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2024 Abilene Gives sets new giving record

May 07, 2024

As the clock marked 8 p.m., the community-wide giving day, Abilene Gives, reached record giving in its eighth year. At that time, 3,676 donors collectively raised more than $2.4M benefiting 174 nonprofit organizations. Since its launch in 2017, Abilene Gives has raised more than $11.3M. The final grand total will be announced June 30, 2024.

Giving day stats (as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, 2024):

Nonprofits raising the most in donations:

  1. All Kind Animal Initiative
  2. Youth Voice
  3. Camp Able of Buffalo Gap
  4. Big Country CASA
  5. Pregnancy Resources of Abilene
  6. Love & Care Ministries
  7. Paramount Theatre
  8. Abilene Arts Alliance
  9. Abilene Zoological Society
  10. Big Brothers Big Sisters

Nonprofits engaging the most donors:

  1. Day Nursery of Abilene
  2. All Kind Animal Initiative
  3. Paramount Theatre
  4. Meals on Wheels Plus
  5. Big Country CASA
  6. Abilene Zoological Society
  7. Pregnancy Resources of Abilene
  8. Big Brothers Big Sisters
  9. Camp Able of Buffalo Gap
  10. Habitat for Humanity

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