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Charities recognized for Giving Hearts Day success

2013-05-15T22:27:17.000Z

Awards for superior fundraising results were presented by Dakota Medical Foundation and Impact Foundation to the following top ten fundraisers on Giving Hearts Day: FirstChoice Clinic, YWCA Cass Clay, Fraser Limited, TNT Kid’s Fitness, Churches United for the Homeless, YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties, ND Autism Center, Oak Grove Lutheran School, Family Healthcare and Great Plains Food Bank.

Giving Hearts Day was held February 14 in North Dakota and shattered the previous 24-hour fundraising record, with $3.68 million donated to 179 charities in 2013. FirstChoice Clinic raised $249,162, YWCA raised $241,516 and Fraser Limited raised $191,342. Each organization in the top ten tier raised more than $65,000 through the Giving Hearts Day give-a-thon at www.impactgiveback.org.

Along with the recognition, grants were provided by Dakota Medical Foundation to reward these charities for their strong results.

New Life Center received an award for its first-year success in engaging donors, and 18 charities were recognized for raising at least $20,000 and increasing donations 25 percent or more: Anne Carlsen Center, CHARISM, Churches United for the Homeless, Elks Camp Grassick, Family HealthCare, FirstChoice Clinic, Great Plains Food Bank, Humane Society of Fargo-Moorhead, John Paul II Catholic Schools, Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota, Make-A-Wish of North Dakota, PULSE Outreach, Rape and Abuse Crisis Center, St. Gerard’s Community Nursing Home, TNT Kid’s Fitness, YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties and YWCA Cass Clay.

The nonprofit with the greatest fundraising increase over the prior year was Fraser Limited with a 230 percent increase.

Awards for the largest growth in donor numbers over the past year were: Freedom Resource Center, Minnesota State University-Moorhead Alumni Association, Plains Art Museum, Prescription Assistance Program and University of North Dakota College of Nursing.

Additional recognition for marketing creativity went to Helping Enderlin Area Residents Thrive (HEART) and the Haley’s Hope Fund. VISIONBank recognized the Anne Carlsen Center for its video that received the top votes in the bank’s Facebook contest, with second place to CCRI and third to TNT Kid’s Fitness. The Humane Society was also recognized for its promotional video.

Plains Art Museum, Theater B and F-M Opera were recognized for jointly promoting donations to the arts on Giving Hearts Day. Other marketing recognition was given to HERO Fargo, Nokomis of the Village Family Services Center, John Paul II Catholic Schools and Make-A-Wish of North Dakota.

First-time participants recognized for raising $30,000 or more were: Riding on Angels Wings, Unseen Ministries, New Life Center and Park Christian School. Funds hosted by DMF and Impact that were recognized for exceptional fundraising were the DMF Stephanie Goetz Fund and the Haley’s Hope Fund, each raising more than $30,000. Business/nonprofit partnerships that were recognized were Shotwell Floral working with the YMCA of Cass Clay, and Sandy’s Donuts working with Jail Chaplains.

Businesses that provided strong employee awareness for the day, providing major financial contributions or supplying staff to the cause were: VISIONBank, Catalyst Medical Center, Gate City Bank and Bell State Bank.

Nearly 17,000 individual donations were made online at impactgiveback.org on Giving Hearts Day. The online fundraising day has been organized and promoted by DMF and Impact Foundation annually since 2008 in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. The foundations expanded the fundraising event to Bismarck organizations in 2012, and five Minot charities joined in 2013. Bush Foundation of St. Paul provided Impact Foundation with a $25,000 grant for use in training, promotions and incentive grants to expand Giving Hearts Day to western North Dakota.

The Alex Stern Family Foundation recognized TNT Kid’s Fitness with the Eternal Flame Award for its innovation and growth in serving children of all abilities in our community with a $535 grant representing gifts to the Stern Foundation on Giving Hearts Day.

