Published November 17, 2009 by

Give to the Max via GiveMN.org

It appears as though a dozen+ Northfield/Rice County area non-profits and/or their supporters are actively making use of the GiveMN.org website to solicit matching donations today between 8 am and midnight.

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For more info, see the About/GiveMN PDF; and see last weekend’s Nfld News: Nonprofits rally donors for online matching fund day.

Use the GiveMN.org search box to search for “Northfield” and you’ll get a comprehensive GuideStar listing of 200 Northfield area non-profit organizations. But only a few have added photos and more information to the GiveMN site, for example:

NORTHFIELD AREA FAMILY YMCA 
NORTHFIELD SENIOR CITIZENS
WINGS (Women In Northfield Giving Support) 
NORTHFIELD YOUTH CHOIRS 
NORTHFIELD UNION OF YOUTH 
NORTHFIELD ARTS GUILD 
Northfield Area Foundation 
Laura Baker School Association 
Community Action Center of Northfield 
Rice County Habitat for Humanity
CANNON RIVER WATERSHED PARTNERSHIP 
VALLEY GROVE PRESERVATION SOCIETY 
CATALYST FOUNDATION 
HEALTHFINDERS COLLABORATIVE

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3 Comments

  1. Griff Wigley said:

    It’s not over yet. You have till 8 am Wed. morning to Give to the Max.

    Strib: Minnesotans donate nearly $9 million on ‘Give to the Max Day’

    Nine hours into the state’s first “Give to the Max Day”, Minnesotans have donated $8.6 million to their favorite churches, charities and nonprofits.

    The 24-hour online giving blitz goes until 8 a.m. Wednesday, but organizers were declaring it a mega-success by Tuesday afternoon.

    “We’re blown away by people’s generosity,” said Dana Nelson, executive director of GiveMN, a new charitable giving website that “hosted” the event Tuesday.

    November 17, 2009
  2. Griff Wigley said:

    Anyone have a ranking on how Northfield area non-profits did for “Give to the Max Day”?

    November 19, 2009
  3. Griff Wigley said:

    Is online giving too impersonal?

    Sat. Nfld News: Online charity drive breaks $220,000.

    Other nonprofits took in more than $45,000. The Community Action Center, for example, received $12,285 from 54 people and another $500 in matching funds. “That was amazing. It really floored me,” said Jim Blaha, director of the CAC. He expected donations to continue through the site, but wondered whether the process might strike donors as impersonal. “Will this take us another step away from the donor, or is this the way we should be thinking about it?” Blaha said.

    November 23, 2009

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