Registration for the 2026 Giving Challenge Is Now Open
The Giving Challenge is a 24-hour giving day that brings together more than 700 local nonprofits with their passionate donors and community members to support the causes they care about while creating transformative impact.
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County will host its 10th online giving day from noon to noon, April 15-16, 2026. The Giving Challenge is a 24-hour giving event that supports nonprofits in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties. 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 nonprofits through meaningful relationships, partnerships, and giving.
Nonprofits interested in participating must be a 501(c)(3) organization that serves in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and/or DeSoto County, and must create or maintain a current profile in The Giving Partner, the Community Foundation's centralized nonprofit directory. To learn more about the Giving Challenge and how your organization can participate, click the link below.
Since the initial Giving Challenge in 2012, more than $92 million in unrestricted funding has been raised for local nonprofits that serve our region.
In 2024, $17.2 million was raised to strengthen 724 participating charitable organizations. An unprecedented number of donors—more than 53,000!—made 90,000 gifts totalling more than $10.5 million. An additional $6.7 million was provided by The Patterson Foundation through their generous dollar-for-dollar match.
In the aftermath of the 2024 Giving Challenge, we invited participating nonprofits to complete a survey in order to learn more about their insights and outcomes. You can see all the 2024 stats and read about nonprofit takeaways here.
Being a part of the Giving Challenge can transform people and nonprofits through meaningful relationships, partnerships, and giving.
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