“We are very pleased that generous people of our area supported the work of charity organizations in our region. These charities have built strong relationships with their donors. The opportunity of Giving Hearts Day creates even greater awareness and engagement in their missions. We know that community excitement and spirit around giving on this day will continue to grow,” said Pat Traynor, president of Dakota Medical and Impact Foundations.

Thank You for the Most Successful Giving Hearts Day Yet!

2013-03-07T16:02:39.000Z

Giving Hearts Day 2013 Promo Video

2013-01-10T15:55:20.000Z

It Pays to GiveBack

2012-05-22T20:14:36.000Z

Dakota Medical and Impact Foundations held an online contest for donors to win the opportunity to give a $500 grant to charity. Any individual who made a charitable online donation at www.impactgiveback.org was entered into a drawing for one of ten $500 grants to an approved nonprofit organization listed on the website.

Contest winners and their selected organizations include:

Patricia Vaagen – Red River Children’s Advocacy Center

Thomas Rohleder – Rape and Abuse Crisis Center

Lauris Molbert – Churches United for the Homeless

Jim Danielson – CCRI

Ruth Nelson – Ronald McDonald House Charities - Fargo

Mary Grinde – Churches United for the Homeless

Shari Fiedler – Cando Connection

Richard Jordahl – FM Humane Society

Patricia Bjorklund – Ronald McDonald House Charities - Fargo

David McNair – Churches United for the Homeless

A Lot of Love Shown!

2013-01-08T17:04:25.000Z

February 17, 2012, Fargo, ND – During the 5^th Annual Giving Hearts Day online fundraising event held on February 14, over 10,850 donations were made to 140 area charities totaling more than $1.6 million. This year’s event surpassed Dakota Medical (DMF) and Impact Foundations’ goal of $1.5 million, and was a 40% increase over last year’s total. In addition, DMF and other generous community donors matched donations of $10 or more up to the first $4,000 made to the nonprofits. Donations were made through www.impactgiveback.org.

DMF awarded additional grants to the top fundraisers:

FirstChoice Clinic $145,988 ($20,000)

Oak Grove Lutheran School $145,456 ($15,000)

RiverView Foundation $86,053 ($10,000)

YWCA Cass Clay $80,987 ($7,500)

TNT Kid’s Fitness $70,680 ($5,000)

Fraser, Ltd. $53,976 ($3,000)

North Dakota Autism Center $53,281 ($1,500)

DMF also provided $500 incentive grants in the following categories:

§ Nonprofit that received donations from the most ND cities - FirstChoice Clinic 90

§ Donations from the most donors - FirstChoice Clinic 714

§ Donations from the most U.S. states - Oak Grove Lutheran School 39

§ Most creative and effective marketing strategy - St. Gerard’s Community Nursing Home & HEART (Helping Enderlin Area Residents Thrive)

Congratulations to all!

DMF’s Giving Hearts Day Video!

2012-01-25T21:17:09.000Z

DMF’s Giving Hearts Day Video!

View our new Giving Hearts Day Video and learn how you can get involved in this exciting 24 hour online fundraising event to help people in our region. Share the love and give from your heart on 2.14.12!

http://vimeo.com/35638134

Congratulations to Firstlink and NDSU!

2012-01-20T20:18:21.000Z

Congratulations to Firstlink and NDSU’s Service Learning and Civic Engagement group for hosting a successful Inaugural Nonprofit Opportunity Fair!

Read more about it here:
http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/57819/

Impact Giving Cards

2011-12-08T20:31:52.000Z

Impact Giving Cards are the perfect way to share the gift of giving while making an impact in the community.

Buy the people on your list a Giving Card so that they can donate where they see a need this holiday season.

Win a chance to GIVE BIG!

Right now when you buy a Giving Card or donate online, you get a chance to win one of ten $500 Dakota Medical Foundation grants to a qualifying nonprofit organization that you choose from listed here!

Between now and December 31, 2011 every person who makes an online donation on www.impactgiveback.org will get his or her name entered into a drawing for one of ten $500 DMF grants to qualifying organizations. Each individual donation receives an entry into the drawing.

Billions of Dollars Available to do Good in North Dakota!

