How to Give

Any individual or business can make a donation to a nonprofit participating in GIVE A HOOT.

100% of your donation goes to your selected nonprofit(s).

Donors may contribute to as many organizations as they would like, as well as contribute towards the Matching Funds Pool from the Park County Community Foundation.

• Donate to the Matching Fund Pool

The list of participating organizations indicates which local nonprofits decided to take part in this year's community giving challenge. For various reasons, eligible nonprofits may have chosen not to participate. If your preferred organization is not listed, we invite you to let them know of your interest in supporting them during GIVE A HOOT, and perhaps they will participate next year. In the meantime, we encourage you to use the "Search" button on the Give-a-hoot.org/nonprofits page and use keywords to learn about other local organizations that address your areas of interest.

Click "Donate" at the top of this page anytime from July 1st - 31st to donate a gift to any participating nonprofit.

Checks are also accepted. The check must be made out to the Park County Community Foundation and accompanied by an official GIVE A HOOT donor form that indicates which nonprofit(s) will be the recipient(s) of your gift. We encourage gifts of over $1,000 to be made by check.

• 2023 Donor Form

We work very hard to keep this a "fee free" event for participating non-profits. We utilize a portion of administrative funds from our event sponsors to offset processing fees. However, there are fees associated with each credit card transaction.

You are given the option to cover the fees during checkout. Your willingness to cover credit card processing fees ensures we will be able to keep this event "fee-free" for our nonprofits.

Of your donation, a portion will be retained by the credit card companies and NeonOne. The fee breakdown is as follows: 

• 2.8% service charge from Neon One for building and maintaining the hosting site. This is the only cost accrued by Neon One and it goes to cover site maintenance, customer support, and donation processing.
• Visa, Mastercard, and Discover are charged 2.2% + $0.30 on all. Fees are higher for transactions with American Express at 3.2% + $0.30 per transaction. These are standard charges from each credit card company for donations made online. 

All gifts are 100% tax-deductible and will be used as unrestricted funds by the recipient organization.