Welcome to Give Local Greater

Waterbury and Litchfield Hills

Are You Eligible?To participate, your organization must be:

An IRS approved tax-deductible organization located in or serving the 21- town Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills areaRegistered with the state of Connecticut to solicit donorsCommitted to promoting Give Local to your constituents

Are You Registered?Complete the registration at https://www.givelocalccf.org/ by March 27Finalize your profile by April 9

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Want to make sure your nonprofit is ready to participate in Give Local? This guide will lead you through the steps for registering and getting started. We've also outlined some key dates! Remember, we are using a new platform this year! All organizations will need to follow the prompts to add their organization.

Out of Area and New to Give Local?Complete the Application for Eligibility by March 13

Are You Ready?

Register for in-person training and webinar opportunities

Questions about Give Local?

For more information contact Tricia Poirier at givelocal@conncf.org or call 203.753.1315 x 130

Are You Connected?

Follow Give Local on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ConnecticutCommunityFoundation

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Follow Give Local on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/CCF1923Use the hashtag: #givelocalGWLH in all of your social media posts

Utilize resources and tips emailed by the Give Local teamThere is a multitude of resources in the Nonprofit Toolkit. We encourage you to explore these

Key Dates

January 14Registration opens for Give Local

February 12Give Local 101 in person training

February 20Give Local 101 Webinar

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March 13Applications for Eligibility due for new organizations outside of Connecticut Community Foundation service area

March 27 March 27Give Local 201 WebinarRegistrations closes for Give

Local

April 9 April 23-24Give Local starts at 7:00 am on April 23 and ends at 7:00 pm on April 24

Deadline to finalize nonprofit profiles and complete eligibility requirements

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Setting Up Your Give

Local ProfileAfter you complete your organization's initial registration for Give Local, you will be sent to this screen where you can customize your profile. Click on "Edit Profile" to begin!

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1. Add Your Organization's Info

Entering your tagline, website, and logo are quite important. Also, you can select up to three "causes" or issue areas where your organization is active, which helps donors search for particular organizations.

Note: these are NOT the categories that we will be using for prize eligibility. The category you chose on the initial registration page is the one that determines which prizes you are eligible to win.

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2. Add Your Story

On this section, tell donors a bit more about your work. Add a cover photo (or remove the default one) in the "Tell Your Story" section. Explain how your organization makes an impact in the community. What would happen if your organization ceased to exist? How can donors help?

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3. Get Verified to Collect Donations

When you arrive at the “Get Verified to Collect Donations” tab, click on “confirm state fundraising compliance” and a new screen will open up. In the top section, check the box under “State Charitable Solicitation Compliance Attestation” and click save. This means that you have registered as a charitable organization in the state of Connecticut (see the next page for the image).

The fields below (Organization information, organization representative, and bank information) are used for giving days that are not centrally routed (where GiveGab sends donations directly to individual organizations). Give Local Greater Waterbury and Litchfield Hills is centrally routed – meaning that Connecticut Community Foundation will continue to send you a check with all of your donations and prizes (net of fees) after the event.

As such, you DO NOT need to add any data in the fields below “Organization Information”, “Organization Representative”, or “Bank Information”. However, this means that your status will still say incomplete at the top and that is okay!

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3. Get Verified to Collect Donations (cont.)

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4. Add Donation Levels

Each organization has the ability to customize donation levels. It is recommended that you add 3-4 different amounts. There is also an optional description and photo field for each donation level if you want to personalize it further.

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5. Add a Thank You Message

Add your custom email language here. You can also link to a thank you video message (hosted on YouTube or Vimeo), or upload a photo to appear. If you upload both, only the video will appear. If a donor makes a single gift to your organization, then they will receive your specific message. However, if a donor makes gifts to two or more organizations, then they will receive the Connecticut Community Foundation's thank you message.

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6. Add Fundraisers (optional)

Add some key supporters as peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraisers for your organization! These fundraisers will be able to raise money on behalf of your organization by reaching out to their social group. Organizations that utilize P2P fundraisers raise 330% more than organizations that don't! If any of your supporters have opted to set up a personal fundraising page to support your organization, you will be able to see them and manage them in this section.

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7. Ready to see or share your profile page?

You can see your URL in the lower right corner of the edit profile section!