Big Day of Giving: Sacramento region’s 24-hour charity drive raises $13.1M, sets milestone

The Big Day of Giving raised more than $13 million with its 12th annual 24-hour charity drive for Sacramento-area nonprofit organizations Thursday.

According to the organizers, the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, the event had raised $13,151,710 from 28,366 people donating to 826 organizations across California’s capital region.

Last year, more than 31,000 donors gave close to $13.8 million to more than 750 nonprofits.

While it was the first year that the event did not surpass its previous year’s donations, the foundation said it hit a major milestone: Since its 2013 inception, the foundation’s drive has raised over $100 million to support capital region charities.

Here are the leaderboards, which the foundation said were still being finalized Friday morning.

Extra-large nonprofits

Operating budgets over $5 million

1. Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services: 1,138 1,154 donations totaling $249,682.
2. Sacramento SPCA: 927 donations totaling $216,799.
3. Volunteers of America: 59 donations totaling $203,034.
4. ACC Senior Services: 436 donations totaling $184,378.
5. Sacramento Children’s Home: 365 donations totaling $174,021.
6. Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento: 285 donations totaling $143,769.
7. PBS KVIE: 635 donations totaling $104,994.
8. Sacramento Zoological Society: 454 donations totaling $96,238.
9. Shriners Children’s Northern California: 336 donations totaling $82,677.
10. Meals on Wheels by ACC: 438 donations totaling $76,246.
11. Stanford Sierra Youth & Families: 69 donations totaling $56,447.
12. The Michael Ziegler PRIDE Industries Foundation: 78 donations totaling $53,573.
13. Placer Food Bank: 349 donations totaling $45,459.
14. Planned Parenthood Mar Monte: 262 donations totaling $43,111.
15. UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden: 110 donations totaling $36,869.
16. UCP of Sacramento and Northern California: 63 donations totaling $22,501.
17. World Relief Sacramento: 47 donations totaling $21,192.
18. Hope Cooperative: 79 donations totaling $16,368.
19. La Familia Counseling Center, Inc.: 104 donations totaling $13,912.
20. California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation: 48 donations totaling $11,869.

Large nonprofits

Budgets between $500,000 and $5 million

1. Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera: 124 donations totaling $327,081.
2. The Salvation Army of Sacramento: 157 donations totaling $313,794.
3. Placer Land Trust: 475 donations totaling $192,603.
4. Sacramento Loaves & Fishes: 430 donations totaling $162,668.
5. Yolo Food Bank: 540 donations totaling $142,492.
6. Gold Country Wildlife Rescue: 385 donations totaling $128,234.
7. Women’s Empowerment: 201 donations totaling $114,489.
8. Meals on Wheels Yolo County: 410 donations totaling $112,583.
9. Placer SPCA: 316 donations totaling $102,182.
10. The Sofia, Home of B Street Theatre: 339 donations totaling $102,041.
11. California Native Plant Society: 444 donations totaling $99,518.
12. Crocker Art Museum: 303 donations totaling $92,570.
13. CapRadio: 608 donations totaling $92,301.
14. Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS): 446 donations totaling $87,264.
15. Yolo Crisis Nursery: 173 donations totaling $82,959.
16. River City Food Bank: 282 donations totaling $82,059.
17. Society for the Blind: 112 donations totaling $80,787.
18. CASA Sacramento: 308 donations totaling $78,901.
19. Center for Land-Based Learning: 217 donations totaling $75,535.
20. Broadway Sacramento: 226 donations totaling $71,813.

Medium nonprofits

Budgets between $100,000 and $500,000

1. First Tee - Greater Sacramento: 372 donations totaling $154,630.
2. Friends of Front Street Animal Shelter: 1,148 1,163 donations totaling $123,880.
   
   
3. Sacramento Splash: 419 donations totaling $117,345.
4. Friends of the Sacramento Public Library: 492 donations totaling $96,947.
5. Verge Center for the Arts: 134 donations totaling $92,422.
6. Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra: 64 donations totaling $87,177.
7. Kiwanis Family House: 135 donations totaling $72,390.
8. Twin Lakes Food Bank: 157 donations totaling $72,268.
9. Happy Tails Pet Sanctuary: 349 donations totaling $65,556.
10. Hands4Hope - Youth Making A Difference: 253 donations totaling $64,311.
11. Folsom Lake Symphony: 87 donations totaling $63,152.
12. Roseville Theatre Arts Academy: 242 donations totaling $61,560.
13. Elk Grove Food Bank Services: 202 donations totaling $60,239.
14. Auburn State Theatre: 107 donations totaling $58,646.
15. The GreenHouse: 96 donations totaling $55,219.
16. FieldHaven Feline Center: 408 donations totaling $54,440.
17. Wellness Within: 103 donations totaling $52,366.
18. Runnin’ for Rhett: 309 donations totaling $45,849.
19. Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Sacramento Area: 77 donations totaling $45,384.
20. Auburn Symphony: 88 donations totaling $43,545.

Small nonprofits

Budgets under $100,000

1. Parkinson Association of Northern California: 162 donations totaling $70,040.
2. Divine Mercy Human Development Foundation: 195 donations totaling $63,296.
3. Lincoln Hills Foundation: 154 donations totaling $56,260.
4. TEAM Bradshaw: 356 donations totaling $43,951.
5. Yolo Community Foundation: 92 donations totaling $41,950.
6. Yolo County SPCA: 178 donations totaling $40,969.
7. Girls on the Run of Greater Sacramento: 243 donations totaling $40,304.
8. Cool Davis: 159 donations totaling $39,741.
9. Sisters of Nia, Inc.: 434 donations totaling $37,609.
10. HART of Folsom: 63 donations totaling $37,324.
11. Folsom’s Hope: 28 donations totaling $35,413.
12. Winters Museum: 64 donations totaling $34,149.
13. Davis Schools Foundation: 100 donations totaling $32,408.
14. Project Lifelong: 149 donations totaling $30,495.
15. Friends for Survival, Inc.: 165 donations totaling $27,216.
16. Friends of the Folsom Zoo Sanctuary: 123 donations totaling $26,255.
17. Fat Kitty City Humane Society: 242 donations totaling $25,809.
18. El Dorado Hills Area Foundation: 36 donations totaling $25,054.
19. Acme Theatre Company: 143 donations totaling $24,660.
20. Sacramento Master Singers: 93 donations totaling $24,496.

The event started as the Arts Day of Giving in 2013 and raised $500,000 for arts nonprofits before broadening its reach the following year. The Big Day of Giving thrived in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, which introduced financial hardships for a number of different types of nonprofits.

This story was originally published May 2, 2024 at 8:27 AM.