2011-11-21T21:45:40.000Z

According to a study unveiled on November 7, 2011, by Impact and Dakota Medical Foundations, North Dakota households will transfer hundreds of billions of dollars over the next 50 years. The report Endless Possibilities on the Prairie: Unleashing North Dakota’s Potential is authored by John Havens and Paul Schervish from the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy. The landmark study includes county wealth transfer breakdowns and was released at an event held in Fargo with nonprofits, donors, volunteers, attorneys, CPAs, and local, state and federal government representatives.

“The ‘Endless Possibilities’ theme aptly describes how the generational transfer of wealth through 2061 presents unprecedented opportunities to create a spectacular future for the people of North Dakota and beyond,” said Pat Traynor, Executive Director of Impact and Dakota Medical Foundations. “None of these ‘possibilities’ will become a reality unless we inspire donors, charities, entrepreneurs, tax and legal professionals, and others involved to implement bold strategies to create a brighter future and superior quality of life for all North Dakotans.”

The study can be viewed at http://www.impactgiveback.org/store, and was made possible by the generous support of Dakota Medical and Alex Stern Family Foundations and SEI Investments.

Impact Giveback launches new website

2011-02-03T23:32:18.000Z

Gracious thanks go out to the team at Sundog who have been working diligently to take care of every detail. The site is designed to make it easy for you to impact your community through volunteering, donating, or both.

We invite you to explore all the opportunities available in your community. Share your time, talent, and treasure - GiveBack with Impact!

If you are new to the site please take a moment to see all of the many options the site has to offer.

Are you looking to volunteer? Click here.

Would you like to donate to your favorite charity? Click here.

Are you a nonprofit (501c3) who would like share your organization on our website? Click here.

Questions? Comments? Please email us at info@impactfdn.org.

Impact Partners Receive Extreme Makeover

2011-02-03T21:06:55.000Z

This past fall, a national television show came to our community to build a new wheelchair-accessible home for the family of the nonprofit Executive Director of Hope, Inc., an organization who DMF and Impact have partnered with for several years. To view the video celebrating the success of the build, please click here.

Giving Hearts Day 2011

2011-02-03T21:27:08.000Z

Giving Hearts Day is an innovative, online fundraising program made possible through a partnership between Impact, Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF), nonprofits trained through the Impact Institute and other community donors. This 24 hour fundraising event reinforces the Institute’s High Impact Fundraising Training by giving nonprofits an opportunity to use the concepts they learned to raise awareness about their organizations, identify new donors, and secure more money for their missions.

Each participant will be eligible to receive up to $4,000 in DMF match funding, and additional awards of $20,000, $15,000, $10,000, $7,500, $5,000, $3,000, and $1,500 if they are one of the top seven online fundraisers.

There will also be a friendly competition for additional incentive grants for the participants:
•A $500 incentive grant will be awarded to the GHD nonprofit that receives donations from the most ND cities.
•The donor who makes the single largest donation will be given the opportunity to select a GHD nonprofit to receive an additional $500 grant.
•The donor who contributes to the most nonprofits (i.e., one donor gives to 10 GHD nonprofits) will be given the opportunity to select a GHD nonprofit to receive an additional $500 grant.
•The GHD nonprofit that receives donations from the most donors (not dollar amount but single individual donors) will receive an additional $500 grant.
•The GHD nonprofit that receives donations from the most U.S. states will receive an additional $500 grant.
•The GHD nonprofit that uses the most creative and effective marketing strategy for GHD will receive an additional $500 grant.

Refund Policy

2011-01-04T17:11:38.000Z

As a Donor, you are responsible for ensuring that you have selected the correct organization to donate to and the correct intended amount to donate. Tax-deductible charitable contributions made on the impactgiveback website are irrevocable. If there are any extenuating circumstances, please contact the administrator at info@impactfdn.org or call 701-356-3130 immediately and your case will be reviewed individually.

If contributed funds have already been disbursed to the charity, it is your responsibility to contact the charity directly to request a refund.