GiveLocalNRV Giving Day: Early Giving Starts This Sunday June 1

Early Giving is nearly here!

While the Giving Day itself doesn't start until noon on Wednesday, June 25, the Early Giving period begins this Sunday, June 1, at midnight. This means that you can start accepting donations for your Giving Day campaign starting on Sunday!

Why do we have the Early Giving period?

Opening up fundraising on June 1 allows every participating organization to fundraise for their organization most of the month. This means you can use the weeks leading up to the Giving Day to collect donations, share about your campaign's progress, and build momentum. It also gives donors multiple opportunities to give throughout the month outside of the 24-hour Giving Day.

In this email, you'll find:

An Invitation to TOMORROW'S "Ask Me Anything" session with Lindsey
This year's organization sizes
Information about new thematic area grants
A social media guide
Links to new tutorials on:

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Setup, Tips, & Strategy
Leveraging Grants & Prizes in Your Giving Day Strategy

TOMORROW: Ask Me Anything!

Join Lindsey on Thursday, May 29 from 11a - 12p, for this online session where she'll review how to edit your page, what donations count for the event, and how to enter in an offline donation (checks or cash.) Then, ask her any question on your mind about this year's Giving Day event!

2025 Organization Sizes

Each year, for some of our grants, we divide the list of participating organizations into three groups based on their budget sizes (small-, medium-, and large-sized organizations.)

These sizes are for our "Most Money Raised" and "Most Unique Donors" grants. For each of these grants, you'll compete with organizations within your size group for a chance to $1,500!

Do you think you're in the wrong group? Let us know by this Friday, May 30! Changes will not be made after that date. Email Lindsey at lindseygleason@cfnrv.org.

View Your Organization's Size

New Grants!

This year, due to donor generosity, we are offering new grants based on three thematic areas organizations work in: arts and culture, education, and environmental sustainability/ natural resource conservation.

Your organization's category is determined by the thematic area your organization selected in the sign-up process.

View Our Thematic Area Participant Lists

GiveLocalNRV Web Resources

Leveraging Grants & Prizes

In this 23-minute on-demand webinar offered by our partners at Mightycause, you'll learn about this year's grants and prizes and how to leverage them in your Giving Day campaign strategy.

P2P Fundraising Setup, Tips, and Strategy

Peer-to-Peer Fundraising

In this 21-minute on-demand webinar offered by our partners at Mightycause, you'll learn about how to setup Peer-to-Peer fundraising pages, then get tips and strategy ideas for how to use them!

Need ideas for social media?

Your social media channels can play a starring role in your Giving Day campaign. Get tips for what to post and when as well as example posts in this social media guide.

Want more resources?

Visit the nonprofit toolkit on the Giving Day website! We have Giving Day logos, graphics for social media, email templates, guides full of tips, and much more.

Missed an email?

When you sign up for the Giving Day, we will send you regular emails with tips and resources. Check out past emails here. Let us know if anyone else at your organization would like to be added to this email list.

Have questions?

If you can't find the answer to your question on the Giving Day website, reach out to our giving day manager, Lindsey Gleason-Reed, at lindseygleason@cfnrv.org or 540-381-8999.

Thank you to our generous sponsors!