NOWCastSA is eligible for up to $45,000 in prizes through The Big Give S.A. on May 3rd by meeting fundraising goals in categories like most unique donors for civil rights organizations and organizations with budgets of $50,000-$249,999. NOWCastSA needs to upgrade its website from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8 to fix issues at an estimated cost of $16,800, and its goal is to raise $20,000 from 400 donors during The Big Give to fund this project.

1. The Big Give S.A. is coming up on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. NOWCastSA is eligible to receive up to
$45,000 in FREE MONEY via the Big Give prize challenges. Based on its size and fundraising
history, as well as past Big Give results, NOWCastSA is focusing on the following challenges:
$7,500 Category Prize: Most unique donors in the Civil Rights, Social Action, and
Advocacy Category (competing with 36 other agencies)
$5,000 Size Prize: Most unique donors of any organization with an annual budget of
$50,000-$249,999 (competing with 252 other agencies)
SPECIAL PRIZES
$1,000 to the Nonprofit Council Agency member that brings the most unique donors from
5PM-6PM (competing with 138 other agencies)
$500 to the Nonprofit Council Agency member that brings in the most unique donors from
7AM-8AM (competing with 138 other agencies)
In 2015, NOWCastSA raised $1,670 from 33 donors. It is time to seriously up our game!
Thanks to some amazing volunteer support, NOWCastSA’s website moved off of the servers at
Rackspace to the much more affordable platform.sh in 2015. However, NOWCastSA.com
desperately needs to upgrade from Drupal 6 to Drupal 8 to resolve some serious PHP compatibility
issues that are plaguing the site. This project is expected to take three to four months to complete,
costing an estimated $16,800 in contracted services plus considerable in-house staff time.
The upgrade and redesign will not only correct known errors and make the site more user-friendly
for contributors and efficient for staff, but it will also increase functionality for visitors, volunteers,
donors and sponsors.
You can be a part of it by making a donation at https://thebiggivesa.org/npo/nowcastsa any time
on May 3 – and you’ll increase our chances of earning bonus prizes by making your gift from 7 - 8
a.m. and/or from 5 - 6 p.m. Central Time.
Click here to pledge to donate
NOWCastSA’s goal is to raise $20,000 from 400 individuals during The
Big Give S.A. to update and redesign the NOWCastSA.com website
While the average Big Give SA gift size in 2015 was $101, NOWCastSA’s average gift size was $50.60.
The 2015 Civil Rights, Social Action, and Advocacy Category winner raised $18,245 from 120 donors.
The 2015 Small Organization Size winner received 347 donations.