In these increasingly challenging times, we need our nonprofits and neighbors more than ever — and they need us. That is why we launched our Community Campaign Accelerator, a one-of-a-kind program designed to help people bring their communities together through giving and volunteering.
The Accelerator works with community leaders through six months of cohort-based training and one-on-one coaching, so they can design and run their own campaigns, and join our growing community of hundreds of Community Campaign leaders.
For more than a decade, towns with Campaigns have engaged 85% more donors and raised 90% more in donations than communities without these campaigns. As importantly, they have built stronger ties between people, businesses, and nonprofits; helping communities come together, when and as needed, to make things better.
Today, we support Community Campaigns covering roughly a third of America. Our goal is to grow until there is a Community Campaign in every county across the country. If you are a leader or supporter of community organizers, community development organizations, or community foundations and would like to join, contact our team.
Amarillo Area Foundation (AAF) launched its giving day, The Panhandle Gives, on GivingTuesday, and in 2024 raised over $11.6 million ($2M over their goal) for nonprofits in 25 counties. In 2018, the campaign raised $830,000, translating to a 1,300% increase over the last 7 campaign cycles. All nonprofits eligible to receive AAF funding qualified for the campaign, and fees were covered by the Foundation’s board. To incentivize local giving, the Foundation also offered each participating organization that raised $250 a match via their Amplification Fund, which pooled money from local foundations, corporations, and individual donors. Through this campaign, AAF and participating #PanhandleGives partners, are leveraging giving days to engage different community partners and raise significant new funds for local charities.
