Leaderboards & Prizes

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Prizes are funded by donations from our sponsors, generous local businesses and foundations. The prizes below are available to registered and eligible nonprofits participating in Coastside Gives 2025. To be eligible for any prize, organizations were required to raise at least $250 by midnight at the start of Gives Day and be compliant with State and Federal regulations. See 2025 Prize Grant Details for complete rules and disclosures. 

The final results for leaderboards & prizes will be announced at the Coastside Gives 2025 Wrap Party.

Most Dollars Raised Online Overall

1st: $3,000 | 2nd: $2,000 | 3rd: $1,000

Prize grants will be awarded to the top 3 nonprofits in each of the below categories that raise the most money online through the Coastside Gives website from early giving on April 1st through giving day on May 1, 2025. 

Small Nonprofits

Budget: <$50,000

# Participant Raised

Medium Nonprofits

Budget: $50,000 - $249,999

# Participant Raised

Large Nonprofits

Budget: $250,000+

# Participant Raised

Most Unique Online Donors Overall

1st: $700 | 2nd: $500 | 3rd: $300

Prize grants will be awarded to the top 3 nonprofits in each of the below categories with the highest number of unique donors on the Coastside Gives website from early giving on April 1st through giving day on May 1, 2025. 

Small Nonprofits

Budget: <$50,000

# Participant Donors

Medium Nonprofits

Budget: $50,000 - $249,999

# Participant Donors

Large Nonprofits

Budget: $250,000+

# Participant Donors

Most Dollars Raised Online During Early Giving

Prize grants will be awarded to the top nonprofit in each of the budget categories below that raise the most money from donors entered through the Coastside Gives website during early giving from April 1st through April 30th. $500 for first place in each category.

Early Giving: Small Nonprofits

Budget: <$50,000

# Participant Raised

Early Giving: Medium NPOs

Budget: $50,000 - $249,999

# Participant Raised

Early Giving: Large Nonprofits

Budget: $250,000+

# Participant Raised

Early Riser

Prize grants will be awarded to the top nonprofit in each budget size category that raises the most money entered through the Coastside Gives website on May 1st in the early riser time frame of 12:00 AM - 12:59 AM.

Early Riser

Value Title Winner

Night Owl

Prize grants will be awarded to the top nonprofit in each budget size category that raises the most money entered through the Coastside Gives website on May 1st in the night owl time frame of 11:00 PM - 11:59 PM.

Night Owl

Value Title Winner

Power Hours

Prize grants will be awarded each hour from 8:00 AM through 5:59 PM on May 1st, 2025. Participating nonprofits can win a limit of one power hour prize grant on Gives Day.

  • Half Moon Bay Brewing Co Power Hour: Awarded to the top small nonprofit with the highest number of unique donors during this hour. 
  • Kampe Foundation Power Hour: Awarded to the top medium nonprofit with the highest number of unique donors during this hour. 
  • Joseph Cotchett Foundation Power Hour: Awarded to the top large nonprofit with the highest number of unique donors during this hour. 
  • Kirby Foundation "Yes You Can!" Power Hour: Awarded to the top nonprofit in each budget category with the highest number of unique donors during this hour. Only nonprofits who have NEVER won a Power Hour over the last 5 years of Coastside Gives are eligible for this Power Hour.
  • Most Unique Donors Power Hour: These prize grants will be awarded to the top nonprofit with the highest number of unique donors during this hour, regardless of nonprofit budget size. 

Power Hours

Value Title Winner

On the Map

One prize grant for $500 will be awarded to the organization who receives donations entered through the Coastside Gives website from the highest number of different states in the United States. Each state will be counted only once.

Challenge period: April 1st - May 1st.

On the Map

Value Title Winner

Most Donors via Campaign Fundraisers

Prize grants will be awarded to the top nonprofit in each budget size category with the most unique donors on the Coastside Gives website from April 1st to May 1st through Fundraising Campaigns (Individual, Team, Event, and/or Peer-to-Peer (donor initiated) fundraisers).

Most Donors via Campaign Fundraisers

Value Title Winner

Surpass the Past

Prize grants will be awarded to the top nonprofit in each size budget category based on a random drawing of all nonprofits that exceed the amount of money raised in 2024. Open to only nonprofits who participated in 2024. 

