Generous Donors Make Richland Gives a Success
By Maura Teynor
December 2, 2022
Richland Gives, an online giving event hosted by the Richland County Foundation, raised $507,069 via 1,802 donors for 96 Richland County nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 2015, Richland Gives has raised $2,476,007.
Richland Gives is designed to encourage people to contribute to local nonprofits they care about through a single giving website. The foundation hosted the day to build capacity, grow philanthropy and make the community stronger. It allows local organizations to raise funds and awareness as well as cultivate new donors and reinvigorate lapsed donors.
The Foundation awarded $100,000 in grants as incentives during the giving event. The nonprofit organizations that had the most donors or raised the most dollars in the small, medium and large nonprofit categories were awarded $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second place, and $1,000 for third place. Nonprofits could win only one leaderboard prize.
The winners in the small nonprofit category for achieving the most donors were:
1 Visual Bucket List
2 Mansfield Richland Area Educational Foundation
3 Mid-Ohio Guardianship
The winners in the small nonprofit category for achieving the most dollars were:
1 Taking Root Farms
2 Love in the Name of Christ
3 Clear Fork Valley Foundation
The winners in the medium nonprofit category for achieving the most donors were:
1 Richland Pregnancy Services
2 Ohio Bird Sanctuary
3 Altrusa International, Mansfield
The winners in the medium nonprofit category for achieving the most dollars were:
1 Lucas Community Center
2 North Central Ohio Land Conservancy
3 North Central State College Foundation
The winners in the large nonprofit category for achieving the most donors were:
1 St. Peter’s Catholic School
2 Discovery School
3 Hospice of North Central Ohio
The winners in the large nonprofit category for achieving the most dollars were:
1 Renaissance Performing Arts
2 Friendly House
3 Salvation Army, Mansfield
The first 10 organizations to raise $10,000 via 10 donors were awarded a $1,000 grant prize:
St. Peter’s Catholic School
The Salvation Army, Mansfield
Lucas Community Center
North Central Ohio Land Conservancy
Renaissance Performing Arts
Discovery School
Taking Root Farms
Richland Pregnancy Services
North Central State College Foundation
Ohio Bird Sanctuary
The organizations awarded $500 grant prizes for raising either the most money or having the most donors during Golden Ticket hours and could win up to two prizes were:
Time for a Change Diaper Bank
Clear Fork Valley Foundation
Lucas Community Center (2 Golden Tickets)
Renaissance Performing Arts
Women’s Fund
Mansfield Playhouse
Visual Bucket List
Altrusa International, Mansfield
St. Peter’s Catholic School (2 Golden Tickets)
$2,000 Golden Ticket Winner Friendly House
Nine nonprofits were awarded $2,000 video grant prizes for their fundraising efforts during the 2021 #RichlandGives event:
St. Peter’s Catholic School
NECIC
Linden Road Presbyterian Church
Love in the Name of Christ
Kingwood Center Gardens
Mansfield Richland Area Educational Foundation
Mansfield Art Center
Pat Kracker Breast Cancer Fund
Starfish Project
Nonprofits that raised at least $1,000 between Nov. 14-28 were entered into a random pull prize for a chance to win a $250 grant prize:
Richland Pregnancy Services
OSU Mansfield
Richland Academy of the Arts
Mid-Ohio Guardianship
NECIC
Mansfield Noon Optimist Club
The New Store
Ohio Bird Sanctuary
Peer-to-peer fundraiser pages that raised at least $1,000 between Nov. 14 - 29 were entered into a random pull prize for a $750 grant prize:
Mansfield Community Playhouse Fundraiser set up by Grace Elizabeth Riegel
NPOs that set up matching grants and achieved a 100% match by donors and met the criteria for their NPO category were entered to win a $1,000 grant prize:
Small NPO
Taking Root Farms
Mansfield Richland Area Educational Foundation
Clear Fork Valley Foundation
Medium NPO
North Central Ohio Land Conservancy
The Best Looking #RichlandGives page as judged by Mighty Cause employees earned a $1,000 grant prize:
Taking Root Farms
NPOs that brought a poster to the Leader Board Watch Party were entered into a random pull to win a $250 grant prize:
Catalyst Life Services
A $500 grant prize was awarded by random pull for those who attended the educational webinars:
Idea Works
