Pick. Click. Give. Donations Surpasses 2009 Level

The 2010 Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) filing period is more than half over, and the number of people donating through the Pick. Click. Give. charitable contributions program has already surpassed the 2009 level. Last week, 5,860 Alaskans chose to donate part of their PFD to a favorite charitable organization or to more than one. To date, 373,879 applications have been filed online, and Alaskans still have until March 31, 2010, to apply.

The rate at which Alaskans are making contributions through Pick. Click. Give has nearly doubled over last year. Excluding the first three days of the filing period when technical difficulties prevented most filers from using the online contributions tool, nearly two percent of filers are directing some of their PFD to a cause of their choice. About half of those are choosing to support more than one organization. Last year one percent (1%) of filers participated in the program.

Soon a solution will be announced for people who experienced technical problems with Pick. Click. Give. that allows them to go back and make a donation. All Alaskans who have previously filed will also be able to amend their PFD application to add a Pick. Click. Give. donation if they did not already do so.*

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*Stay tuned for this very important announcement.