Nonprofit FAQ

Blue Grass Community Foundation and Smiley Pete Publishing will host the Good Giving Challenge beginning at 9am Tuesday, November 29, and ending Friday, December 1 at 11:59pm. This event encourages charitable donations to participating nonprofit organizations through our online giving platform BGgives.org, hosted by Neon One.

Blue Grass Community Foundation will provide toolkits, training sessions, outreach support, mass media, and social media coverage as well as Challenge grants and match prizes to make it easy for all nonprofits to participate. Each participating organization will have an individualized web page to promote its cause.

Individuals can donate money to the nonprofit organizations of their choice starting November 28 at 9am. All donations are tax-deductible and irrevocable. Donors will receive a receipt for their gift via email. The nonprofit will receive contact information for each donor unless the donor elects to remain anonymous.

Registration for the 2023 GoodGiving Challenge is open from June 1 - September 1. Click LOGIN in the upper right corner of BGgives.org to initiate the registration process. Click here to add your email address to our registration mailing list.

The minimum donation for the GoodGiving Challenge is $10. There is no maximum donation limit for the GoodGiving Challenge.

Organizations in the Challenge can track donations in real-time by logging in to their Neon Giving Days account. Nonprofits can download a detailed donation report at any time through their account to thank and follow up with individual donors and tabulate donation value and the number of donors. The file can be used in Excel and is widely compatible with other spreadsheet applications.

Yes - this site is mobile-friendly! Simply visit BGgives.org on your smartphone to browse all the amazing nonprofits participating.

Checks including funds raised, plus match dollars and any prizes won, will be mailed to nonprofits in January.

In order to participate in the GoodGiving Challenge, organizations must satisfy the following requirements:

Organizations must be registered and in good standing as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization according to the Internal Revenue Code, or must be a charitable program that is fiscally sponsored by such an organization.

Organizations must have a Gold Seal of Transparency on GuideStar.org.

Institutions of faith may only participate if fundraising for non-secular charitable programming, such as a food pantry that is operated from the organization. Educational programs operated within a religious institution, such as a parochial school, may participate so long as funding is for educational and/or purposes.

Organizations may not participate if they are identified by the Horizon Forum Hate Screen as participating in hateful activities.

Organizations must be physically located within the Community Foundation's service area counties, listed below. Please note, a post office box does not constitute a physical location for Challenge participation requirements.

• Anderson
• Bath
• Bourbon
• Boyle
• Clark
• Fayette
• Franklin
• Harrison
• Jessamine
• Madison
• Magoffin
• Montgomery
• Morgan
• Rowan
• Scott
• Woodford

All donations will be assessed a STRIPE prosessing fee of 5.3%. However, donors may elect to "OPT-IN" to cover fees during checkout.

Blue Grass Community Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and does not financially benefit from the Challenge.

There is no maximum amount an organization may receive for the GoodGiving Challenge.

No. Donations made through the GoodGiving Challenge will receive charitable receipts from the GoodGiving Challenge. However, we do encourage you to send a thank you note to your donors letting them know how awesome they are!

Checks including funds raised, plus match dollars and any prizes won, will be mailed to nonprofits in January 2024.