonprofit donor and one K-12 public schools donor was randomly chosen every hour to have $1,000 added to their donation. One nonprofit donor and one K-12 public schools donor was also be selected randomly from throughout the 24 hours of giving to have $10,000 added to their donation!
Matching grants – hundreds of nonprofits offered a dollar-for-dollar match so you can double your donation.
Continue to learn about the nonprofits and schools serving our area, make a donation, and watch your generosity change lives. For complete rules and prizes, click the link below.
Rules & PrizesAll donations made on givemn.razoo.com are made to the Razoo Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization which permits donors to advise a regranting of their donations to other IRS recognized qualifying 501(c)(3). It’s Razoo Foundation’s normal practice to regrant 97.1% of its contribution to the qualifying organization as advised by the donor, retaining 2.9% for Razoo Foundation’s expenses (including credit card transaction costs).
All donations are received and receipted by Razoo Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) charity that operates a donor advised fund to fulfill donor advisements.
Mark your calendar for Give to the Max Day on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Sign up for email updates!
Last year over 53,000 people donated $16.3 million to more than 4,300 Minnesota nonprofits and schools.
Click here to view the 2012 results
