Online Donations to Redmond Nonprofits Get Added Match from Seattle Foundation on May 2

For 24 hours this Wednesday, May 2, you can make a donation to several Redmond nonprofits and a portion of your donation will be matched by the Seattle Foundation.

This is the second year that the Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG online campaign has aimed to help King County nonprofit organizations raise funds and gain publicity, according to a foundation news release (Read it here).

The idea's a simple one: make a donation to an organization that you support through the Seattle Foundation's dedicated web interface.

A share of your contribution is then matched with a 'stretch pool' of funds provided by the Foundation, local companies and individuals. According to The Seattle Times (read story here), if an organization earns 3 percent of total donated funds, it would receive 3 percent of the matching money in the stretch pool.

Several Redmond-based nonprofits, including Hopelink, Motley Zoo Animal Rescue and Together Center, are listed as organizations in this year's campaign. Click here to see a full list or search for your favorite nonprofit.

In 2011, the event raised a total of $3.6 million from 19,000 individual donations ranging from $5 to $60,000 that leveraged a $500,000 stretch pool. The GiveBIG effort was named Best Use of Social Media for 2011 by Seattle Magazine.

New this year is the chance to make a donation with your smart phone through The Seattle Foundation's mobile website.

GiveBIG takes place Wednesday, May 2 frond 12:01 a.m. until midnight. Credit card donations made during this time will be counted as GiveBIG donations and used to calculate distribution of the stretch pool.

GiveBIG is presented by The Seattle Foundation and Lead Sponsors Bezos Family Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Seattle International Foundation and Seattle Sounders FC.