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Give STL Day -- May 6: St. Louis Nonprofits to Benefit from First-Ever, 24-hour Community-wide Online Giving Initiative Everyone Can Be a Philanthropist


The May 6 Give STL Day team is set, with more than 500 nonprofits, along
with thousands of their volunteers and community backers. All stand ready to
see what St. Louis can give in a day, as the Greater Saint Louis Community
Foundation prepares to host Give STL Day, the region’s first-ever 24-hour
online day of giving to benefit the local nonprofit community.



St. Louisans
wishing to contribute on May 6 need only visit GiveSTLday.org, search for the charities of their choice, and make an online donation of
$10 or more. Contributions will be added to the ongoing leaderboard located on
the website and results tracked throughout the day. In addition, status updates
– including giving challenges and six scheduled “Power Hours” – will be
promoted on Facebook (facebook.com/stlouisgives) and Twitter (twitter.com/StLouisGives).  During “Power Hours” all donations received will be matched dollar
for dollar up to $10,000.





Similar
fundraising initiatives are being undertaken the same day by approximately 100
community foundations nationwide, meaning May 6 could be one of the nation’s
largest giving events in history. Previous “give day” events in other
communities have raised millions for their local nonprofits. Examples include:
Columbus, Ohio ($10 million), Pittsburgh, PA ($8 million) and Dallas ($25
million) to name a few.

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Joining the
Community Foundation with support for Give STL Day are Boeing, US Bank, Peabody
Energy, and Smith Moore.





















Give STL Day
will also help usher in the 2015 centennial of the Greater Saint Louis
Community Foundation. The nation’s first community foundation was established
in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914, and the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation
was created the following year. Today, there are more than 800 community
foundations across the country, and nearly 1,500 worldwide. 

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 Throughout its
history, the Greater Saint Louis Community Foundation has served as an unbiased
resource with unparalleled knowledge about the needs of both donors and the
organizations they support. On behalf of its donors, the Community Foundation
annually donates approximately $20 million to more than 450 organizations in
St. Louis and around the world, and has contributed about $225 million over the
past 25 years. For more information on the Greater Saint Louis Community
Foundation, please visit www.stlgives.org.



 

















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