This year’s Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 6, resulted in $53 million donated to nonprofit organizations statewide and more than $626,641 donated to organizations in the southwest corner of the state. Local donations in 2022 eclipsed last year’s donations by $150,000, a 31% increase.

The Community Foundation’s mission is to power philanthropy, encouraging people to give where they live. This year’s collaborative marketing efforts prompted 3,638 individual donations, a 36% increase over last year’s donor numbers.

Overall Gives Day totals will increase throughout the month of December as each nonprofit receives its share of the $1.4 million statewide Incentive Fund provided for Colorado Gives Day. Online donations may still be made at swcogives.org, as this is a year-round electronic giving platform to benefit local nonprofits.