Nonprofit Information

Read these rules and best practices for marketing your participation in the Great Fish Community Challenge.

Stay tuned for 2023 information.

Stay tuned for 2023 information.

Stay tuned for 2023 information.

Organizations will invite donors to give through the Great Fish Community Challenge during the giving period of the campaign and to include their organization on the official donor form or through the online donation portal.  Donations MUST be payable to the Whitefish Community Foundation AND be accompanied by an official donor form or made through the online donation portal.  The Community Foundation processes the gifts and acknowledges donors with a tax receipt.  Organizations will receive 100% of the designated gifts. There is a 2.9% to 3.5% fee assessed to credit card gifts only by the processor. Donors have the option to help cover this fee when checking out. At the end of the Challenge, the Foundation calculates a percentage match on the first $20,000 raised by the charity.

No. Organizations must apply to participate, but there is no fee to participate.  Whitefish Community Foundation covers all of the costs of the campaign including: advertising, marketing, administration, gift processing, and the Fun Run and Community Celebration. Gifts that are made by credit card are assessed the credit card processing fee, currently 2.9% to 3.5%. Gifts made by check, cash, IRA Rollover, and stock gifts are not assessed a fee.

• Support and promote your participation in the Great Fish Community Challenge to the public, as well as to your board members, donors, and volunteers.
• Nonprofits should promote the Challenge through their usual marketing efforts, on their website, and through other public outreach opportunities.
• Developing special events to raise funds specifically for the Great Fish Community Challenge is prohibited. The idea behind the Great Fish Community Challenge is to cut down on fundraising expenses and events, not add to it.
• Host a booth at the Great Fish Community Challenge Fun Run and Community Celebration on September 10, 2022.
• Be willing to serve on one of the many event committees.
• Write personal thank you notes to your donors who make donations to your organization through the Great Fish Community Challenge.

• Receive and process all gifts made through the Challenge on behalf of the nonprofit and provide a tax receipt to the donor.
• Provide marketing and public relations support to create community awareness of the Great Fish Community Challenge.
• Include the participating nonprofits’ Use of Funds statement in its printed materials.
• Solicit contributors to the match pool, known as the Great Fish Match Fund.
• Oversee the Fun Run and Community Celebration.

All eligible contributions are passed on to participating organizations that the donors designate (subject to the Whitefish Community Foundation Variance Power), along with a percentage match on the first $20,000 raised on their behalf. Each participating nonprofit will have a designated fund at the Community Foundation where funds will accumulate for your organization. You will receive login information in order to access your fund balance and view the names and addresses of donors who have contributed to your fund.

Each nonprofit will have its own fund with the Foundation and 24/7 online access to that fund.  Nonprofits can access the online portal by clicking here.  Once logged in, nonprofits will be able to monitor donations throughout the campaign and write personal thank you notes to donors. Do not send a tax receipt. The Whitefish Community Foundation receives all donations and will send tax receipts.