holiday fundraising

Thank you for Bringing the Giving Back to your holidays!

Bring the Giving Back fundraisers raised more than $2,200 for community and youth development causes, more than $1,700 for health-related causes, more than $1,600 for animal welfare, and more than $1,100 for international and environmental relief.

Want to Bring the Giving Back? Here are a few ways to spread the word

At FirstGiving, we’re committed to Bring(ing) the Giving Back to the holidays. We’ve been to enough holiday parties, and family holiday dinners, where the exchange of gifts has devolved to an exchange of credit in the form of gift cards. One member of our staff even exchanged a gift card for the exact same amount [...]

Announcing our Bring the Giving Back Challenge – #Give40

Have you ever exchanged gift cards of the same value with friends or family during the holidays? Doesn’t it make you feel like your holidays have become more about the exchange of gifts (or gift cards) than about the true meaning of the holidays? Consider this: This year, Americans will spend over $24 billion on [...]

Putting charitable giving on your holiday wish list

Whether you’ve been at the mall since sunrise or are participating in Buy Nothing Day, today is the day we shake off our tofurky hangovers and begin the march towards the holidays. Last week, I noticed a blog post by local citizen journalist Steve Garfield in which he notes that he’s added some charities to [...]