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GiveBIG Washington is a one-day, online giving event for Washington State nonprofit organizations. GiveBIG allows you to raise unrestricted funds online, acquire new donors, and encourage deeper engagement by board members and current contributors.

Wednesday, April 22 through Tuesday, May 5 donors can make early gifts on the GiveBIG website. GiveBIG Washington 2020 will take place on Wednesday, May 6 from 12:01 am through 11:59 pm, Pacific Time.

GiveBIG At-A-Glance gives you an overview of the activities that you may choose to do for your GiveBIG campaign based on what’s best suited to your organization.

Have a question? Please contact us at givebig@501commons.org or by phone at 1-833-962-3615. Make sure to review your spam or junk inbox if you do not receive acknowledgment of your email within 24 hours.

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KEY DATES

January 6, 2020: Registration opens

March 1, 2020: FUNdraising pages can be created

April 15, 2020: Last day to select registration fee payment by check

April 15 - May 4, 2020: Early giving

April 29, 2020: Registration closes, fee payment due, profiles need to be submitted for approval

May 4, 2020: Profiles and FUNdraising pages can no longer be edited

May 5-6, 2020: GiveBIG Washington!

June 1, 2020: Last day to review and update direct deposit information

June 11, 2020: Disbursement of funds to organizations

ELIGIBILITY

Which organizations are eligible to participate in GiveBIG Washington 2020?
Tax-exempt organizations (approved by the IRS) with a headquarters or a service location in Washington State are invited to participate in GiveBIG Washington 2020. This includes the following situations:

Global organizations headquartered in Washington State that provide services outside of the United States.
A "service location" means the organization is providing a direct benefit to Washington residents or communities at a site located within the state.
Organizations that are approved by the IRS, such as 501c4, 501c6, or 501c19, organizations can participate but must indicate on their profile if donations to the organization are not tax-deductible.
Tax-exempt Washington state government programs like animal shelters or youth programs.

Nonprofit organizations that are approved by the State of Washington but do not have tax-exempt status from the IRS are not eligible. Individuals are not eligible.

Most charitable organizations are required to file annually with the Washington State Charities Program if they ask for or collect contributions from the public. Filing as a charitable organization is separate from filing as a nonprofit corporation. Please check to see if your nonprofit needs to register with the Washington Secretary of State. You are required to do so if you are either raising at least $50,000 in any accounting year or if you are using the service of a commercial fundraiser.

Can my organization participate if we are fiscally sponsored?
Yes, as long as all other eligibility standards are met. When registering you will be asked to indicate if you are fiscally sponsored. You will then be asked to enter the EIN of your fiscal sponsor and your fiscal sponsor contact. Funds raised during GiveBIG will be distributed to your fiscal sponsor in their name with a disbursement email noting where the funds should be directed.

FEES

What fees are associated with participating in GiveBIG Washington 2020?
In order to fund the media and promotional activities, outreach, fundraising training for nonprofits, and campaign staff, all participating organizations will pay a registration fee. While sponsors, including 501 Commons and Encore Media Group, are providing some support, fees are essential for producing GiveBIG Washington.

The registration fee is in addition to the 4.6% processing fee on individual donations. The processing fee pays for the CiviCore platform and usual credit card processing fees. Donors have the option to cover the processing fees. In 2019, 83% of donors covered the processing fee. This means the effective rate paid by nonprofits on donations is just 1.5%. If a donor does not cover the fee, the 4.6% is deducted from the amount disbursed to nonprofits.

What are the registration fees for GiveBIG Washington 2020?

Returning organizations will pay 2.9% of what they raised on the platform in 2019. Fees are capped at $5,000. If you raised less than $1,000 your fee is only $10. Donor matching funds are not included in the assessment of your fee, only processed donations.
New organizations will pay on a sliding scale, based on your contributed revenue budget. This is the amount you are expecting to raise for your current fiscal year (2019/2020 or 2020), minus any earned income, capital campaign funds, in-kind donation, or interest/investment earnings on funds you hold.

Contributed Revenue Budget	2020 GiveBIG Fee
$1 - $150,000	$10
$150,001 - $300K	$25
$300,001 - $600K	$50
$600,001 - $1.2M	$100
$1,200,001 - $2M	$150
$2,000,001 - $3M	$250
$3,000,001 - $4.5M	$500
$4,500,001 - $7.5M	$1,000
$7,500,001 - $10M	$1,500
$10,000,001 - $15M	$2,500
$15,000,001+	$5,000

REGISTRATION

How do I register my organization for GiveBIG Washington 2020?
All organizations must complete registration, pay their registration fee, and submit their profile for approval and publishing by 11:59 p.m. on April 29, 2020.

