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#GivingTuesday 2016

The #GivingTuesday Campaign is a global call for action dedicated to giving back. It marks the beginning of the year-end charitable season and it helps balance out the consumer holidays of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Since it was established in 2012, #GivingTuesday has grown to include over 30,000 organizations in 68 countries and has encouraged charitable attitudes, partnerships, and initiatives in each region where it has taken root.

CAF America’s 2016 #GivingTuesday Campaign

Following the success of last year’s #GivingTuesday campaign, CAF America will be highlighting the important work of our private & public sector partners in their philanthropic endeavors, particularly in relation to their efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), or Global Goals, by the year 2030.

Follow their amazing stories that we will be publishing daily as we build up to celebrating #GivingTuesday on November 29th, 2016.

2016 Partners

Kazickas Family Foundation
MG13 Foundation established by Marcin Gortat of the Washington Wizards
Medtronic
PYXERA Global
Foundation Center
SDG Philanthropy Platform

Medtronic
Medtronic Philanthropy devotes the majority of its resources to expand access to quality chronic disease care, helping address unmet health needs in underserved communities worldwide. By aligning our philanthropy around Medtronic’s health-focused mission and vision, we believe we can multiply our social impact around the world, especially in the area of chronic conditions such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

MG13 Foundation established by Marcin Gortat of the Washington Wizards
Marcin Gortat established his foundation in October 2009 aiming to help Polish youth fulfill their dreams. The Foundation achieves its mission by organizing camps and trainings for kids and youngsters (Marcin Gortat Camp); granting scholarships for underprivileged youth and for particularly talented students; organizing sports classes (Marcin Gortat’s school of sports, school leagues, street-ball tournaments), and providing new sports equipment and facilities for schools and institutions dealing with youngsters.

Kazickas Family Foundation
The Kazickas Family Foundation was established in 1998. The Foundation’s main focus has always been in education. But over the years we have expanded our grant making efforts to include culture and the arts, social welfare, technology, and medicine. Most of our grants are for causes in Lithuania and projects related to Lithuania in the United States. However, KFF has also supported many projects in other countries.

PYXERA Global
For close to a quarter century, PYXERA Global has been working to improve lives and build capacity of individuals and institutions around the world. Today, our work is guided by our commitment to design and implement solutions that achieve real-world goals through approaches that inspire, enrich, and endure.

Foundation Center
Established in 1956, Foundation Center is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis, and training, it connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed.

SDG Philanthropy Platform
SDG Philanthropy Platform is a collaboration between philanthropy and the greater international development community led by Foundation Center, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Ford Foundation and the MasterCard Foundation, the Brach Family Foundation, and other key organizations such as Asociación de Fundaciones Empresariales (AFE) in Colombia, Brach Family Charitable Foundation, CAF America, Council on Foundations, East Africa Association of Grantmakers (EAAG), European Foundation Centre, Filantropi Indonesia (FI), GlobalGiving, The Humanitarian Forum, World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, and Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS). Our goal is to enable partnerships on global development as we transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). – See more at: http://sdgfunders.org/about/#sthash.TxksvIEs.dpuf

CAF America’s 2015 #GivingTuesday Campaign

For the 2015 #GivingTuesday Campaign, CAF America is excited to highlight the work of our partners from both the private and public sectors. From combating alcoholism, to alleviating poverty, and providing medical assistance to underprivileged areas, the efforts of these organizations are truly the embodiment of #GivingTuesday!

2015 Partners

Kazickas Family Foundation
MG13 Foundation established by Marcin Gortat of the Washington Wizards
Medtronic
PYXERA Global
TD
TD Wealth | Private Giving Foundation

TD Bank
Across North America and the United Kingdom, TD supports over 5,000 organizations that work to enrich and strengthen our local communities. TD proudly works with organizations to help tackle important societal challenges. These partnerships are typically multi-year commitments where TD contributes marketing support, financial and business expertise, and more.

TD Wealth | Private Giving Foundation
Canada is a growing force in international philanthropy and the international community should keep an eye on the progress it is making in this regard. At the heart of this movement will be the Private Giving Foundation (PGF), as it channels the philanthropic efforts of Canadians into creating maximum impact wherever they choose to give.

2014 #GivingTuesday Campaign

During our 2014 Campaign, CAF America featured two corporations – Cargill and Cisco, whose work is exemplary of the vision of #GivingTuesday. CAF America proudly assists these corporations in making a difference!

You can learn about their exciting and impactful work below.