The Community Foundation announced their final numbers and awarded an additional $113,000 in prizes and grants to participating nonprofits during its celebration of community philanthropy on Tuesday, Nov. 30 at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. An extraordinary number of donors gave on the Brazos Valley’s third annual Brazos Valley Gives Day benefiting 154 nonprofits taking part in the community-wide annual day of giving that was held on Oct. 19. The final number raised was $926,880, including over $36,000 in sponsor-supported incentive prizes and $77,000 in grants from an anonymous donor who holds a donor-advised fund at the Community Foundation. There were over 1,300 first-time donors who donated to a nonprofit. The event was sponsored by The Center for Nonprofits & Philanthropy at The Bush School of Government and Public Service.
Bryan Broadcasting, Insite, KBTX, Eagle, and Lamar Advertising were invaluable partners with Brazos Valley Gives to ensure the community was aware and ready for the big day, which supports nonprofits in the 7-county region. CC Creations and Copy Corner also supported publicity needs. The Chambers of Commerce in Bryan/College and Washington County were invaluable in identifying eligible nonprofits and encouraging business sponsorships. A special thanks to this year's presenting sponsor, Tom Light Chevrolet.
“Our annual giving day empowered donors across our region to give where they live, and our communities showed up in a big way. We are overjoyed with the response from the Brazos Valley and excited the nonprofits were able to realize their hard work paid off,” states Molly Watson, co-chair.
Brazos Valley Gives is 18 hours of online giving that brings the region together on one day and as one community to raise critical funding and awareness for nonprofit organizations throughout the Brazos Valley. Powered by the Community Foundation, Brazos Valley Gives provides citizens and businesses an easy platform to support the mission and “good works” of local nonprofit organizations that serve the Brazos Valley. Nonprofits from throughout the Brazos Valley—6 of the 7 counties—participated this year. Brazos Valley Gives empowers individual donors and business leaders to come together to support causes close to their hearts—and, on this day, everyone can be a philanthropist.
Brazos Valley Gives invites all 501c3 nonprofits, individual and business sponsors and media partners, as well as their supportive community partners to join them next year to “give where you live” for the 3rd Tuesday of October, Oct. 18, 2022. For more information, call Patricia Gerling at (979) 589-4305.
Courtesy of Community Foundation of the Brazos Valley
