In order to participate in Great Give Day, organizations must agree to the following information set forth by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque:

1. Participating organizations must meet and agree to the established eligibility guidelines.
   1. Organizations must hold an endowed fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, or one of its affiliate foundations.
   2. One organization per tax identification number is eligible to participate.
   3. The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque has final discretion in approving organizations for participation.

Restricting funds:

• Example: A public school receives donations through a foundation. The public school’s foundation may have a profile. Donors cannot designate or restrict their donations to a particular school within that system.
  1. CFGD is assessing NO fees itself to provide this program to the applicant organization.
  2. CFGD is using MightyCause as its technology partner for the Great Give Day program. MightyCause is a recognized technology leader for incentive-based fundraising programs. There will be a third-party fee per transaction as well as a credit card fee. Credit card transactions are secure, backed by a PCI Level 1 secure service provider certification.
  3. Great Give Day is an online only fundraising program. In order for donations to be counted for the program, donations MUST be made through the www.greatgiveday.org website to the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and designated to the applicant organization by scheduling a donation in the time allotted in advance of the event, or between the hours of 12:00am and 11:59pm on May 21, 2025. 
  4. Participating organizations should promote the event to their donors through methods of their choosing and may take advantage of the CFGD’s promotional and marketing materials made available. Any paid promotional methods utilized by the participating organization are solely at participating organization’s discretion and expense. 
  5. CFGD will promote Great Give Day through its media partners and various websites, and will provide social media marketing kits and training to participating organizations. Participating organizations will each get a customized organization donation page with a personalized link. The participating organization is responsible for providing organizational information, logo and images for use on personal donation page. Applicant organization is responsible for cultivating donors through Great Give Day. CFGD will provide training and materials, but will not recruit donors on behalf of the organization.
  6. CFGD will provide participating organizations payment in the amount of total donations received on behalf of participating organization net credit card transaction and processing fees, plus applicant organization’s share of prize dollars. 
  7. Each participating organization will have access to their donor list, which includes contact and amount information for their specific donors. Donor information is never sold to a third party. The CFGD reserves the right to communicate with donors for the purposes of user surveys, newsletters, and philanthropic education and information. 
  8. Each gift processed through Great Give Day is 100% tax deductible. No goods or services may be exchanged for donations or as payment for “quid pro quo” items such as:
     1. Memberships, dinners or any other activity that provides benefit to the donor
     2. Tickets to events
     3. Charitable auction purchases
     4. Raffle tickets
     5. Gift items
  9. Participating organizations will not solicit donations through Great Give Day for such purposes as:
     1. Memberships, dinners, or any other activity that provides benefit to the donor
     2. Legally binding pledges (The IRS takes the position that paying a legal pledge to which you personally obligate yourself privately benefits you by relieving you of your debt to charity.)
     3. Support of a political campaign
  10. Participating organizations certify that, to the best of their knowledge, all information entered into its Great Give Day profile on www.greatgiveday.org is accurate and up-to-date.
  11. Participating organizations agree to notify the CFGD as soon as possible should the organization cease or substantially reduce its operations or should the Internal Revenue Service to propose to revoke its Section 501c3 status.
  12. CFGD may remove a participating organization’s profile from www.greatgiveday.org in its sole discretion at any time.
  13. Participating organizations are expected to take part in all applicable training sessions coordinated by CFGD. Due to a large volume of requests, we ask that you review all training and support materials prior to communicating with staff at CFGD.

As the appointed representative, I hereby release the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and its affiliates, officers, board, and employees, jointly and severally, from any claims for any loss or damage sustained while participating in Great Give Day This disclaimer extends, applies to, and also covers and includes all unknown, unforeseen, unanticipated and unsuspected injuries, damages, losses and liability and the consequences thereof, as well as those now disclosed and known to exist. The provisions of any state, federal, local or territorial law that release such party from liability shall not extend or apply to claims, demands or damages which are unknown or unsuspected to exist at this time to the person executing such release. This authority also extends to coordination of participation efforts and use of public content from this organization’s websites for marketing purposes. It is further understood and agreed that said participation in Great Give Day is not to be construed as an admission of any liability and/or acceptance of assumption of responsibility by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and its affiliates, officers, board, and employees, jointly and severally, or for any damages and expenses for which the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and its affiliates, officers, board, and employees become liable as a result of any alleged act of a Great Give Day participant.