WyoGives Happens July 15: The Day Your Donation Works Overtime

Jun 19, 2026

Wyoming non-profits are banding together again this year for the 7th annual WyoGives Day. This 24-hour online fundraising initiative, organized by the Wyoming Nonprofit Network, has raised over $20 million since its launch in 2020.

This year’s theme is the Power of One, built on a simple but powerful truth: every single act of generosity matters. One person. One gift. One day. Park County regularly shows up generously. In a single online visit on July 15, 2026 you can equip a backcountry rescue, help support adults with disabilities, sponsor programs that care for the wild horses, support a hospital foundation, and keep the lights on at a small-town museum.

Wherever your heart calls to you, there’s an organization working to bring so much goodness to our community.

Who’s Participating?

Registration closed on June 15 and overall there are 510 nonprofits participating this year. That’s up from the 430 that participated in 2025. Park County based organizations participating this year include:
[List updated 7/11/26]

In addition, there are more nonprofits that serve Park County, but aren’t based in the county. The full searchable list went live last Monday at WyoGives.org, where donors can filter by county to find every participating organization close to home.

Your Dollar Goes Further Here

Two things make July 15 different from writing a check on any other day of the year. Matching funds demonstrate the dedication of board members and individuals to the impact of these local organizations.

The first is the Hughes Charitable Foundation Incentive Pool. For another year, the foundation is putting up $1,000,000 to boost online donations made on WyoGives Day. Qualifying Wyoming nonprofits, with at least two years of 501(c)(3) standing, receive a share of the pool proportional to what they raise online on July 15, up to a cap of $10,000 per organization for Park County. Participating nonprofits note the pool on their WyoGives profiles, so look for it when you give.

The Hughes Charitable Foundation was formed in 2020 to support those who support our Wyoming communities and the people in them who are at risk.

The second is matching money raised right here at home. Three Park County organizations have already secured an additional $62,500 in matches for the day:

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation: $50,000. Sam Mihara was nine years old when he and his family were forcibly removed from their home and incarcerated at Heart Mountain during World War II. He has spent his later years teaching that history across the country, and for the third consecutive WyoGives, he is backing that mission with his own money through the Sam Mihara Associates Heart Mountain Education Match. “The donation’s purpose is to help teach the public about what happened to me and the rest of us who suffered at that time,” Mihara writes.

Meeteetse Museums: $11,500. In a town of roughly 300 people, the museum’s board members and foundation board members have pooled $11,500 to match donations. Meeteetse knows what this money does as they’re using funds from its successful 2025 WyoGives campaign to build projects at the museum.

Powell Economic Partnership Foundation: $1,000. PEP’s 501(c)(3) foundation joins WyoGives for the first time this year, and its board of directors is marking the occasion with a match of its own.

Then There Are the Prizes

If the matching donations weren’t enough, WyoGives sweetens the day with more than 30 prizes worth roughly $17,800, and some are awarded just for having donors who show up at the right moment.

The first organization to receive an online donation after midnight wins $500. At exactly 3:07 AM and again at 3:07 PM, the first three organizations to receive a gift win $307 each, calculated, the organizers note, down to the nanosecond. Night owls of Park County, this is your moment.

The most accessible prizes are the Golden Tickets: every two hours from 4:00 AM to midnight, two $500 prizes are drawn, one for small-budget organizations and one for large. Every online gift of $25 or more enters that nonprofit in the drawing for its window. A $25 donation to a small organization like a local museum or rescue group is a real shot at an extra $500.

New this year, in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary, the nonprofit that receives the 250th donation of the day wins a $500 Legacy of Generosity Prize. Milestone prizes of $1,000 also go to the organizations whose donations push the statewide total past $1 million, $2 million, $3 million, and $4 million.

Keep an eye out around town, too: nonprofits posting photos of supporters holding the 2026 WyoGives fan with the hashtag #WyoGives2026 are entered to win one of four $250 prizes.

How to Give

Giving takes a few minutes at WyoGives.org on July 15. Credit card donations start at $5 with no maximum, bank transfers start at $100, and Apple Pay and Google Pay work too. No account is required; receipts are automatically emailed, and donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law. Donors can choose to cover the small processing fees so the nonprofit receives the full gift, and gifts can be made anonymous.

Prefer paper? Checks can be sent directly to a nonprofit, which can count them in its WyoGives total through July 31. Just know that offline gifts don’t qualify for the incentive pool boost or the prizes. To make every dollar stretch, give online on the day.

One day. One website. One gift at a time. On July 15, the Power of One looks a lot like Park County.

Janet Jones
Owner, Publisher, Editor

Janet has a rich history in Cody with her grandparents moving here in the late 1930s. Her grandfather started Wyoming Well Service. Janet is a writer, photographer, graphic designer and webmaster. Cody Journal and Cody Calendar blends her skills and talents with her love of the area.

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