You can win BIG this Arizona Gives Day!

Q: "But there are so many nonprofits, how could we win a cash prize?"

A: There are so many opportunities to win a cash prize, including random drawings, everyone has a chance!

Arizona Gives Day 2026 Incentive Prize Pool $145,500

Reminder: Nonprofits are eligible to win only ONE pre-event prize and ONE event prize per organization.

ALL prizes are PRELIMINARY until verification occurs by AZIFG.

FINAL winners will be announced no later than May 1, 2026.

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Prizes

Registration and Pre-Event Prizes (5 = $2,500)

Arizona Gives Day 2026 is rolling out five early-registration and pre-event opportunities designed to reward preparedness, participation, and momentum-building! Each prize has a firm deadline and clear eligibility requirements and all of them provide a chance to score extra cash for your mission.

General Eligibility Rule: Organizations may win only ONE pre-event prize across all pre-event prizes. If an organization is selected as a winner in any drawing, it will be removed from eligibility for all subsequent pre-event drawings. 

Winners will be notified of disbursement dates after they are announced. All participants must be using the Arizona Gives platform to be eligible for any prizes and only donation transactions processed through the platform are considered in prize pool calculations. 

1. Super Early Birds – $500 Prize

All organizations with approved 2026 Giving Day registrations completed before January 1, 2026, will be entered into the Super Early Bird drawing. 

2. Early Birds – $500 Prize

The second chance to get ahead. Organizations with approved registrations before January 12, 2026, will be entered into the Early Bird drawing. 

3. EFT Setup – $500 Prize

Save on fees—and enter to win. All approved organizations that complete their EFT setup before February 16, 2026, will be entered into the EFT drawing. 

4. Thank You Page – $500 Prize

Prepare your gratitude early. Organizations that customize their Arizona Gives “Thank You” page with a special message from the organization before March 16, 2026, will be entered into the Thank You Page drawing.

5. Early Giving – $500 Prize

Kickstart your fundraising momentum. Any organization that earns at least $50 in online donations through the Arizona Gives platform during Early Giving (March 17–April 6, 2026) will be entered into the Early Giving drawing.

Gives Day Leaders – AZ Impact for Good Members (20 prizes = $32,500) 

Gives Day Leaders – Non-Member Participants (20 prizes = $15,500)

Most Dollars by Size Category.

Arizona Gives Day 2026 will have five prize categories based on annual revenue size and total dollars raised March 17-April 7.  A separate category will be available to AZ Impact for Good (AZIFG) Members only. An organization’s annual revenue and membership status will be confirmed before awarding any prizes. 

• Micro – Defined as organizations with annual revenue of less than $100,000. 
• Small – Defined as organizations with annual revenue of between $100,000 and $249,999.99. 
• Mid-Size – Defined as organizations with annual revenue between $250,000 and $999,999.99. 
• Large – Defined as organizations with annual revenue between of$1,000,000 and $4,999,999.99.
• X-Large – Defined as organizations with annual revenue of more than $5,000,000.

To qualify for an AZIFG Members Prize, organizations must be an active AZ Impact for Good member as of March 31, 2026. Active membership status means existing and new members must be current with their membership dues, with no past-due membership or application fees as of March 31, 2026. Organizations must also have successfully registered as a participant in Arizona Gives Day 2026 and be able to accept online donations. 

The AZIFG Members prize category will not update in ‘real time’ on the AZGives.org Leaderboard page on Arizona Gives Day.  Winners are NOT FINAL until they have been confirmed and verified based on official rules and will be added to the AZGives.org website as they are determined. Most Dollars Raised at the end of the March 17-April 7 giving period determines the ranking. Reminder: Organizations can only win ONE incentive prize total!

Rural (14 prizes = $8,000) 

Arizona Gives Day 2026 will have 14 prizes within each of the four mission groups for a total of 14 prizes. Prizes will be determined through a random drawing from all approved rural organizations as outlined in the criteria below.  A separate category will be available to AZ Impact for Good (AZIFG) Members only. Each primary mission category will have three golden tickets in the amount of $600. There will also be two golden tickets/random drawings for any qualified rural organization in any mission category in the amount of $400.  Should any mission group not have enough participants to perform a random drawing, the prize will be used as a golden ticket for any mission category.

