We are grateful to FirstBank for supporting nonprofits participating in Colorado Gives Day with a total of $100,000 in cash prizes. You can review Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the prizes on the Colorado Gives Day FAQs page. Colorado Gives Day 2020 features the following prizes.

$30,000 – Grand prizes (3 prizes $5k, $10k, $15k)

$25,000 – ColoradoGives Luck of the Draw

$25,000 – Rally Around the State

$10,000 – Facebook Trivia Contest

$10,000 – Favorite Video Contest

Grand Prizes - $30,000 (3 prizes at $5,000, $10,000 and $15,000)

Nonprofits are automatically entered into this random drawing if they receive 50 more donations on Colorado Gives Day. Donations made on December 8, or scheduled to process on December 8, qualify. Donors can schedule donations on ColoradoGives.org between November 1 and December 7, or make a donation on December 8. Community First Foundation will provide nonprofit entries that include the nonprofit’s name to FirstBank who will broadcast the winning drawing LIVE on Denver7’s Mile High Living on Tuesday, December 15, 2020.

Luck-of-the-Draw Prizes - $25,000 (25 prizes of $1,000 each)

Feeling lucky? We have $1,000 prizes to randomly give away to 25 lucky nonprofits! To be eligible for the drawing…

Nonprofits new to ColoradoGives must generate at least 30 donations of any amount.
Existing ColoradoGives nonprofits must raise more than last year.

Community First Foundation will determine eligibility and conduct the drawing after Colorado Gives Day.

Rally Around the State - $25,000 (25 prizes at $1,000 each)

Random prize drawings will be made during the Virtual Rally on December 1 for all nonprofits not part of an existing regional champion area.

Colorado Gives Day Rally - $12,000 ($1,000 each). December 1, 2020. Learn more about the 2020 Colorado Gives Day Rally.
Drawing around the state - $13,000 ($1,000 for each of the 13 Regional Champions). Rallies led by Regional Champions will receive $1,000 each for prizes.

Facebook Trivia Contest - $10,000 (10 prizes of $1,000 each)

Play our trivia contest and encourage your donors to play, too! Join us Monday, Nov 30 to Friday, Dec 4. when we’ll be giving away two prizes per day. FirstBank hosts the fun on their Facebook page. Look for the @ColoradoGives tag. Questions will be posted twice a day and winners randomly drawn from all the correct answers.

Winners will be contacted by FirstBank and asked to choose a nonprofit featured on ColoradoGives.org to receive the cash prize. Only the first name and last initial of individuals will be posted on the prize page. FirstBank will announce winners and their chosen nonprofits on FirstBank’s Facebook page within two hours after each question is posted.

Nonprofit Storyvine Video Contest - $10,000 (4 prizes of $2,500 each)

Four lucky nonprofits who submitted a Storyvine Nonprofit Video will win $2,500. This random drawing includes all nonprofits who submitted a Storyvine Nonprofit Video by Friday, October 16. We are so excited about the amazing video stories coming in that we’ve decided to celebrate early by drawing and announcing one video each week in November as we countdown to Colorado Gives Day on December 8! Find out if you’re a winner by tuning in to @ColoradoGives each Tuesday in November at 3 p.m. for a Facebook Live announcement of the winners. Then, celebrate with us the powerful stories by watching the winning video live.

Winners announced: Tuesday at 3 p.m. – November 3, 10, 17, 24 – Facebook @ColoradoGives.org

Week 1 – Nov. 3 Winner: Congratulations to Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, our first winning video. You were randomly selected and have won $2,500!

Week 2 – Nov. 10 Winner: Congratulations to The Powerhouse, our second winning video. You were randomly selected and have won $2,500!

Week 3 – Nov. 17 Winner: Congratulations to Congregation Har HaShem, our third winning video. You were randomly selected and have won $2,500!

Week 4 – Nov. 24 Winner: Congratulations to Friends of the Pine River Public Library, our fourth winning video. You were randomly selected and have won $2,500!

Disbursement Summary

Prize and award money is included in nonprofits' disbursement for money raised in the month of December (excluding Colorado Gives Day) which is made by January 25, 2021.

*Award details are subject to change and all awards are subject to verification.

*Please note that the final determination of prizes and awards will be made at the discretion of Community First Foundation. Anyone can participate except for Community First Foundation employees and immediate family members.

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