Surpass the Past

Value Title Winner

New Participant

A prize grant of $500 will be awarded to the new participating nonprofit that receives the highest number of unique donors entered through the Coastside Gives website through early giving and giving day. 

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New Participants

# Participant Donors

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Golden Tickets

Twenty Four $200 Golden Tickets drawn on Gives Day.

Golden Tickets

Value Title Winner

Social Media Challenges

Instagram Reel Challenge

$100 prize grants will be awarded for each nonprofit that posts at least one 15-second reel about their campaign and/or Coastside Gives on their Instagram account. 

Only original content/images posted to Instagram between April 1st and  May 1st at midnight will be counted. Please review the 2025 Coastside Gives Prize Details for a full list of challenge requirements.

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  • AAUW-Half Moon Bay
  • Ayudando Latinos A Soñar
  • Beach Break Entertainment
  • Boys And Girls Club Of The Coastside
  • Cabrillo Education Foundation
  • Coastal Repertory Theatre Inc
  • Coastside Adult Day Health Center
  • Coastside CERT
  • Coastside Community Breakfast
  • Coastside Hope
  • Coastside On Bikes
  • Coastside Pride Chorus
  • Coastside State Parks Association
  • Coastside Women's Club
  • Cunha Athletic Boosters
  • El Granada Elementary PTO
  • Friends Of Half Moon Bay Parks And Recreation
  • Golden Ticket Award
  • Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee

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  • Half Moon Bay Girls Softball Inc.
  • Half Moon Bay High School PTO
  • Half Moon Bay Pirates
  • Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company
  • Half Moon Bay-Kariwa Sister City Association, Inc.
  • HMB Boosters Athletic Corp
  • Hatch Elementary PTO
  • Hope Services
  • I D E S Society - of Half Moon Bay
  • Johnston House Foundation, Inc.
  • Kings Mountain Associated Parents
  • Muchia Té Indigenous Land Trust
  • Pacific Beach Coalition
  • Pescadero Education Foundation
  • Pie Ranch
  • Puente De La Costa Sur
  • San Mateo County Search and Rescue
  • Sea Hugger
  • Senior Coastsiders
  • Sonrisas Dental Health
  • Spanish Immersion Parent Association of CUSD
  • Village of the Coastside
  • Wilkinson School

Instagram Photo Challenge

$500 prize grants will be awarded for each nonprofit that posts photos of all public sponsors on their Instagram account.

Only original content/images posted to Instagram between April 1st and  May 1st at midnight will be counted. Please review the 2025 Coastside Gives Prize Details for a full list of challenge requirements.

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  • AAUW-Half Moon Bay
  • Beach Break Entertainment
  • Boys And Girls Club Of The Coastside
  • Cabrillo Education Foundation
  • Coastside Adult Day Health Center
  • Coastside CERT
  • Coastside Community Breakfast
  • Coastside Hope
  • Coastside On Bikes
  • Coastside State Parks Association
  • Coastside Women's Club
  • Cunha Athletic Boosters
  • Cunha Intermediate School- Parent Teacher Organization
  • El Granada Elementary PTO
  • Elkus Ranch/ UC ANR
  • Friends Of Half Moon Bay Parks And Recreation
  • Golden Ticket Award

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  • Half Moon Bay Beautification Committee
  • Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company
  • Half Moon Bay-Kariwa Sister City Association, INC.
  • Hatch Elementary PTO
  • I D E S Society - of Half Moon Bay
  • Johnston House Foundation, Inc.
  • Kings Mountain Associated Parents
  • La Honda Fire Brigade
  • Main Street Scholars
  • Muchia Té Indigenous Land Trust
  • Pescadero Education Foundation
  • Pie Ranch
  • Rotary Club Of Half Moon Bay Foundation
  • San Mateo County Large Animal Evacuation Group
  • San Mateo County Search and Rescue
  • SC4ARC Amateur Radio Club
  • Senior Coastsiders
  • Sonrisas Dental Health
  • Spanish Immersion Parent Association of CUSD
  • Village of the Coastside
  • Wilkinson School

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"They Reel-y Like Us" Challenge

$250 prize grants will be awarded to the top three nonprofits in each budget category that garner the most likes on a posted Instagram reel through May 1, 2025. 

Small Nonprofits

Value Title Winner

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Medium Nonprofits

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Large Nonprofits

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