Mission groups were determined by reviewing the total # of organizations within each mission/size category from the previous year to more evenly distribute for current year:

• Health
• Arts & Culture, Environment, Community Improvement
• Education,Human Services,Youth Development
• Animal, Economic Development, Religion & Faith Based, Social Advocacy

To be eligible for the Rural category, the organization will be defined by a nonprofit’s headquarters, based upon the address included in the organization’s Arizona Gives application. To be considered Rural, the city address cannot be included on the “Excluded Cities List.” (See 2026 Rural Performance Prize section of this page.) 

These parameters were determined by considering census data and demographic masses under 50,000 in population. In cases where an organization asks to be considered as a ‘rural’ organization, but their headquarters is in one of the excluded cities, we will review to determine if the request is warranted. To be considered for this change, an organization must perform at least 75% of their operations in rural Arizona as defined by the criteria above and the city list below.

2026 Rural Performance Prize – List of Excluded Cities:

If a nonprofit’s headquarters, based upon the address included in the organization’s profile page on AZGives.org, is in one of the cities listed below, it is not eligible for a Rural Performance Prize. A nonprofit headquartered in any other city or town in Arizona is eligible to win.  (Ineligible Metro Areas: Phoenix, Tucson, Prescott, Flagstaff, Yuma)

Power Hours (39 prizes = $81,000) 

Most Unique Donations of a Minimum Dollar Amount per Hour.

Arizona Gives Day 2026 will have 13 Power Hours based on the number of unique donors that give above a set minimum dollar amount within the specified 60-minute period. A unique donor is defined by the Email Address, First Name, and Last Name combination used on the donor’s credit card or eCheck Payment Details. 

Eight of the Power Hours with also have a second, thematic criteria for eligibility, the remaining five are random draws among all approved organizations using the platform to process their online donation transactions that day. 

Organizations DO NOT need to register for power hours – you simply choose to use (or not use) these as fundraising strategies. Organizations can select to focus on as many (or as few) power hours as they are eligible for.

These donations will be pulled from our database and calculated accordingly. The Power Hours will not update in ‘real time.’  Winners will be added to the AZGives.org website as they are determined and will remain as temporary until listed as final. 

The designated Power Hours are based on five size categories:

• Micro –Defined as organizations with annual revenue of less than $100,000. 
• Small –Defined as organizations with annual revenue of between $100,000 and $249,999.99. 
• Mid-Size –Defined as organizations with annual revenue between $250,000 and $999,999.99. 
• Large –Defined as organizations with annual revenue between of$1,000,000 and $4,999,999.99.
• X-Large –Defined as organizations with annual revenue of more than $5,000,000.

Power Hour prizes will tally on the AZGives.org Leaderboard page on Arizona Gives Day.  However, winners are NOT FINAL until they have been confirmed and verified based on official rules and other prizes awarded.

Retained Donors % (3 prizes = $2,000)

Prizes will be awarded to the three organizations with the highest percentage of donors retained between Arizona Gives 2025 and 2026. Retention will be calculated based on donors who gave during Arizona Gives 2025 and who also donate during the 2026 early giving period or on April 7. Eligibility requires the organization to have participated in Arizona Gives 2025. This prize highlights strong stewardship and year-over-year donor engagement.

Volunteer Hours (5 prizes = $2,000)

Five prizes each will be awarded to organizations receiving the highest number of volunteer hours pledged on April 7, 2026, through their AZGives.org profile page. This category highlights nonprofits that mobilize community members to contribute time and service on the day of giving.

Percentage of New Donors (3 prizes = $2,000)

Three prizes will be awarded to organizations with the highest percentage of new donors acquired during early giving and on April 7, 2026. A “new donor” is defined as an individual who has never previously donated to the organization through AZGives.org. This prize recognizes successful outreach, expanded visibility, and effective donor acquisition strategies.

2026 Incentive Prize and Donation Rules

Below are the rules and guidelines for the Arizona Gives Day 2026 donations and incentive prizes.  This year, 109 prizes will be awarded from the $145,500 prize pool. Thank you to our Incentive Award sponsors: Burton Family Foundation and Freeport McMoRan Foundation.

