ANCHORAGE – February 5, 2013 – The application period for nonprofits to be part of the 2014 Pick.Click.Give. program is now open. Charitable organizations, educational institutions, and community foundations have until March 31, 2013 to complete an application to be included in next year’s PFD charitable giving program. Every organization, including those eligible for Pick.Click.Give. this year, must apply annually to be listed.

“Pick.Click.Give. is a growing opportunity for nonprofits to raise awareness and funds to support the causes they serve,” said Pick.Click.Give. Program Manager Heather Beaty. “If an organization has a goal of engaging with more Alaskans, we encourage them to consider applying to be part Pick.Click.Give.”

A record 471 nonprofit organizations in 48 communities across the state are eligible for Pick.Click.Give. in 2013. The eligibility criteria and $250 application fee were established by the Alaska Legislature. Instructions on how an organization may apply are available on www.PickClickGive.org under the “Info for Nonprofits” section.

Alaskan who still haven’t applied for the 2013 PFD can do so online through March 31, 2013. In addition to visiting www.PickClickGive.org, more information can be found on Facebook and Twitter.

Filing Period for 2013 Permanent Fund Dividends Opens January 1

ANCHORAGE – December 28, 2012 – Alaskans will soon have more options than ever for sharing their 2013 Permanent Fund Dividend. When the PFD filing period opens January 1, Alaskans will have the ability to use Pick.Click.Give to donate a portion of their dividend with a record 471 Alaska nonprofits.

Nonprofits throughout the state report an increase in the number of Alaskans making contributions through Pick.Click.Give., with many organizations seeing contribution levels double in the past year. Anchorage’s Bean’s Café made history in 2012 by becoming the first nonprofit to receive over $100,000 in Pick.Click.Give. pledges.

“Our research shows Alaskans strongly support organizations that provide services to youth, assist people in emergency situations and provide food and shelter to those in need,” said Pick.Click.Give. Program Manager Heather Beaty. “Alaskans have the power to make a real difference in the causes they care about when they share part of their PFD through Pick.Click.Give.”

The new PickClickGive.org website makes it easy for Alaskans to connect with the causes they care about. Each nonprofit has its own profile page with information about their mission and stories of how Alaskans are making a difference through Pick.Click.Give. Organizations in communities from Barrow to Ketchikan are featured on the new site, making it easy for Alaskans to find a way to give where they live.

Last year, more than 23,000 Alaskans pledged more than $2.2 million through Pick.Click.Give. Currently, only about 4 percent of the people who receive a PFD choose to give through Pick.Click.Give. The Permanent Fund Dividend filing period opens January 1 and runs through March 31.

Donations Support Wide Variety of Causes around the State

Contacts: Cassandra Stalzer, Rasmuson Foundation, 907-334-0520 or 907-223-9908 (cell) – or Jordan Marshall, Rasmuson Foundation, 907-334-0510 or 907-240-6848 (cell)

ANCHORAGE, October 4, 2012 – Just as Alaskans will receive their Permanent Fund Dividend checks in their bank accounts today, more than 400 nonprofit organizations will be receiving their donations from the 2012 Pick. Click. Give. campaign by the end of October.

Alaskans gave in record numbers this year, according to data provided by the Permanent Fund Dividend Division of the Alaska State Department of Revenue. As of April 1, 2012, the close of the regular three-month filing period for the annual PFD, over 23,000 individuals had pledged more than 37,000 gifts totaling more than $2,200,000.

“The impact of donations from Pick. Click. Give. ripples through communities in many ways,” said Debbie Bitney, Director of the Permanent Fund Division. “More hungry families and children can be fed, more animals can be rescued, public broadcasting stations can enhance their service, more abused women and their children can be sheltered. There’s a long list causes that are being served through the generosity of Alaskans who give through Pick. Click. Give.”

Top recipients of gifts this year were Bean’s Café, KSKA/KAKM/APRN, Food Bank of Alaska, and Alaska Dog and Puppy Rescue.

A list of participating organizations in the 2012 campaign and the amount each received can be found below. The totals represent figures compiled at the end of the regular filing period. Final totals will be available later this month but are not expected to vary to any great extent from those announced in the spring.

The 2012 campaign went over its goal by $200,000 and represented an increase of nearly 50 percent over the 2011 total.

In 2011, 19,000 Alaskans raised $1.5 million for nonprofits, community foundations and the University of Alaska campuses through Pick. Click. Give. In 2010, 9,500 Alaskans donated a total of $927,000 and in 2009, the program’s first year, 5,500 people gave $545,000.

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The Pick. Click. Give. statewide outreach campaign is made possible through financial support from the Alaska Children’s Trust, Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority, Atwood Foundation, BP Alaska, ConocoPhillips Alaska, ExxonMobil, Mat-Su Health Foundation, Northrim Bank, Providence Health + Services Alaska and Rasmuson Foundation. Also providing generous amounts of in-kind support are the Alaska Public Radio Network, Regal Entertainment Group/CIRI, The Alaska Club, Alaska Aces, Nerland Agency and Wells Fargo Bank Alaska. Pick. Click. Give. is coordinated through a partnership including the Permanent Fund Dividend Division of the Alaska Department of Revenue, Rasmuson Foundation, The Foraker Group, United Way of Anchorage and Alaska Community Foundation.