DERBY – Valley nonprofits raised more than $507,000 during the 2024 Great Give last week, making the 36-hour online giving event one of its most successful.
In all, donors gave more than $3.8 million supporting 550 nonprofits throughout the Valley and Greater New Haven region.
Of that total, just over $431,000 was donated to nonprofit organizations in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton.
By the end of the fundraising event, 58 Valley-based organizations had participated, and 1,440 individual donations were made by people who live and/or work in the Valley.
Also, more than $234,000 of the Valley total was donated by 25 Valley Community Foundation (VCF) Donor Advised fundholders.
“I am always amazed when the totals come in from the Great Give,” said Sharon Closius, VCF’s President and CEO. “To say our Valley is generous is an understatement. The extraordinary support our nonprofits received is absolute and pure proof of the caring and giving nature that is truly engrained in our community.”
Three Valley organizations were in the top 10 of nonprofits that received the most money during the Great Give.
They were:
BHcare ($68,344);
TEAM, Inc. ($54,439)
The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley ($49,181)
Also, Shelton’s Center Stage Theatre made the top 25 list of the most money raised out of the 550 organizations that participated.
The 36-hour online-giving event was started in 2010 by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (TCF) to promote local philanthropy and support area nonprofits.
In the last 14 years, The Great Give has raised more than $28.6 million for nonprofits throughout the region.
