The annual Pick. Click. Give. campaign is underway. In the first 100 hours of 2012, the program saw over $275,000 in pledges from Alaskans across the state. According to the Permanent Fund Dividend Division, as of 6 a.m. this morning there were 5,319 pledged gifts from 3,387 people whose average pledge equaled $82 per donor. At this rate, if the same number of people file online in 2012 as did in 2011, the program is on track to generate $1.99 million for the over 400 charitable causes on the Pick. Click. Give. list. “These first days’ numbers suggest there is reason for optimism that we may reach this year’s goal of $2 million for the state’s nonprofit sector through Pick. Click. Give.,” said Jordan Marshall, manager of initiatives and special… Read more »

Project leaders behind the popular Alaska charitable effort known as Pick. Click. Give. hope to make 2012 the biggest year yet for Alaska nonprofits in the program. With the January 1 opening of the filing period for Permanent Fund Dividends fast approaching, a statewide Pick. Click. Give. public awareness campaign is now in full swing. Program managers spent much of 2011 conducting market research and other behind-the-scenes planning to make 2012 the most successful yet for the statewide philanthropy initiative. Pick. Click. Give. allows Alaskans to make charitable contributions to one or more of over 400 eligible nonprofit organizations when they file online for the annual dividend. Click here for more on the research and goals…. Read more »

Organizations participating in the 2012 Pick.Click.Give. campaign can take advantage of free training sessions scheduled between now and early next year. One group of classes will help you get started. Click here to learn more about those and to register. The other sessions will provide current information on the process of the campaign and how you can better promote your involvement with it. Click here to learn more about those and to register. All classes will be held via teleconference or webinars. Come prepared with your questions. We also encourage you to share your challenges and successes as the campaign progresses…. Read more »

NOTICE: There was an error in the calculation of this year’s Permanent Fund Dividend charitable contributions. The Department of Revenue says this will affect Pick.Click.Give. totals by less than $100,000. Details are available in this press release…. Read more »

Alaskans who filed for the 2011 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) between January 1 and March 31 have seven more days to make Pick. Click. Give. charitable contributions. The PFD Division homepage will accept new contributions to over 400 nonprofit causes through August 31. “The regular PFD filing season saw nearly 20,000 Alaskans pledging over $1.5 million,” said Jordan Marshall, special projects manager with Rasmuson Foundation. “These generous, optional gifts support important causes across the entire state and improve our quality of life. “If you gave through Pick. Click. Give., thank you!” said Marshall. “If, however, you forgot or ran out of time or you simply want to make a safe and secure charitable contribution today, you can.” The PFD Division homepage – www.pfd.state.ak.us – prominently features an “Add or Change… Read more »

Alaskans can add or change their donations through the 2011 Pick.Click.Give. program until August 31. Even though the deadline for filing for a Permanent Fund Dividend has passed, the state provides additional time for those who have filed to donate to participating nonprofits. Instructions are available on the Pick.Click.Give. website…. Read more »

Rasmuson Foundation was named the Wilmer Shields Rich Gold Award winner for Public Policy Campaigns by the Council on Foundations (COF). The Foundation was selected based on its work to increase individual giving in Alaska through Pick. Click. Give., which allows individual Alaskans to share their Permanent Fund Dividend with Alaska nonprofits. Awards for Public Policy Campaigns are bestowed once every two years. In his letter to Rasmuson Foundation, COF President Steve Gunderson wrote that Pick. Click. Give. “demonstrates Rasmuson Foundation’s commitment to public accountability and effective communications and serves as a model of excellence for other grantmakers.” “The Pick. Click. Give. campaign just completed its third consecutive year of 100 percent growth in the amount of dollars pledged,” said Rasmuson Foundation President Diane Kaplan. “The Foundation recognized from the… Read more »

From the Chronicle of Philanthropy Alaska Program Prompts Residents to Pledge Dividend Payments to Charity April 6, 2011, 10:22 am By Peter Bolton Alaska residents pledged more than $1.5-million this year to nonprofits as part of a program that encourages residents to give a portion of state dividend payments they receive to charity. The effort is tied to Alaska’s permanent fund dividend program, which gives Alaskans one quarter of the royalties collected through oil and natural-gas drilling projects. Each Alaska resident gets an equal payment, which typically ranges from $300 to just under $2,000 annually. Three years ago, the state began encouraging residents to consider giving some of their dividends to charity through a program called “Pick. Click. Give.” Click here to see the entire story…. Read more »

ANCHORAGE, April 1, 2011 — Pledge data at the close of the 2011 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) filing period show 18,726 Alaskans made 27,829 charitable gifts to Alaska nonprofits during the 90 day campaign. The total pledged amount as of midnight March 31 was $1,570,900. These data show that 3.4 percent of Alaskans who filed online for their PFDs took advantage of the opportunity to support the causes they care about in their communities. “Alaskans are seeing the dividend in a different light,” said Jordan Marshall, special projects manager with Rasmuson Foundation. “Increasingly, the dividend is being seen as a way to strengthen our communities. Moreover, our research shows that on average over half of these gifts are coming from people making their first philanthropic gift.” Marshall noted that these… Read more »

Alaskans are showing their true color, and it is Pick Click Give green. As of this morning, two weeks into 2011, more people have made more donations totaling more pledged dollars than the first year of Pick Click Give. $555,600 to support the causes you care about. Great going! To see all the organizations on the Pick.Click.Give. list for 2011 and to learn more about the program go to www.pickclickgive.org… Read more »