Our friend, Co-Op Images, is a non-profit in Chicago that focuses on bringing arts education to underprivileged youth.

Their programs range from glass blowing classes, to creating an on-air kids’ cooking show, to providing gallery space and professional exhibits for Chicago’s young artists.

Like so many non-profits, they struggle each year to come up with the funds they need to manage and implement new projects.

We hope that you will take a look at the three fundraisers they are doing, and choose the one that best fits your giving interests. We’re sure you’ll find one of them to be a good fit!

Click here to see the details:

Chi-Town Chefs- a youth produced cooking show

So Fresh Printing- a youth run t-shirt business to support art education

Art! Art! Art!- supplies for youth arts programs

We would like to invite all GiveForward users to tune in OR join us tonight at Raven (Clark and Belden) to watch Ariana, our director of marketing, as she gets made over on Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style on Bravo TV.  The show airs tonight at 9pm CST.

For those of you able to make it [...]

We just wanted to thank everyone who participated in last weekend’s Run for a Reason in NYC. We had about 25 runners join us in the 5 mile run through Central Park. Through your AWESOME efforts you all helped raise $13000 for 13 different charities and causes. Overall, it was a [...]

Matching gifts, for those of you unfamiliar with the term, is when corporations, foundations, and wealthy individuals will “match” the donations of average donors, thus leveraging their resources to create the greatest impact. If you ever listen to NPR during a fundraising campaign, you know exactly what I’m talking about.

A matching donation does several things. First, it increases the total amount of money going to a worthy cause. Second, it affords the matching donors the opportunity to share the fact that they are giving with a broader audience. And finally, it helps create a connection between the individual donor and the matching organization, helping them feel united in an effort to make the world a better place.

Water is the gift of life. We hear that often - but ask anyone who has suffered months of drought and they will tell you, indeed, this truth is more powerful than we might ever imagine.

Every day we are bombarded with statistics about how many people in the world are experiencing certain hardships; twelve million are refugees, over a billion live below the poverty line and countless others are deprived of adequate health care. But without putting a face to the statistic, we often experience a sense of resignation in the face of such unsettling facts.

I’m off to give a presentation about young donors at the Youth Communication Chicago Board meeting but before I head out, I wanted to share with you all the great news!

Individual fundraisers on GiveForward.org have raised $21,455 as of this afternoon. That is $21,000 that is going to amazing causes like stem cell research, animal rescue clinics, canvassing for presidential candidates, and more.

GiveForward wants to give a shout out to Aron “the fundraising dominator” Grossman for being the first GFer in GiveForward history to reach 100% of his fundraising goal.
This fundraising stud is raising money for the Fresh Air Fund, an organization that provides free summer vacations to inner-city kids from NYC. You can check out [...]

GiveForward’s “Run for a Reason” is two weeks away and we’re happy to say that Team GiveForward has raised over $5000 so far a number of different charities and causes. So far there are about 45 people signed up to run the race with us on the 26th and many of them have [...]

Well, I think it’s about time we get this video up.  Cause it’s awesome, and you need to get Barack Rolled.  After the jump.

Our economy is in the tank; your 401(k) has taken a nosedive and you’re about to ask Grandma Elsie for her favorite Depression era recipe for shoe soup. We know it’s not pretty out there, and trust us, we feel your pain. That’s why we’ve decided to come to the rescue. That’s [...]