Giving begins April 12 - Are you ready?
Here's a rundown of important activities and dates for you to know!

Looking for yard signs, t-shirts and Spring2ACTion swag? Stop by the ACT offices (201 N. Union Street, Suite 110) for Materials Pick Up on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 10am-4pm.

Planning to host an event on April 26 or leading up to the big day? Enter your event on our Spring2ACTion calendar - this site will be shared with donors, media and others! 

Be sure to check out the ad promotions in the local newspapers - Alexandria Gazette Packet and Alexandria Times, past newsletters and graphics and downloadables in the Nonprofit Toolkit.

Some FAQs

Need more technical assistance? Use the Blue Chat Bubble (on the bottom right corner) to reach the GiveGab team

Upcoming Spring2ACTion Dates: 
  • Now - April 20 (Tuesdays and Thursdays): Materials Pick Up at ACT Office between 10am-4pm
  • April 12 - 25: Early Giving (donations can be made during this time and count towards Spring2ACTion totals)
  • April 26: Spring2ACTion Day
Prize Details
Thanks to our incredibly generous sponsors, we are able to award more than $20,000 in prizes!

Leaderboard Prizes (King Street Wireless & Madigan | Schuler) - all awarded to organizations with the most donors, broken down by organization budget size
  • Small (under $100K)
  • Medium ($100K - $IM)
  • Large ($1M+)
  • Free Agent Fundraisers

Early Giving (Wegmans) - $500 - most dollars and most donors between April 12 - 25 and midnight - 8am on April 26

Power Hours (Seward Group) - $500 - most dollars and most donors between the following hours:
  • 11am - noon
  • 3pm - 4pm
  • 7pm - 8pm
  • 10pm - 11pm

ACTion Hero (BASH & Washington Gas) - $100 - randomly drawn throughout April 26

Free Agent Fundraiser Challenge (Community Sponsors) - $500 (see below)

Donor Prize Goals (Community Sponsors) - Prizes will be awarded to randomly drawn organizations based on operating budgets (Small - under $100K, Medium - $100K-$500K, Large - $500K+) that meet the following thresholds on April 26:
• 25 donors by 10am - $250 prize
• 50 donors by 10pm - $500 prize

Rules:
Only online donations made on the GiveGab platform during Spring2ACTion on April 26, 2023 and during early giving (April 12-25) will be considered for prizes. All prizes winners are subject to verification.

Organizations are only eligible to win one leaderboard prize, one early giving prize, one power hour prize, and one randomly drawn prize. If your organization qualified for more than one leaderboard prize, ACT for Alexandria will refer to your highest-ranking placement for final winner standings. Tie-breakers: if there is a tie for any time period for total number of unique donors, the prize will go to the organization with the highest average donation during that time period.

A unique donor is defined by their email address.

Past Winners:
Some have inquired about how many donors and dollars were raised in 2022 to prepare their prize strategy.
  • Early Giving Donors - 111, Early Giving Dollars - $25,565
  • Power Hours ranged from 36 - 165 donors and $7,068 - $11,760 dollars depending on the hour.
Anything can happen!
Free Agent Fundraiser $500 Challenge Winner
And the winner is...
Titan Robotics!

Congratulations to the Titan Robotics FRC 5587 Team and Malena Walker for creating a FAF page.

Malena writes, "Hi! My name is Malena Walker and I am the Safety Lead for Titan Robotics! For the past two years, being a part of this team has provided me with so many opportunities to learn, teach, and grow as a person.

For example, over the past season I was able to work with a team of presenters to compete for the most prestigious award in FIRST, the Impact Award, and as a team we were able to win on both a local and regional level, and progress to the World Championships in Houston, Texas. The work that we do that allowed us to win such an award comes down to our community outreach and our no-cuts no-fees policies, both of which allow us to be an inclusive space for all students.

Any and all contributions made to our team will go towards helping us spread our love of STEM to youth in our community and beyond through the creation of new robotics teams, summer camps, health sciences clubs, and more!"

There's still time to recruit Free Agent Fundraisers to join your team.
Spring2ACTion Sponsors
ACT Annual Partners
Questions about Spring2ACTion? Contact Brandi Yee at brandi.yee@actforalexandria.org