North State Giving Tuesday launches at 6 O’clock Tuesday morning, but donors don’t have to wait. The day of philanthropy is administered by the Community Foundation of the North State. Last year the effort collected a record of more than $1.6 Million from 6,355 individual donations to 177 non-profit organizations. This will be the eighth year for the event, officially held the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. The website is active at northstategives.org. This year there are 210 beneficiary organizations in Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama, Modoc and Trinity Counties. The foundation is the money manager for many non-profit organizations, scholarships, foundations and causes, as they boast an extremely low overhead. The foundation has awarded over $65 Million in grants since 2000.
-Steve Gibson