GiveBIG 2013: Who on Mercer Island Can You Help with a Donation?

Mercer Island nonprofits are set to benefit during The Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG event, which will "stretch" donations made to nonprofits through the foundation's website.

More than 1,400 nonprofit organizations are participating in this year's event, according to The Seattle Foundation's website.

Participating groups that are based on Mercer Island, or have programs on Mercer Island include:

• MERCER ISLAND YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES FOUNDATION
• STROUM JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
• COMMUNITY HEALTH AFRICA-A POVERTY SOLUTION
• YOUTH THEATRE NORTHWEST
• THE FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE OF WASHINGTON
• SEAVURIA
• MED25 INTERNATIONAL
• EVERGREEN CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION DBA KIDS CO
• CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE FOR LEARNING DIFFERENCES

Search for your favorite nonprofit on The Seattle Foundation's website.

Help your neighbors out: If your favorite nonprofit is participating in GiveBIG, make a note in our comments below this story.

"Stretching" Donations

According to The Seattle Foundation, each donation made through The Seattle Foundation's website to the any of the profiled organizations between midnight and midnight (Pacific Time) on May 15, 2013 will receive a portion of the matching funds pool (the "stretch pool"). 

Sponsors include Microsoft, the Bezos Family Foundation and others listed on the GiveBIG website.

Donors can win too

Throughout GiveBIG, donors will be chosen at random to have an additional $1,000 given to the charity that received their donation, according to The Seattle Foundation. The selected donor will also be eligible to win a Starbucks gift card worth $100.

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