Why it works
Your generosity creates real change. A UGIV™ Fund is a solution-based fund for a group of select nonprofits. We help raise money for organizations that are dedicated to making their communities better.
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Did you know about 20 percent of nonprofits operate on less than $4,000 per month?1 Imagine how much good a recurring gift as little as $25 a month could do. Now imagine your friend chips in another $25 and so on and so on. You’re a generosity generator!
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UGIV Funds can help alleviate fundraising burdens for nonprofits since Uncommon Giving is handling the creation and marketing of each fund.
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When you give to others, you’re doing more than just donating money. When you feel the impact of serving others, you’ll be inspired to make generosity a part of your everyday life. Serving is giving time, talent, treasure, testimony and thanks. Your generosity will help change the community, but it can also change U. Studies have shown that there is a link between generosity and happiness.2
#AwakenGenerosity
What’s in a number? Well, for a nonprofit it is a lot.
Here are some of the ways your generosity can make a difference in your community and beyond. Let’s use taking on homelessness in Phoenix as an example.3
Small-dollar donations that equal $520 over one year
Homeless people served in the past 12 months at the Human Services Campus
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Each nonprofit is vetted in a UGIV Fund by Uncommon Giving based on criteria from industry-leading organizations, a non-profit advisory board, and local nonprofit experts. This includes searching for good standing with the IRS, and at least one of these filters: Uncommon Giving advisory board member, three or more stars from Charity Navigator®, bronze rating or above in GuideStar®, good standing with give.org (BBB), or a passing designation from ImpactMatters®.
Causes Included
Unity Giving Fund – Child Welfare
Child welfare is for the good of all.
Be a part of transforming communities for neglected children. You can help change the life trajectory of a young person from tragedies like academic failures, drug abuse, teen pregnancy, sex trafficking, homelessness or even incarceration.
We created this Unity Fund to give a louder voice to children. This giving fund will benefit a selection of charitable organizations committed to finding solutions for the children in need. Trusted nonprofits are working to better a child’s world and to protect them. You have the means to help. Let’s awaken generosity together.
Beneficiaries: CarePortal (c/o Global Orphan Project), Royal Family Kids (c/o For the Children), America’s Kids Belong, Lifesong for Orphans and Gen Justice.
Unity Giving Fund – Public Safety and Armed Forces
Supporting those who serve is up to us.
We rely on the people serving in Public Safety and Armed Forces to protect us and show up and serve us in our time of need. It is up to us to advocate for current and former Public Safety and Armed Forces members and their families in their time of need.
The nonprofits in this Unity Fund provide wellness programs to ensure these incredible men and women transform struggle into strength, build resilience and common bonds within communities, and offer financial support and scholarships to families and children who have either lost a parent in the line of duty or to America’s fallen and disabled service members. Charitable organizations have solutions for helping our heroes. You have the means to help. Let’s awaken generosity together.
Beneficiaries: Boulder Crest, Folds of Honor, Tuesday’s Children, First Responders Children’s Foundation and Friends of Firefighters Inc..
Unity Giving Fund – Human Trafficking
Help trafficked persons, right where you are.
According to the United Nations, human trafficking is the inhumane act of threatening, forcing, or deceiving vulnerable persons to exploit them for slavery or similar practices. It affects every country and is reported in all 50 states. Nonprofit organizations work tirelessly to end trafficking but rely heavily on the generosity of donors like you. The current COVID-19 pandemic has made their work of nonprofit justice seekers more essential than ever. Simply said, victims are in desperate need of resources.
There is hope for people that have been, are, or will be trafficked. But these nonprofits need our support to bring awareness, prevention, and rescue to life. These nonprofits have solutions to our trafficking crisis. You have the means to make it happen. Let’s inspire generosity together.
Beneficiaries: Darkness to Light, Thorn, A21, Operation Underground Railroad, Child and Rescue Coalition.
Unity Giving Fund – Human Trafficking
Help trafficked persons, right where you are.
According to the United Nations, human trafficking is the inhumane act of threatening, forcing, or deceiving vulnerable persons to exploit them for slavery or similar practices. It affects every country and is reported in all 50 states. Nonprofit organizations work tirelessly to end trafficking but rely heavily on the generosity of donors like you. The current COVID-19 pandemic has made their work of nonprofit justice seekers more essential than ever. Simply said, victims are in desperate need of resources.
There is hope for people that have been, are, or will be trafficked. But these nonprofits need our support to bring awareness, prevention, and rescue to life. These nonprofits have solutions to our trafficking crisis. You have the means to make it happen. Let’s inspire generosity together.
Beneficiaries: Darkness to Light, Thorn, A21, Operation Underground Railroad, Child and Rescue Coalition.
Unity Disaster Relief Fund
Simply put, people need our help in a disaster. This relief fund will support disaster preparation and recovery efforts caused by natural or un-natural disasters. Nonprofits included in the fund will provide immediate emergency relief and long-term recovery support to where there is the greatest need.