If your organization participated in 2018 or 2019, simply click on the registration button on the homepage and log in to your organization's GiveBIG account. We suggest your GiveBIG Campaign Lead - the individual who leads your organization's GiveBIG efforts - be the individual to go through the registration process. At the end of the process, your organization will be asked to pay your registration fee either online via credit card or eCheck, or by sending a paper check to 501 Commons. Then you will need to update your organization's profile and submit it for review. You can save your work and return to the registration process at any time.
If your organization did not participate in 2018 or 2019, you will need to create an account and apply to participate. Your application will be reviewed and you will receive an email notification that your organization has been approved or rejected based on our eligibility requirements. At that point, you can complete registration. After registration, your organization will be asked to pay your registration fee either online via credit card or eCheck, or by paper check to 501 Commons. Then you will need to update your organizational profile and submit it for review. You can save your work and return to the registration process at any time.

How do I add a user to my organization's profile?
You may add as many user accounts to your organization's profile as you would like, whenever you like, by logging into your GiveBIG account. However, only the GiveBIG Campaign Lead will be sent the majority of email communications. If your lead leaves your organization, be sure to update your GiveBIG account.

Once you log in go to My Users, click the blue Add a new user button. You may also inactivate users by using the red Inactivate User Profile button next to the user you wish to inactivate.

What if I forget my password?
Click the Forget Password? link on the login page and then you will receive an email with instructions to reset your password.

How do I stay informed about GiveBIG Washington?
We will email your GiveBIG Campaign Lead updates on your registration, the Fundraising Accelerator newsletter, fundraising training announcements and more. Ensure your GiveBIG Campaign Lead on your GiveBIG profile stays up to date and that you have added givebig@501commons.org as a Safe Sender to prevent GiveBIG Washington emails from ending up in your spam or junk mailbox.

Stay up to date by subscribing to our GiveBIG newsletter. In our emails, the GiveBIG team will provide information that will help you set your GiveBIG campaign on a pathway to success. Follow 501 Commons on LinkedIn or Facebook for nonprofit-focused news, including information about GiveBIG Washington.

HOW TO NAVIGATE YOUR ACCOUNT

Dashboard
The Dashboard contains announcements, important event dates, and your event goals, including your public fundraising goal and any matching gift funds you have secured. Goals are set by clicking on the "Add More" or "Update Goals" buttons. To learn more about setting goals, please review the GiveBIG Campaign Guide.

My Public Profile
The My Public Profile includes all other information that shows up on your profile page as well as information to internal campaign use.

Profile Overview
The following information will show up on your public page: Legal Organization Name, Category, Logo, EIN, Address, Email, and Phone number that you selected to be shared publically, Mission Statement (shows up under Overview), Description, and any social media links you provided. You can also select if your donors will be asked if they want to volunteer with your organization under the "Ask donor for volunteer interest?" field.

Multimedia
A maximum of 8 images and or YouTube/Vimeo links can be shared on your profile.

Donation Levels
Your organization can create prepopulated donation levels that donors see when checking out with your organization. Donation amounts must be at least $10 and labels have a 40 character limit. You can give them titles like "Major Donor" or examples of what their donation could cover like "$50 could buy a school uniform" or "$1000 can provide a spay/neuter clinic". Be careful that your wording does not imply a promise, as all funds received through GiveBIG are unrestricted.

Events
You can share a public GiveBIG related event your organization is hosting between April 15 through May 6. You can also schedule a post-GiveBIG event through July 1. Events can be in person or remote, but remote events should be interactive, not just a repeat of your campaign page. Events submitted in this way will show up on the Nonprofit Events page.

My FUNdraising Pages
Once a FUNdraiser customizes and submits their fundraising page, you will be notified by email and their page will show up under Active FUNdraising Pages. You will not have to approve the page for it to be published. You and the FUNdraiser can edit FUNdraisers for your organization. We recommend you talk with the FUNdraiser before doing any edits to their page. Should the FUNdraiser not make or approve edits to their page you can make their page inactive, especially if it is unhelpful or inappropriate. The page will then show up under Inactive FUNdraising Pages along with expired FUNdraisers. Inactive pages cannot be reactivated. Nonprofits also have the option to create their own FUNdraisers. The FUNdraiser is under your organization's name and it provides a mechanism to raise funds for a specific project or office of your organization. While these funds are still unrestricted, we ask that you take donor intent into consideration when creating these pages.

My Users
Organizations can add additional email logins to their account. These additional users can then use their email to log in to the account and can be select to receive an email notification every time a donation is made to your organization. Users can also be inactivated should the organization no longer want that user to have access to the account. If there are no active users then you will be unable to login to your account and will need to contact the GiveBIG Support Team to regain access.

My Donations
All donations made to your organization on the GiveBIG platform show up on the Processed Donations tab. If you participated in GiveBIG 2019, your prior year's donations are still accessible in the system. This report can be filtered and searched by First Name, Last Name, Email, Phone Numer, and Gives Day (2019 vs 2020). You can export an Excel file of your donations at any time.

The report includes the usual contact information as well as the Net Donation after processing fee coverage, if the donor is anonymous or wishes not to be recognized publically, if they are interested in volunteering (if you noted that your organization selects volunteers on your Profile Overview) if they are a first time donor, tribute information, and if they will pursue an employer match of their gift. To see all fields, scroll all the way to the right and select "Click here to display additional donor and donation data"

Eligibility & Registration