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

CV Giving Day 2026

$1,008,700

173 participating nonprofits
1,395 donors · 1,797 donations

First million-dollar year.

CV Giving Day 2025

$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.

CV Giving Day 2024

$886,000

203 participating nonprofits

CV Giving Day 2023

$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.

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.

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.

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