{"id":305467,"date":"2026-05-08T04:57:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305467\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T04:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T04:57:21","slug":"big-day-of-giving-updates-sacramento-nonprofits-report-totals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305467\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Day of Giving updates: Sacramento nonprofits report totals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento region nonprofits had raised more than $9.5 million on the Big Day of Giving by Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The annual event, a Sacramento region tradition launched by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacregcf.org\/\">Sacramento Region Community Foundation<\/a> in 2013, has raised more than $117 million since its creation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an opportunity for the community to rally around our nonprofit sector and provide contributions,\u201d said Kerry Wood, the foundation\u2019s chief executive officer, at her organization\u2019s command center on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The headquarters was enjoying a visit of kittens from Mission Meow Cat Rescue and bunnies from the Sacramento House Rabbit Society.<\/p>\n<p>Donors <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/srcf.fcsuite.com\/erp\/donate\">can select from 910 nonprofits<\/a> that have signed up to participate, a record. Donations can be made at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigdayofgiving.org\/\">bigdayofgiving.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top Big Day of Giving recipients<\/p>\n<p>From the foundation\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bigdayofgiving.org\/p\/leaderboards\">leaderboard<\/a> as of 2:30 p.m. Thursday:<\/p>\n<p>Yolo Food Bank: 356 donations for $250,122Sacramento Philharmonic &amp; Opera: 61 donations for $244,768Sacramento Food Bank &amp; Family Services: 423 donations for $229,796Volunteers of America: 115 donations for $150,434Capital Public Radio: 420 donations for $147,534Meals on Wheels Yolo County: 265 donations for $140,942Sacramento Loaves &amp; Fishes: 259 donations for $129,899Sacramento Children\u2019s Home: 192 donations for $129,406First Tee \u2014 Greater Sacramento: 227 donations for $126,551Sacramento Splash: 333 donations for $126,124<\/p>\n<p>The Bee\u2019s Hector Amezcua contributed to this story.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_1583_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"722\" title=\"SAC_1583_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\" alt=\"A kitten from Mission Meow Cat Rescue walks on a computer displaying the total donations on Thursday morning as the Sacramento Region Community Foundation hosts the annual Big Day of Giving in Sacramento.\"\/>                                                                                    A kitten from Mission Meow Cat Rescue walks on a computer displaying the total donations on Thursday morning as the Sacramento Region Community Foundation hosts the annual Big Day of Giving in Sacramento.                                                                                            HECTOR AMEZCUA                                                                            hamezcua@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_7389_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"SAC_7389_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\" alt=\"The Sacramento Region Community Foundation hosts the annual Big Day of Giving in Sacramento on Thursday.\"\/>                                                                                    The Sacramento Region Community Foundation hosts the annual Big Day of Giving in Sacramento on Thursday.                                                                                            HECTOR AMEZCUA                                                                            hamezcua@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_7330_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"SAC_7330_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\" alt=\"A rescued English angora bunny that was sits in a pen from Sacramento House Rabbit Society as he participates in Sacramento Region Community Foundation\u2019s annual Big Day of Giving in Sacramento on Thursday.\"\/>                                                                                    A rescued English angora bunny that was sits in a pen from Sacramento House Rabbit Society as he participates in Sacramento Region Community Foundation\u2019s annual Big Day of Giving in Sacramento on Thursday.                                                                                            HECTOR AMEZCUA                                                                            hamezcua@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SAC_1631_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" title=\"SAC_1631_BDOG_HA_260507.JPG\" alt=\"Shelby Snowden, a volunteer with Mission Meow Cat Rescue, holds a pair of kittens at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation\u2019s headquarters during the annual Big Day of Giving on Thursday.\"\/>                                                                                    Shelby Snowden, a volunteer with Mission Meow Cat Rescue, holds a pair of kittens at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation\u2019s headquarters during the annual Big Day of Giving on Thursday.                                                                                            HECTOR AMEZCUA                                                                            hamezcua@sacbee.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published May 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento region nonprofits had raised more than $9.5 million on the Big Day of Giving by Thursday afternoon.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-305467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}