Prizes

• Awarded prizes are subject to audit and will be finalized by the Community Foundation of Abilene no later than May 13 at 5 p.m.
• To receive the prize money, an organization must raise donations equal to or greater than the prize dollars awarded. For example, if you receive a prize of $1,000, you must raise at least $1,000 in donations. If the organization only raises $250, it will only receive $250 of the prize money awarded.
• Prizes may be revoked or withheld if gifts or matches can’t be validated or if donations do not qualify as “Unique Gifts” or “Unique Donations,” including falsifying donor email addresses or matches.
• A “Unique Gift” or “Unique Donation” is defined as one donation of $10 or more to one organization from one donor. Multiple gifts made by the same donor to the same organization will only be counted as one “unique donation.” Donors can make eligible gifts to multiple organizations.
• Organizations cannot donate to themselves to generate prizes or create match/challenge funds.
• Gifts made online at abilenegives.org during the early giving period (April 28 – May 6) will count towards specific pre-giving prizes only.
• Organizations can win only one “Time is Money” prize throughout the day.
• Organizations can win only one “Show Me the Money” prize throughout the day.
• Organizations can win only one “Golden Ticket”" prize throughout the day.
• Organizations can win only one “Platinum Ticket” prize throughout the day.
• Organizations can win only one “Cue the Confetti” prize throughout the day.
• Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers cannot provide gifts or incentives (i.e. giveaways, raffles, etc.) per IRS guidelines.
• For the "Peer, Peer, Hurray" prize only, donations by the fundraiser will not be counted toward the total dollars raised for the P2P campaign.
• Rules on the “Get On Board” prize can be found at: bit.ly/AG25GetOnBoard
• Rules on the social media contests can be found at: bit.ly/AG25SocialMediaCampaign
• Rules on the social media campaigns can be found at: bit.ly/AG25SocialMediaCampaign
• To access the social media “Support Document” template, visit bit.ly/AbiGivesSocialTemplate. The template will automatically download from your browser.
• The “Spur The Giving” prize is for rural nonprofits (located within a 150-mile radius of Oplin, Texas). Abilene nonprofits are ineligible for these rural prizes.
• Anyone who attempts to game the system risks being caught in our audit.
• Failure to comply with these rules may result in your organization being prohibited from participating in a future Abilene Gives campaign.
• Prizes are subject to change based on the discretion of the Foundation.