Big Day of Giving is an annual 24-hour giving event that unites caring people to raise funds for the nonprofits that strengthen El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties. You can make early gifts now, or wait to give until Big Day of Giving on Thursday, May 2, 2024!

Coordinated by a local nonprofit, Sacramento Region Community Foundation, each year, Big Day of Giving is a day-long celebration of giving to the causes that matter to you and your loved ones. All participating organizations have profiles on GivingEdge, this year-round website, which make it easy for you to support causes you love and discover new nonprofits to support, too. Since our region's first giving day in 2013, more than 60,000 donors have helped hundreds of local nonprofits raise $91 million through the effort! The nonprofit profiles in the searchable database are updated annually.

While we encourage you to give to your favorite causes throughout the year, when you give during Big Day of Giving, you join a community-wide movement, a day-long effort to rally together and do something positive — collectively — for our region. Plus, when you give through this website on Big Day of Giving, your gifts have the chance to be boosted with match funds and prize dollars. That's how a $10 gift can turn into $500 on Big Day of Giving!

It's easy to give. From now through May 2, 2024, search for local organizations working on causes that matter most to you. This website makes it easy to discover Sacramento area nonprofits and to make multiple gifts in one simple, secure transaction. Only the causes listed on this website are participating in Big Day of Giving. 

The minimum gift is $10 and all major credit cards are accepted on this website, as well as other payment methods listed in the answer to the next question. In addition to giving, we encourage you to spread the word and encourage others to donate, too!

Credit Card 

Giving via credit card is the easiest and quickest way to donate during Big Day of Giving! All major credit cards are accepted, and each credit card gift counts toward Big Day of Giving tallies, prizes, goals, and matching funds that the organizations you support may have.

Donor Advised Fund or Other Managed Account 

To donate through your Donor Advised Fund or other managed account, click on the downward carrot in the Payment Method area of the donation form and provide the requested information. Gifts made this way count toward Big Day of Giving tallies, goals, and matching funds. If you're giving through your personalized Donor Advised Fund at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation or the Yolo Community Foundation, we'll handle the rest! You can also contact us to learn about other exclusive and hassle-free ways to support nonprofits on Big Day of Giving. 

If you are giving through a different account, we'll immediately email you the list of your committed donations to fulfill through your external account.

Check 

To best capture the generosity that occurs during Big Day of Giving, nonprofits are welcome to reflect "offline" gifts (typically checks mailed directly to the nonprofits during the giving window) in their Big Day of Giving donation tallies. Please contact nonprofits directly to make offline gifts.

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation retains a fee on credit card and bank account transactions to offset associated technology and processing costs. The cumulative fee is comprised of:

• Technology & Management: On all donations, 3% is assessed to offset technology costs. 
• Processing, which is dependent on the method of payment: For credit card gifts, 2.2% is assessed to offset processing costs. For bank account gifts, 0.8% (capped at $5.00) plus $1.50 is assessed to offset processing costs.

When making a donation, you have the option to offset these fees. For complete information on donation fees and additional disclosures about how our team at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation processes your gifts, please visit GivingEdge Fees & Disclosures.

If you give with a Golden 1 Credit Union debit or credit card during the Big Day of Giving donation window, your gifts will have an outsized impact. This year, Golden 1 Credit Union is once again proportionately matching the donations its members made — up to $100,000! 

To qualify for the Golden 1 Credit Union match, donations must be made at bigdayofgiving.org using Golden 1 Credit Union debit or credit cards during the giving window. After Big Day of Giving, the match funds will be distributed proportionately to nonprofits according to the distribution of gifts made using Golden 1 Credit Union debit or credit cards. 

Yes! An official donation tax receipt is emailed to you within minutes of the donation. If you do not receive the email or you're in need of a duplicate receipt, you can log in to your donor account to access the receipt, or contact us to request a copy at givingedge@sacregcf.org or (916) 921-7723.

Big Day of Giving began with the launch of GivingEdge, this website, which houses all of the region's nonprofit profiles. Since the first local giving day that the Sacramento Region Community Foundation hosted on GivingEdge in 2013, area donors have helped raise $91 million for local nonprofits:

Arts Day of Giving 2013: $500,000 for 78 arts nonprofits
Big Day of Giving 2014: $3.0 million for 394 nonprofits
Big Day of Giving 2015: $5.6 million for 529 nonprofits
Big Day of Giving 2016: $7.1 million for 570 nonprofits
Big Day of Giving 2017: $7.2 million for 599 nonprofits
Big Day of Giving 2018: $7.4 million for 587 nonprofits
Big Day of Giving 2019: $8.4 million for 601 nonprofits
Big Day of Giving 2020: $12.0 million for 615 nonprofits (Report to the Community)
Big Day of Giving 2021: $13.3 million for 688 nonprofits (Report to the Community)
Big Day of Giving 2022: $13.4 million for 718 nonprofits (Report to the Community)
Big Day of Giving 2023: $13.8 million for 762 nonprofits (Report to the Community)

Discover more on the Sacramento Region Community Foundation's website.

Our team at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation has been the engine behind Big Day of Giving since the giving day's inception in 2013! To learn more about our philanthropic services, impact initiatives, and the community-driven nature of our work, visit About Us.

Profile information is provided by each nonprofit, which is required to update the information annually. The Sacramento Region Community Foundation reviews the information but does not guarantee the accuracy of that data or make any representation or warranties with regard to nonprofits in the database.

Yes, the nonprofits you support will receive your contact information. If you'd like, when you make a donation on the website, you can hide your name and donation amount from public display.

Yes, you can set up a recurring monthly donation to your favorite cause(s) on GivingEdge by selecting the "Monthly Donation" option on the Donation page. Once set up, donations will automatically be processed via your payment method on the same day each month. You can manage, edit, or cancel your recurring donation(s) at any time through your GivingEdge user profile.

If you made an error in your donation or made a donation in error, please contact the Sacramento Region Community Foundation's team at bdog@sacregcf.org.