Give to the Max Day sets new records
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As the clock wound down to 00:00, GiveMN proclaimed these rather awe-inspiring numbers at the top of its website:
47,539 donors raised $13,559,905 for 3,978 MN nonprofits.
Update: as of 9:41am, the totals have been revised downward slightly to now reflect the following:
47,537 donors raised $13,559,530 for 3,978 MN nonprofits.
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And while the record set for giving was $14 million in its inaugural year, I'm betting once the prizes and matching dollars have all been accounted for, and the final numbers crunched, this year's total will set a new record.
It has already set records in two other categories: donors and nonprofits.
For reference, here's how things played out in past years:
2009: 38,000 donors raised $14 million for 3,141 MN nonprofits
2010: 42,596 donors raised $10 million for 3,663 MN nonprofits
This year's big winners are as follows -
In the main nonprofit category (which excludes higher ed institutions):
1 Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners $319,938
2 Cretin-Derham Hall $268,909
3 Second Harvest Heartland $256,225
4 THE CONVENT AND ACADEMY OF THE VISITATION $219,522
5 ACADEMY OF HOLY ANGELS $166,501
6 Animal Humane Society $164,707
7 JABBOK FOUNDATION $103,385
8 Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota $103,200
9 Catholic Charities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis $93,390
10 MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY $79,342
In the small nonprofit category (those with budgets under $750,000):
1 JABBOK FOUNDATION $103,385
2 NORTH AMERICAN BEAR CENTER $63,110
3 Clifton House dba Beacon Haven $59,085
4 Wildcat Sanctuary $44,463
5 Helping Paws of Minnesota, Inc. $42,973
6 JEWISH COMMUNITY ACTION $41,591
7 Christians for Biblical Equality $38,119
8 CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH - RED WING $35,926
9 Students Today Leaders Forever $34,246
10 Project Zawadi Incorporated $33,590
And in the category of higher education nonprofits:
1 St. Olaf College $230,713
2 CONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION $97,923
3 College of Saint Benedict $76,880
4 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION $62,992
5 SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA $48,275
6 Hamline University $41,345
7 Luther Seminary $34,120
8 AUGSBURG COLLEGE $26,776
9 Gustavus Adolphus College $26,180
10 Northwestern College $21,224
While none of the participating arts organizations made it into the top ten lists, several fared quite well, including the following:
Springboard for the Arts $46,117
THE CEDAR CULTURAL CENTER INC $43,046
Hennepin Theatre Trust $19,438
NORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL $19,417
VocalEssence $17,860
MINNESOTA BOYCHOIR $17,302
Minnesota Orchestra $16,757
NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHOIR CORPORATION $12,925
SINGERS MINNESOTA CHORAL ARTISTS $12,150
Serrand Epp dba The MovingCompany $11,750
Tomorrow - or rather, later today - I'll take a closer look at some of the interesting tidbits to come from this day.
(Editor's note: In full disclosure, while I do not participate in Give to the Max Day, my employer does. Over the past 24 hours MPR raised $28,434 through GiveMN.)
