Omaha Gives! Hits Donation Record While Celebrating 5 Years

A total 52,886 donations—a new record—were given to 923 nonprofits during the fifth annual Omaha Gives! (www.omahagives.org) on May 24. This year’s 24-hour online giving day, presented by American National Bank, raised $7.8 million from 18,767 donors.

Since its inception in 2013, the giving day has now raised more than $35 million from a cumulative 200,000 donations for nonprofit organizations throughout Douglas, Sarpy, and Pottawattamie Counties. Omaha Gives! has consistently ranked in the top seven giving days in the country since it began five years ago—an impressive feat for the region.

In addition to a record number of donations and donors, highlights of the giving day included $486,219 in matching challenge funds secured by individual nonprofit organizations, and nearly 400 community members utilizing personal cheer pages to engage their own social networks on behalf of favorite nonprofits. As in past years, donations were amplified throughout the day with 45 participation prizes awarded in amounts ranging from $1000 to $3000, and 48 hourly prizes of $535 each. Complete leaderboard results with the number of donors and donation totals for each organization can be found online at www.omahagives.org.