Cincinnati Gives Challenge Prizes

Cincinnati Magazine is offering up $22,000 in grand prizes and $13,000 in bonus prizes to help further the missions of participating Cincinnati area nonprofits. See the complete list of Grand Prizes, Bonus Prizes, and Challenge Rules below.

Don't forget to check out the leaderboards page to see how your favorite nonprofit is stacking up against the competition!

๐Ÿ†Grand Prizes: $22,000 total

December 2 at 5:00PM EST through December 12 at 5:00PM EST

Grand Prizes will be awarded to the top 5 organizations who raise the most dollars online through cincinnatigives.org. An organization must have a minimum of 10 unique donors to be eligible to win a Grand Prize. 

1st: $10,000 | 2nd: $6,000 | 3rd: $4,000 | 4th: $1,500 | 5th: $500

Grand Prizes

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Leaderboard will begin populating once Gives Challenge begins on December 2.

๐Ÿ†Bonus Challenges:
$13,000 total

Full-Length Challenges

December 2 at 5:00PM EST through December 12 at 5:00PM EST

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Meet Your Match Bonus
$1,000 total

All organizations that meet their match of $500 or more during the entire length of the Cincinnati Gives Challenge will be entered for a chance to win. One organization will be selected at random to receive an extra $1,000 grant. These prizes will be announced after the event is complete. Please note that to be eligible, your matching grant must be posted on your Mightycause page during the campaign for tracking purposes.

Meet Your Match Bonus

Winning Organization

Value Winner

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Small Organization Bonus
$1,000 total

The eligible organization that raises the most during the entire length of the Cincinnati Gives Challenge will win $1,000!

Small organizations are organization with an operation budget of less than $500,000.

Small Org Bonus

Winning Organization

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Profile Organization Bonus
$1,000 total

Organizations that have purchased a profile in the 2024 Guide to Giving are eligible for this leaderboard. The eligible organization that raises the most during the entire length of the Challenge will win an extra $1,000 for their cause!

Orgs were required to purchase a profile by October 3 to be eligible for this leaderboard. Please email ibayer@cincinnatimagazine.com for more information on purchasing a profile!

Profile Org Bonus

Winning Organization

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Daily Challenges

See description for specific challenge time frame

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#GivingTuesday Bonus
$2,500 total

December 3 at 12 AM ET through 11:59 PM ET

The organization to raise the most dollars during #GivingTuesday wins $1,500. The second highest raising organization on #GivingTuesday wins $1,000.


#GivingTuesday Bonus

Winning Organizations

Value Winner

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Bonus 1
$2,000 total

December 4 at 12 AM ET through 11:59 PM ET

The two organizations that have the most unique donors on Wednesday, December 4 will each win a $1,000 prize.

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Winning Organizations

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Bonus 2
$2,000 total
& Tickets to Savor

December 5 at 12 AM ET through 11:59 PM ET

The top 2 organizations to raise the most money online today will each win $1,000 and two tickets to Cincinnati Magazineโ€™s Savor event.

Bonus 2

Winning Organizations

Value Winner

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Bonus 3
$1,000 total

+ Full Page Ad in Cincinnati Magazine

December 6 at 12 AM ET through December 9 at 11:59 PM ET

The two organizations with the most raised online from Friday, December 6 through Monday, December 9 each win $500 plus a full page ad in Cincinnati Magazine.

Bonus 3

Winning Organizations

Value Winner

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Bonus 4
$2,000 total

December 10 at 12 AM ET through 11:59 PM ET

The two organizations to raise the most online today will each win $1,000.

Bonus 4

Winning Organizations

Value Winner

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Bonus 5
$500 cash

+ $2,000 in Digital Ad Spend on CincinnatiMagazine.com

December 11 at 12 AM ET through 11:59 PM ET

The organization to raise the most online today will win $500 cash money and $2,000 in digital ad spend on CincinnatiMagazine.com.

Bonus 5

Winning Organization

Value Winner

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Challenge Rules

  1. All Cincinnati area 501(c)3 legally IRS registered nonprofit organizations are eligible to participate in this giving event. Only organizations that register with https://www.cincinnatigives.org will be eligible to receive donations. Please note that private non-operating foundations are not eligible to participate.
  2. The Challenge launches at 5:00 p.m. ET on December 2 and runs through 5:00 p.m. ET on December 12. Please see the Bonuses above to see the start and end times of those challenges.
  3. Each participating organization will be eligible for 1 Grand Prize, any applicable Full-Length Bonus Challenge, along with 2 Daily Bonus Challenges. Once an organization has won 2 Daily Bonus Challenges, they will be ineligible for future Daily Bonus Challenges.
  4. In the event of a tie, the available bonus funds will be equally split among the winning organizations. 
  5. Donations must be made online by a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, GooglePay, Paypal, or ACH* through the Challenge website in order to count towards a grand prize or bonus challenge (no offline donations - e.g. cash or check).
    1. *ACH payment method does not support Donor Advised Funds
  6. Donations must be made within the Challenge or Bonus Challenge timeframes to count towards that particular prize. Any donations made outside of those timeframes will still be sent to your nonprofit but will not count towards prizes.
  7. An organization may not make a donation to its own campaign to help secure a prize. Proxy donations (employees making donations using the organization's credit card to the campaign page) are also not allowed.
  8. An organization must have a minimum of 10 unique donors to be eligible to win a Grand Prize. An individual that makes more than one donation to a nonprofit's campaign will only count as one unique donor.
  9. All prize winners (for Grand Prizes and Bonus Challenges) will be posted by 12:00pm EST on the day following the completion of the challenge. Any individual may donate. Donations made through https://www.cincinnatigives.org to nonprofit organizations are 100% tax deductible and irrevocable. Donations will not be refunded. Contributions may be made via credit card, debit card, Apple Pay, GooglePay, PayPal, or ACH. Checks and Donor Advised Funds are not accepted for this online giving event.

Matching Grants: This campaign encourages organizations to offer their own dollar-for-dollar matching funds on their individual https://www.cincinnatigives.org pages.

Cincinnati Magazine can modify any restrictions or conditions if, in the sole judgment of the Board of Directors, such restriction or condition becomes unnecessary, incapable of fulfillment or inconsistent with the charitable needs of the community. As such, Cincinnati Magazine reserves the right to deny or condition the distribution of prize grants if, in the judgment of its Board of Directors, such restriction or condition becomes necessary.

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