In the spirit of communitywide philanthropy, the Giving Challenge is a 24-hour giving day that brings together nearly 700 local nonprofits with their passionate donors and community members to support the causes they care about while creating transformative impact.

At the heart of the Giving Challenge is a shared goal of collaboration and relationship building across sectors that bridges the diverse missions of our local nonprofits and inspires a vibrant culture of charitable giving.

Being a part of the Giving Challenge can transform people and nonprofit organization through meaningful relationships, partnerships, and giving. 

The Giving Challenge 2024 will mark the ninth Giving Challenge we've hosted during the last 12 years. Since the initial Giving Challenge in 2012 more than $75 million of unrestricted funding has been raised for local nonprofit organizations that serve our region. 

During our last Giving Challenge in 2022, $16.2 million was raised to strengthen 667 participating charitable organizations. 

After the Giving Challenge, we invited participating nonprofits to complete a survey that offered their insights and outcomes. You can see all the stats and read about the takeaways here

Being a part of the Giving Challenge can transform people and nonprofit organizations through meaningful relationships, partnerships, and giving.

March 15, 2024

Sarasota Couple Will Donate $100 to All 728 Giving Challenge Nonprofit Participants

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Repeating their leadership in 2022, Joe and Mary Kay Henson have agreed to ignite the “100% Club” and inspire others to join FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Just as they did in 2022,…

November 16, 2023

Nonprofit Organizations Gear Up for the 2024 Giving Challenge

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Registration is now open for the 24-hour online giving event, hosted by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE— For the hundreds of nonprofit organizations ex…

October 25, 2023

The Giving Challenge Kept Our Music Playing

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The members of the Manatee Community Concert Band are extremely grateful to the Giving Challenge for our inclusion in your 2022 fundraising campaign. Participation allowed our band to not only…

2022 Giving Challenge | Connection, Collaboration, Coming Together #BeTheOne

Once again, our community reached out with a remarkable outpouring of support in just 24 hours during the 2022 Giving Challenge, providing $16.2 million to nearly 700 nonprofit organizations across Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties. Behind this success are the countless relationships that make us feel like we are part of something bigger than ourselves, that helped our community connect on a newfound – and often personal – level, sharing experiences and stories while opening hearts to new possibilities. This video captures these connections, which are the heart of #GivingChallenge2022 #BeTheOne #WeAreOne

(May 2022, 4:25 minutes)

#WeAreOne Giving Challenge 2020

Social distancing has left many of us wanting to feel connected to our larger community and be part of something that unites our region. In the true collaborative nature of the area’s nonprofit community, several hundred organizations came together to enhance the spirit of unity the 2020 Giving Challenge presents and quickly developed a video - dubbed the #WeAreOne video - to remind our region of the possibilities we have to work together to support one another. 

(April 2020; 1 minute)

Would you like to get involved with the Giving Challenge?

 

Aude Eureka Monde

Manager, Nonprofit Services

941-955-3000

givingchallenge@cfsarasota.org