Give Miami Day 2019 Sets New Record For Donations

MIAMI, FL — The 2019 installment of Give Miami Day raised a record $14,478,840 in one-day donations, according to preliminary figures released by the Miami Foundation, which organizes the annual fundraising spectacle.

This year's total represents 39,922 separate donations to 834 organizations compared with last year's event that raised $11.6 million in 33,064 separate contributions.

"Give Miami Day is a 24-hour online giving event, where for 24 hours on Thursday, Nov. 21 ... anyone can go to GiveMiamiDay.org, search through one of over 800 organizations and find a nonprofit you support that works on a cause that they care about," declared Matthew Beatty of the Miami Foundation.

The Miami Foundation and its partners — including the Knight Foundation and William R. Watts Foundation — will make a bonus gift for every donation raised, which makes the event unique.

"Give Miami Day is one of those efforts that abide by the concept of rising tides lift all boats," Beatty explained. "I think everyone who participates understands that when one or two of us do better, everyone does better."

Beatty likens Give Miami Day to the Super Bowl of giving.

"Over the years, organizations have seen the power of Give Miami Day as a way to raise unrestricted dollars to support the bottom-line operations of the organization," Beatty told Patch. "They understand it's important to have that kind of flexible funding and to be able to do it on a day when the shared experience adds and enhances the engagement of donors."

Patch compiled a list of the 100 charities around Miami that took in the greatest number of single donations during Thursday's Give Miami Day.

These weren't necessarily the charities that raised the most money. Other organizations that did not make the list may have raised larger — but fewer — donations.

All of the organizations on our list represent local nonprofits covering a wide spectrum of interests from arts and housing to science and technology.

The following organizations are among the top 100 based on preliminary figures from Thursday's event: