UPDATE — 10/6/2011 6:02pm EDT
What an Amazing Raise!
After 36 Hours of giving in Richmond and Central Virginia. The 2011 Amazing Raise is over, and what an event it was. Nearly a half-million dollars was raised for local nonprofits from nearly 6,500 gifts. Check out the leaderboard as of the end of the race.
UPDATE — 10/6/2011 12:15 pm EDT
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CONGRATULATIONS RICHMOND! The Amazing Raise has reached 5,000 donations and is still going strong. For acheiving this milestone, another $50,000 in grant funds have been made available by the Community Foundation
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UPDATE — 10/6/2011 10:45am
What a day and night yesterday for the Amazing Raise. Congratulations to the organizations who won evening and late night prizes last night. The Richmond Symphony won the Sunset prize and Offering won the Midnight Madness Prizes of $1000 each. Nice Work!
The work is not over however. The push to 5,000 donations is on. Once it is reached, The Community Foundation will release another $50,000 in grant prizes to participating organizations. So, lets finish strong Amazing Raisers!
UPDATE 1:37PM EDT
Another milestone has been reached! Just halfway through Day 1 of the challenge, and The Amazing Raise has generated over $200,000 for local nonprofits in Richmond and Central Virginia. They've also generated over 2,500 gifts so far...that's halfway to the initial goal of 5,000 donations needed to free up another $50,000 in grant prizes. Keep it up Richmond!
Also, the early bird contest has just awarded it 20th and final organization for being among the first to get 50 donors of at least $50 or more. The Early bird prize winners can be found on the leaderboard, indicated by the purple flag next to their name.
UPDATE 12:10 PM EDT
In just a few minutes Micheal Jones from the Community Foundation will be interviewed again on WTVR Lite98 FM. If you want to listen live, click here to hear the stream.
UPDATE 12:00 PM EDT
WTVR-FM Hosted an Interview with The Community Foundation's Michael Jones and Kim Russell explaining the Amazing Raise and how grant prizes are awarded.
UPDATE: 10:00 AM EDT
President & CEO of the Community Foundation, Darcy Oman, shares details on a 36 hour fundraising challenge on WTVR-TV Richmond
UPDATE: 9:45 AM EDT
Congratulations Richmond & Central Virginia! So far you've raise over 1500 gifts and over $100,000 for local nonprofits in just under 4 hours! Keep it up!
UPDATE: 8:45 AM EDT
Watch The Community Foundation's Kim Russell talk on WTVR-TV in Richmond, talk about the Amazing Raise and how people can give.
UPDATE: 8:25 AM EDT
WOW! We are just over 2 hours into the challenge and The Amazing Raise is almost to 1,000 gifts online! The Richmond and Central Virginia nonprofits participating in today's Amazing Raise are doing some amazing viral marketing. Check out these examples....
First is U-Turn Sports Performance Academy. They've created a fantastic video trailer for today's event, and notice how they to have embedded the Amazing Raise giving widget directly into their own website's homepage.
Next, check out this promotional video from CHAT (Church Hill Activites & Tutoring) and they too have embedded the Amazing Raise giving widget.
The Amazing Raise kicked off this morning at 6am. The Amazing Raise, launched by The Community Foundation Serving Richmond & Central Virginia, is a 36 hour event to raise money for organizations featured on GiveRichmond.org. Utilizing KIMBIA’s high-volume giving platform, organizations in Richmond and Central Virginia are attempting to generate over 10,000 individual online donations while competing for $200,000 in prize (grant) money. We are excited to be involved in such an inovative and ambitiious giving event and we can't wait to see the final results.
To experience a KIMBIA giving event, you can follow The Community Foundation's progress online at GiveRichmond.org. Also, check back on this blog post as we'll be updating it with news from The Amazing Raise headquarters in Richmond. Lastly, you can follow the progress on twitter by following #AmzgRz
For more information on KIMBIA's giving events for community foundations, check out our Community Foundation Solutions Page and watch a video Case Study from New Haven, CT. You can also contact our team at info@kimbia.com.