2025 Prize Grants
Questions about Prize Grants, please see the following links:
- Coastside Gives 2025 Prize Grant Details
- Coastside Gives 2025 Prize Grant Presentation
- Coastside Gives 2025 Social Media Checklist
2025 Power Hours
Power Hours are prize grants that provide opportunities for nonprofits to add to their success on Gives Day. They are preselected time slots on where a prize grant is awarded to the organization that has the most unique donors during that hour.
Questions? Please review 2025 Power Hours.
New: Materials Library
Keep scrolling down to check out valuable resources to help you get started! Or, click the Training & Materials Library button to find a comprehensive collection of webinar recordings, slide decks, and other key documents designed to support your 2025 fundraising efforts. Whether you're looking to revisit a past session or explore new content, our library is your go-to destination for all the training materials you need!
2025 Coastside Gives Dates
| Registration Opens | Monday, January 6 |
| Introduction to Coastside Gives | Tuesday, January 14 |
| Nonprofit Registration Closes | Friday, January 31 |
| Mandatory Kickoff Meeting | Tuesday, February 4 |
| Giving Guide Write-Up Due | Tuesday, February 18 |
| Tips & Tricks Panel | Tuesday, February 25 |
| Mandatory Prize Meeting | Tuesday, March 18 |
| Early Giving Begins | Tuesday, April 1 |
| Coastside Gives Day | Thursday, May 1 - KHMB Radio Sign Up - New Leaf Table Sign Up |
| Wrap Party | Friday, May 2 RSVP |
Resources for Participating Organizations
Getting Started For New Nonprofits
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1. Register to participate
Organizations are required to register to participate in Coastside Gives 2025. Visit the registration page between Thursday, January 2 and Friday, January 31 to register. After completing the brief registration form your organization will be placed in a pending status as the Coastside Gives team determines your eligibility.
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2. Access your organization page
Click Log In at the top right of the coastsidegives.org website to log in to your admin account. Log in with your email. Click your user icon at the top right to show a dropdown menu. Click your organization name. This will bring you to your organization overview page.
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3. Share your organization page
Head to your organization page on Coastside Gives. Once on your page, copy the URL link in your browser. Share this link with your supporters to bring them to your organization page. From here, supporters can read more about your organization, donate, or set up a peer-to-peer fundraising page.
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4. Link your donate form
Head to your organization page and click "donate." This will pull up your donation form. You can then copy this URL link in your browser. This is good to use in emails and newsletters. You can also swap in your donate link in place of any donate buttons on external websites you may have.
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Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
Peer-to-peer fundraising is a great way to mobilize your most passionate supporters. These supporters create their own fundraising page to share with their network to expand the reach of your organization and bring in new donors and gifts. Think of it this way:
- We, the Mavericks Community Foundation, promote the Coastside Gives campaign to the community.
- You, the participating organization, promote your organization page to your contacts.
- And your supporters, by hosting peer-to-peer fundraising campaigns, promote your organization page to their peers (hence the name peer-to-peer).
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As an organization administrator, your job is to steward your fundraisers and make the idea / process of peer-to-peer fundraising fun for your supporters. Set your fundraisers up for success by:
- Starting early: Now is the time to start identifying your potential peer-to-peer fundraisers and developing an outreach strategy to ask for their support.
- Being informative: We encourage you to consider your organization’s goal for Coastside Gives, and determine how much of that goal could be reasonably attained with the help of your peer-to-peer fundraisers. Make sure your peer-to-peer fundraisers know exactly what you’re expecting of them so they can help you reach your goals!
- Making it easy: Provide your peer-to-peer fundraisers with the resources they need to be successful.
- You can start by creating a fundraising template which means your peer-to-peer fundraisers don’t have to start from scratch with their fundraising pages!
- Be sure to share the Peer-to-Peer fundraising toolkit with your interested supporters! This toolkit provides them with a detailed walkthrough of the peer-to-peer fundraising feature on Mightycause including how to sign up, build, and share their fundraising page.
Additional Resources
Mightycause has a full library of support articles, video walkthroughs and tools to assist you as you get ready for Coastside Gives.
Looking for something more general, or a deep-dive on a perennial topic like how to engage your board, peer-to-peer fundraising, or general nonprofit fundraising? Check out our Resource Library! We've got everything you need to run a great campaign, a full catalog of webinar content, and more!
CONTACT US
Coastside Gives (Mavericks Community Foundation)
Email: coordinator@maverickscommunityfoundation.org
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