Give Miami Day starts at midnight! Here are 5 ways to make the most of your giving
A record 800+ local nonprofits are counting on you to make this the biggest Give Miami Day yet! This year,
a new website makes it easier to champion your favorite causes. Make the most of your giving with these tips:
Donate to your cause: Explore the 800+ nonprofits, and plan to make a gift starting at midnight.
Discover a new cause: Look for suggested nonprofits to support based on your giving.
Support ALL causes: Give to the Bonus Pool, which benefits all participating organizations.
Create a donor profile: Set up your profile, store payment details and save your favorite nonprofits.
Time your giving: Mark your calendar for Prizes throughout the day - and stretch your dollars further!
Pictured: A Give Miami Day 2018 party hosted by Touching Miami With Love, a 2019 participant.
Give Miami Day is generously supported by:
Nominate a donor for the 2020 Emerging Philanthropist Award
The Emerging Philanthropist Award annually recognizes a donor between the ages of 18 and 40 who uses charitable giving to impact a local cause and inspire others to give. In 2019, we honored Kara Zeder Rosen, board chair of Kristi House.
Nominations for the 2020 award are due by December 6th.
Pictured: Kara Zeder Rosen, board chair of Kristi House, a Give Miami Day 2019 participating nonprofit, accepts her award at the 2019 Philanthropy Miami Donor Next Door Luncheon.
Community Investment
Pérez CreARTE Grants Program awards $2 million for the arts
The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundationat The Miami Foundation launched the
Pérez CreARTE Grants Program to help local arts and culture organizations scale impact. Last week, the family announced $2 million in grants to
23 nonprofits for fellowships, spaces for creation and arts education and access at the new El Espacio 23.
Pictured: The Pérez family with the CreARTE Grants Program inaugural recipients, many of which are participating in this year's Give Miami Day.
Local nonprofits gear up for census outreach efforts - you can help on Give Miami Day
The U.S. Census takes place in April 2020. The 29 local nonprofits which received
Miami-Dade Counts 2020 grants are leading outreach efforts to ensure every Miamian is counted. With many of the organizations participating in this year's
Give Miami Day, you'll have an opportunity to join in this important work.
Pictured: Local U.S. Census Bureau representatives carried out 2010 Census outreach efforts in Miami; photo credit: Jeff Greenberg/Getty Images via Vox.
Civic Leadership
How one nonprofit is redesigning Miami-Dade's bus system - with your input
Local nonprofit
Transit Alliance Miami advocates for improved public transit, including making Miami-Dade's bus system more useful for more people. Called the
Better Bus Project, the effort is driven by community input. A
rider survey (still open) informed the
two concepts presented to the Board of County Commissioners in September; commissioners will vote on it in early 2020. The Miami Foundation
weighed in with this letter.
Pictured: Give Miami Day participant Transit Alliance Miami held 21 portable workshops at bus terminals and train stations across Miami-Dade to inform the Better Bus Project. You can add your voice with this survey.
We're always looking for people and organizations that do great work in our community. If you have a story or know one we should highlight, email Ana Mantica.
