10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Great Fish Community Challenge
August 8th – September 13th 2024
2024 Great Fish Community Challenge
We are excited to join a record number of Flathead Valley nonprofits for this year’s Great Fish Community Challenge! From August 8 to September 13, 80 nonprofits will work together to raise funds for critical projects and programs across the Flathead Valley.
In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the Challenge, Whitefish Community Foundation will award a percentage match on the first $25,000 raised by each participating nonprofit, an increase from $20,000 in previous years. They also plan ten $10,000 incentive grants throughout the campaign to inspire donors from across the Flathead to give. They will award over $125,000 in incentive grants and special awards on top of the match!
August 8th – Great Fish Community Challenge Opens
September 7th – Great Fish Fun Run & Community Celebration • 9 am – 1 pm
September 13th – Great Fish Community Challenge Closes at 5 pm
How the Challenge Works
This charitable giving campaign is entirely managed by the Whitefish Community Foundation. It processes all donations, designating 100% of your donation dollars to Glacier Nordic or any other non-profit you choose. For each dollar you donate, Whitefish Community Foundation will award an additional percentage match on the first $20,000 we raise. Over the past five years, the match has ranged from 48% to 53%.
Three Ways to Donate
- Make an online donation at greatfishchallenge.org
- Download the 2024 calendar of events at greatfishchallenge.org to make your gift by check and/or sign up for the run.
- Make a gift of stock or via an IRA rollover by contacting the Whitefish Community Foundation office at 406.863.1781.
Incentive Grants & Information
Matching Incentive Grants
Great Fish Launch Party:
Donors who make a gift of $100 or more to one nonprofit at the Launch Party will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win 1 of 11 $1,000 matching grants for a participating organization.
Great Fish Fun Run & Community Celebration:
Donors who gift $100 or more to one nonprofit at the Fun Run & Community Celebration will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win 1 of 9 $1,000 matching grants for a participating organization.
Glacier Nordic Club is chasing the $10,000 weekly incentive grant for having the most unduplicated/unique donors** who give $25 or more FROM AUGUST 9th to AUGUST 15th!!
Biggest Catch Incentive Grants
Each week, one nonprofit will win a $10,000* incentive grant for having the most unduplicated/unique donors** who give $25 or more. The incentive period runs from Friday to Thursday at midnight each week during the Challenge.
Three $10,000 drawings will be held on the last day of the Challenge:
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- Nonprofits receive gifts from first-time Flathead Valley donors who give $25 or more.
- Nonprofits receive gifts from donors who support four or more nonprofits with a gift of $25 or more.
- Nonprofits receive gifts from donors who have given all 10 years of the Challenge.
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The nonprofit with the most unique/unduplicated donors during the Challenge will win the Biggest Catch Overall Award and a $2,500 incentive grant, sponsored by BNSF.
* Each nonprofit is eligible to win only one $10,000 incentive grant during the Challenge.
* *A unique/unduplicated donor is defined as a household or business that has not previously given in this year’s Challenge. Family members and domestic partners residing at the same household who give separately are considered one donor.
THANK YOU, DONORS!
Thank you, donors and Whitefish Community Foundation- in 2022, we raised nearly $43,630 through the Great Fish Challenge and received an $11,200 matching grant from the Whitefish Community Foundation for a total of $54,830.