Every CV Giving Day, on the record
Results
$3,096,486 raised for Coachella Valley nonprofits since 2023.
Figures are the campaign totals reported by Desert Community Foundation at the close of each year. $100,000 of that was prize money, awarded directly to participating organizations.
Year by year
$1,008,700
173 participating nonprofits
1,395 donors · 1,797 donations
First million-dollar year.
$832,786
192 participating nonprofits
CV Giving Day attributes the year-on-year fall to the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, which drew Southern California giving toward fire relief.
$886,000
203 participating nonprofits
$369,000
160 participating nonprofits
Prizes awarded in 2026
28 prizes, $100,000 in total, every one of them awarded by random draw among eligible organizations rather than by leaderboard position. A small nonprofit has the same chance as a large one, which is the point.
Kickoff Random Draw
$10,000 — 2 × $5,000
Attend the kickoff.
Large Donation Match
$10,000 — 10 × $1,000
Raise at least $1,000 and receive 10 or more unique donors during early giving. Online donations only. Winners drawn at random from those eligible. Funded by Desert Community Foundation and California Bank & Trust.
- Shelter From The Storm, Inc.
- Reynaldo J Carreon MD Foundation
- MODERN MEN Coachella Valley Men's Chorus
- Soroptimist International of Palm Desert
- Martha's Village & Kitchen
- Jewish Family Service of the Desert
- Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation
- Palm Springs Gay Men's Chorus
- About Families
- Greater Palm Springs Tourism Foundation
CV Giving Day Random Draw
$80,000 — 16 × $5,000
Drawn at random at the conclusion of CV Giving Day. Funded by Desert Community Foundation, California Bank & Trust, and RAP Foundation / NPO Centric.
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Desert
- RB House Of Love
- Desert Paws Sanctuary
- Shelter From The Storm, Inc.
- The True League Foundation
- IYCCV
- Voices for Children
- United Cerebral Palsy of the Inland Empire
- Food Now
- Jewish Family Service of the Desert
- About Families
- Cathedral City Senior Center
- Coachella Valley Rescue Mission
- Desert Cancer Foundation
- Galilee Center
- 29-PSP
About these figures
Campaign totals come from Desert Community Foundation’s own reporting for each year; the 2026 donor count is the platform-deduplicated figure covering online and offline gifts. Prize winners are as published on the CV Giving Day prize standings. Organizations named here link to their verified profile on this site. Nothing on this page is estimated.