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2011 DMF GHD

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DMF sponsored its 4th annual Giving Hearts Day for one day only on Thursday, February 10th!

2011 was another record-breaking year for the DMF Giving Hearts Day 24-hour online fundraising event! We are proud to announce that more than $1.1 million was raised through over 7,000 online donations made to 100 charitable causes. This was nearly a 40% increase in dollars raised from 2010 and a 25% increase in the total number of individual donations! DMF provided an additional $322,000 in match and incentive funding, and other community donors provided $69,675 in matching funds. Since 2008 over $3 million has been raised on Giving Hearts Day
through www.impactgiveback.org.

Giving Hearts Day 24-Hour Online Fundraising Event Results:

Dollars raised through website: $1,165,386.96
Number of donations: 7,089
DMF match and incentive funding: $322,952.70
Dollars to all participants: $1,558,073
Raised by non-health participants: $156,299

Top seven fundraisers:

1. FirstChoice Clinic $134,328
2. Oak Grove Lutheran School $93,180
3. YWCA $56,753
4. RiverView Foundation $50,465
5. YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties $47,881
6. Fraser, Ltd. $46,378
7. Churches United for the Homeless $37,727

Thank you for "giving from your heart"!

2011 GIVING HEARTS DAY CRITERIA  (document)
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2011 GIVING HEARTS DAY PARTICIPANTS

Each health-related DMF-match participant was eligible to receive up to $4,000 in funding and additional awards of $20,000, $15,000, $10,000, $7,500, $5,000, $3,000, or $1,500 if they were one of the top seven online fundraisers.

There was also a friendly competition for additional incentive grants for all participants:
--- A $500 incentive grant was awarded to the GHD nonprofit that received donations from the most ND cities.
--- The donor who made the single largest donation was given the opportunity to select a GHD nonprofit to receive an additional $500 grant.
--- The donor who contributed to the most nonprofits (i.e., one donor gave to 10 GHD nonprofits) was given the opportunity to select a GHD nonprofit to receive an additional $500 grant.
--- The GHD nonprofit that received donations from the most donors (not dollar amount but single individual donors) received an additional $500 grant.
--- The GHD nonprofit that received donations from the most U.S. states received an additional $500 grant.
--- The GHD nonprofit that used the most creative and effective marketing strategy for GHD received an additional $500 grant.

NONPROFIT PARTICIPANTS

1. American Gold Gymnastics
2. American Red Cross
3. Anne Carlsen Center
4. Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valley
5. Caring for Children Program
6. CCRI (Creative Care for Reaching Independence)
7. CHARISM
8. Churches United for the Homeless
9. Community of Care
10. Community Violence Intervention Center
11. Cooperstown Medical Center Foundation
12. Cullen Children's Foundation
13. Cultural Diversity Resources, Inc.
14. Elks Camp Grassick
15. Faith in Action Northern Plains
16. Family HealthCare Center
17. Fargo Catholic Schools Network (School Nurse Program)
18. First Care Health Center
19. FirstChoice Clinic
20. FirstLink
21. FM Dorothy Day House of Hospitality
22. FM Humane Society
23. Fargo-Moorhead Opera
24. Fraser, Ltd.
25. FutureBuilders In Support of Trollwood Performing Arts School (STAR Program)
26. Grand Forks Parks & Recreation Foundation (Wellness Center)
27. Handi-Wheels
28. HEART (Helping Enderlin Area Residents Thrive)
29. HERO Healthcare Equipment Recycling Organization
30. Hillsboro Medical Center Foundation
31. HOPE, Inc.
32. Innovis Health Foundation
33. Jail Chaplains Association
34. Jamestown Hospital Foundation
35. Lakeland Hospice Foundation
36. Lakes Crisis & Resource Center
37. Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota (Youth Programming)
38. Nelson County Health Services Foundation
39. North Dakota Autism Center, Inc.
40. North Dakota Family Alliance
41. Northlands Rescue Mission
42. Northern Lights Youth Services, Inc.
43. NDSCS Alumni Foundation
44. Northwood Deaconess Health Center
45. Oak Grove Lutheran School (Wellness Center)
46. Prairie Harvest Mental Health
47. Prairie Learning Center Foundation
48. PULSE Outreach
49. Rape & Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead
50. REACH (Rural Enrichment and Counseling Headquarters)
51. Red River Children's Advocacy Center
52. Red River Valley Dental Access Project
53. RiverView Foundation
54. Ronald McDonald House Charities - Fargo
55. St. Gerards Community Nursing Home
56. Scottish Rite Language Center
57. The Village Family Service Center (Nokomis Childcare Centers)
58. Third Street Clinic
59. TNT Kid's Fitness & Gymnastics Academy
60. Youthworks
61. YMCA of Cass and Clay Counties
62. YWCA Cass Clay

NAMED FUND PARTICIPANTS

63. ACE Fund
64. Al and Sharon Carlson Family Charitable Fund
65. Doug Anderson Family Fund
66. Dr. Lance & Ruth Bergstrom Family Fund
67. Doug Burgum Family Fund
68. Katherine Kilbourne Burgum Fund
69. Charitable Champions Fund
70. Cass Clay Healthy People Fund
71. Jayant and Rohinee Damle Family Charitable Fund
72. Huntington's Disease Northern Prairie Advocates Fund
73. Kid's Health Fund
74. Lend A Hand Fund
75. Mission Physician Charitable Fund
76. E and S Charitable Fund
77. Dr. David & Janice Glatt Family Fund
78. Goldmark Charitable Fund
79. Phil and Dianna Hansen Family Fund
80. Impact Institute Fund
81. Dr. Walter & Renee Johnson Family Fund
82. Larry and Julie Leitner Family Fund
83. Dr. Susan Mathison & Steven Johnson Family Fund
84. Dr. Kevin & Jean Melicher Family Fund
85. Christine Butler Mullen Foundation for Children
86. Dr. Fadel and Heidi Nammour Family Fund
87. Drs. Jon & Alonna Norberg Family Fund
88. Mark E. and Trish Paulson Family Charitable Fund
89. Prairie St. John's Mental Health Charitable Endowment Fund
90. Joining Hands for Kids Fund (Region V CSCC)
91. Kevin and Courtney Ritterman Family Charitable Fund
92. Robert G. Rogers, MD Scholarship Fund
93. Rust Sales, Inc. Charitable Endowment Fund
94. Sinner Bresnahan Healthy Kids Initiative Fund
95. Michael & Charleen Solberg Family Fund
96. Pam Solseng Ovarian Cancer Endowment Fund
97. Swanson Health Products Healthy Community Fund
98. Mack V. Traynor, MD Scholarship Fund
99. Robert and JoAnn Vollrath Family Charitable Fund
100. Jon and Lori Wanzek Family Fund
101. Whitney Fund