What’s the Alternative to Giving Tuesday? Community Foundation Raises $1.3M in 30-Hour Event

Earlier this month, the First Community Foundation Partnership, located in the north central area of Pennsylvania, hosted its third annual Raise the Region campaign. This 30-hour online giving event raised funds for participating organizations in a six-county area. Community foundation giving days are part of a growing trend separate from the more widely known Giving Tuesday. Preliminary results of the campaign state that the foundation raised $1.3 million for the 295 participating organizations.

The attraction for many nonprofit organizations to programs like this are the matching funds the local corporate community provides.