Let’s help our neighbors in these emergencies. Nonprofits included: Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Relief, World Vision and Convoy of Hope.
Unity Giving Fund – Water
Water brings life. Be a part of providing access to clean water for millions. We dream big like that and so should you. We are committed to changing the world and by donating to this Unity Fund, you can help. The charitable organizations in this giving fund transform lives with sustainable wells, filtration systems or water hygiene-education programs.
Trusted nonprofits have solutions to our global water crisis. You have the means to make it happen. Let’s awaken generosity together.
Beneficiaries: Global Water Center, Water Mission, and charity: water.
Unity Giving Fund – Ending Hunger
Food insecurity describes a household’s inability to provide enough food for every person to live an active, healthy life. According to the World Health Organization, 820 million people don’t receive enough nutrition to live an active, healthy life. That is 1 in 9 people in the world who are hungry. To tackle the root causes of hunger and to ensure that no child, adult, senior or family is left hungry, we support organizations who are combating this crisis locally and globally.
Through mobilization of communities, advocacy, and hands-on feeding the hungry, these organizations are keeping the hope of a hunger-free world a reality. The nonprofits in this Unity Fund have solutions for hunger. You have the means to help. Let’s awaken generosity together.
Beneficiaries: Meals on Wheels, CityServe, Action Against Hunger, Food for the Hungry, and Rise Against Hunger.
Unity Giving Fund – Justice
“Human Justice upholds the right to live in a healthy and vibrant community, where each person is safe, thriving and able to reach their full human potential.”
– Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing
Many nonprofits exist with the sole mission of making sure every human being has the opportunities and resources necessary to thrive. When community members stand up for the most vulnerable it can empower them to move forward out of injustice and live a safe and fruitful life.
We created this fund to help the most vulnerable in our communities. That could include children, military veterans, single mothers, immigrants and minorities. The nonprofits in this Unity Fund have solutions to fight for justice on behalf of these humans in our community who need a champion to defend their rights and freedom. You have the means to help. Let’s awaken generosity together.
The beneficiaries in this fund are: Prevent Child Abuse America, Children’s Defense Fund, Feal Good Foundation, Tahirih Justice Center and Prison Fellowship International.
Unity Giving Fund – Education/Youth Empowerment
Help kids set up for success
Nationwide, kids are stepping up to embrace the “new normal” of school during a global pandemic. For many children, this year brings an especially difficult set of unknowns. How will they do their homework when no one at home can help? How will they eat without free school lunches? Kids have enough to worry about this year. Every student should have an equal chance to succeed and thrive.
This giving fund benefits nonprofits who are committed to giving kids access to help with school, mentoring, resources for families, and activities. These organizations empower youth, all with the goal of raising up successful kids.
Let’s join these nonprofit organizations as they strive to build a better future for our kids. You have the means to help make it happen. Let’s awaken generosity together.
Beneficiaries: Growing Leaders, The Woodson Center, In a Perfect World, Girls on the Run, and Elevate USA.
Unity Giving Fund – Arts
Support the Arts–At All Levels
We created this fund to empower people to connect, dream big and express themselves through the arts. Here’s your chance to join in. Activities like music and art, or volunteering in the community combat the effects of isolation and are essential for healthy development. They help us see our similarities rather than our differences.
This fund will empower nonprofit organizations committed to the cause. These organizations help leaders recognize and understand the arts as a solution to bigger problems, conduct research on how they improve lives and empower children in public schools to lead and connect with others through creativity. Charitable organizations have solutions to make the arts happen. You have the means to help. Let’s awaken generosity together.
Beneficiaries: Little Kids Rock, Americans for the Arts, Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock, and ArtWorks for Freedom.
How you can be a generous giver.
Being you is your superpower. Use it for good! By giving to a UGIV Fund, you are making a difference in your community. Dollars are distributed to multiple nonprofits meeting a specific need, so your impact is spread throughout your community! It’s easy and you’ll get a tax receipt for your records.
You’ll help others awaken generosity. By sharing that you donated to a UGIV Fund, you are a voice for those in need. Your unique gifts and talents may inspire others to give. Nonprofits in your community need help now more than ever.
You are a part of a larger story. Change comes from everyone, not just those with the most money. You have more to give than you think!
Your generosity will help change the community, but it can also change “U.” Studies have shown that generous people are often happier, healthier and live longer.
Not sure yet?
Let us help.
We want to help you on your path to awaken generosity in you and in those around you. Contact us so you can get updates on how to start this journey. We’re here to help.
What happens when you give?
Your donation dollars are distributed to the nonprofits in the UGIV Fund. It’s easy and you’ll get a tax receipt for your records.
You’ll also be able to track all your giving in one place in a convenient digital giving wallet.
1How Big Are Most Non-Profits? https://zipsprout.com/how-big-are-most-non-profits/
2 A neural link between generosity and happiness https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15964.pdf
3 hsc-az.org
