Shoreline and LFP Nonprofits Participating in Give Big Online Event on Wednesday

For 24 hours this Wednesday, May 2, you can make a donation to many Shoreline and Lake Forest Park area non-profits and a portion of your donation will be matched by the Seattle Foundation.

This is the second year that the Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG online campaign has aimed to help King County nonprofit organizations raise funds and gain publicity, according to a foundation press release (Read it here).

The idea's a simple one: make a donation to an organization that you support through the Seattle Foundation's dedicated web interface.

Here are 16 nonprofits that serve Shoreline and Lake Forest Park residents that are particpating in the Give Big event. If we are missing any please add them in the comments.

• Calvin Presbyterian Church
• Friends of Third Place Commons

• Shoreline Christian School
• Shoreline Community College Foundation
• Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation
• Banchero Friends Services

• Food Lifeline

• Center for Human Services
• Circle of Friends for Mental Health

• St. Luke School
• North Helpline
• Wonderland Developmental Center 

• Parkview Services
• YMCA of Greater Seattle
• Alpha Supported Living Services

• Helping Link

A share of your contribution is then matched with a 'stretch pool' of funds provided by the Foundation, local companies and individuals. According to The Seattle Times (read it here), if an organization earns 3 percent of total donated funds, it would receive 3 percent of the matching money in the stretch pool.

In 2011, the event raised a total of $3.6 million from 19,000 individual donations ranging from $5 to $60,000 that leveraged a $500,000 stretch pool. The GiveBIG effort was named 'Best Use of Social Media' for 2011 by Seattle Mazagine.

New this year is the chance to make a donation through your smart phone through The Seattle Foundation's mobile website.

GiveBIG this year takes place Wednesday, May 2 from 12:01 a.m. until midnight. Credit card donations made during this time will be counted as GiveBIG donations and used to calculate distribution of the stretch pool.

GiveBIG is presented by The Seattle Foundation and Lead Sponsors Bezos Family Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Seattle International Foundation and Seattle Sounders FC.