GiveBIG 2013: What Shoreline/LFP Non-Profit Can You Help With a Donation?

Shoreline and Lake Forest Park non-profit groups are set to benefit during The Seattle Foundation's GiveBIG event on Wednesday, May 15, 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 in Shoreline and lake Forest Park, or have programs there include:

• Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council
• Shoreline Christian School
• Shoreline Solar Project
• Shoreline Community College Foundation
• Kruckeberg Botanic Garden Foundation
• Food Lifeline
• Banchero Friends Services
• Hopelink
• Friends of Third Place Commons
• Northwest PBIS Network
• Bread for the Journey of Seattle
• St. Luke School
• Parkview Services
• Center for Human Services
• Moontown Foundation

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 12:01 a.m. and midnight (Pacific Time) 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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