• Only gifts made during the early giving period beginning March 17, 2026, and on April7,2026, through the AZGives.org website are included in the final rankings for prizes. 

• The official time that a donation is considered to have been “made” or “processed” will be the time that is timestamped on the Mightycause server system. (Mightycause is the name of the technology provider for our AZGives.org web platform.) That time is also recorded on the donor’s donation receipt, however, should those times not match, the Mightycause server timestamp will overrule the receipt time. Only donations timestamped up to 59minutesand 59.999 seconds will count toward that hour and/or date. Once the timestamp rolls over to 00:00.000 it counts toward the following hour and/or date. Please plan accordingly and note that the time on your watch, or your computer, or your email, or the time that the AZGives.org website/leaderboards refresh may differ from the official time. Because of this, you are strongly encouraged to push to have all donations completed at least 5 minutes before the end of the hour to help ensure that those donations count toward that hour’s total or that day’s total. You are strongly discouraged from holding back donations until the final minute as a strategy. 
• For matching grants to be included in your official totals and count towards any incentive prizes, the matching grant(s) must be processed as a donation (credit card or e-check) on AZGives.org on April7, 2026.Simply adding the amount to your profile page will not include those dollars in your official totals used to determine prizes. 
• If you do decide to process a matching grant through the AZGives.org platform:
• Please keep in mind, if you have a matching grant amount listed in your profile, all donations you receive on April7, 2026, will be tallied in real time on your profile page to show progress towards your matching grant amount. If you do decide to then process that matching grant as a credit card or e-check on AZGives.org to count towards prize consideration, the running tally on your profile page would then show that you have matched or exceeded your matching grant amount since that processed matching grant will be included in that tallied amount. 
• Any donation processed between March 17, 2026, through April 7, 2026, will be included in the overall total. Any donations made April 8, 2026, or after will NOT be included in your official 24-hour total for Arizona Gives Day.
• Prize categories based on the annual revenue/operating budget of an organization – Annual revenue will be verified according to an organization’s required upload of their Form 990 (Line 12) or 990-EZ (Line 9) for the most current year reported (no later than 2023, some exceptions made) during registration. If a 990 was not completed due to operating size, then the organization’s operating budget (income) must be used. Organizations are required to upload their most current year reported (2023 or later) Form 990 or Form 990-EZ to participate.  
• In the event that the top prize for which a single nonprofit qualifies is the same dollar amount as another prize for which it qualifies, the nonprofit will be awarded the highest prize in the following priority order: 1) Most Dollars By Size, 2) Power Hours Donor, 3) Early Giving, 4) Rural Golden Tickets, 5) Incentive Prizes amount in order from highest to lowest.
• Prizes are Not Stackable: A nonprofit can only win one pre-event prize and one event prize. If they win more than one prize, they will receive the prize of the highest dollar amount as described previously in the official rules. The nonprofits below the ‘already winning nonprofit’ in that category will then move up one position and be eligible to win.
• Results for all winners will be cross-checked by the Arizona Gives Team and announced no later than May 1, 2026.
• If more than one organization has the same number of unique donors, their ranking will be based on the total dollars raised by donations that meet the time and minimum dollar amount requirements. If a single donor makes multiple donations of at least the minimum dollar amount, all of those donations will count toward the total dollar tie-breaker amount, but that donor will only count as one unique donor. The most qualified dollars raised will place that organization above another with the same number of unique donors, in the rankings. In the unlikely event that those dollar amounts also match, the ranking will be determined by putting the organization in a computer application for random drawing for rank with the first draw being highest in rank and so on. 
• Except where otherwise specified (primarily in the Power Hour categories), exact ties for prizes will be decided by random draw of the tied nonprofits. In the case of two tied nonprofits, the one not drawn for the prize level in question will move to the next lower position on that prize list. That next position may or may not include a financial prize. If more than two nonprofits tie, names will continue to be drawn for subsequent positions in the list.
• Unique donors are determined based information entered during checkout with the unique identifier being the email address for the donor.