Give Hastings Day Celebrates $948,915!

(Hastings, Neb.) — The 12th annual Give Hastings Day raised $948,915 to support 113 Adams County nonprofit organizations and projects. That amount represents the third largest total in Give Hastings Day history and is less than $5,000 away from being the second highest total. This brings the cumulative impact of Give Hastings Day to $7,493,032.

“We are proud of the continued financial success of Give Day, but this event has always been more about people than dollars,” Dan Peters, executive director of the Hastings Community Foundation, who hosts Give Hastings Day. “Give Hastings Day allows us to recognize and celebrate the staff, boards, volunteers, and donors who ensure our nonprofits are able to do their amazing work in our community every single day.”

The top five earners of Give Hastings Day were Hastings Catholic Schools Foundation ($42,147), Hastings College ($37,504), Salvation Army ($34,596), Schnase 1906 District ($33,060), and Hastings Area Habitat for Humanity ($30,220).

The organizations with the most individual donors include Start Over Rover (202), Hastings Catholic Schools Foundation (142), Prairie Loft Center and Wellspring Pregnancy + Health Center tied (139), and Catholic Social Services of Southern Nebraska (118). The Kiwanis Skate Park earned the “Rookie of the Year” prize by having 75 donors, the most of any organization participating for the first time during this Give Hastings Day.

For the third year, Give Day Headquarters was hosted at The Lark. “For the Give Day committee, one of our biggest surprises from the day was the growing popularity of Give Day HQ for individuals and families," said Peters. “In addition to all of those who dropped off their donations, we had more people stay and spend part of their day at HQ cheering on our progress. That is just one more way that Give Day helps to bring people together and inspire connections.”

Give Hastings Day is a service of the Hastings Community Foundation. Give Day will return on Thursday, May 7, 2026. For more information, visit givehastings.org or hastingscommunityfoundation.org.