5,092 donations to 136 organizations during the 24-hour campaign, marking CLLCTIVGive’s fourth consecutive million-dollar year

BALTIMORE, Md., Aug. 11, 2026: Greater Baltimore came together on Aug. 7 to raise $1,363,382.07 through CLLCTIVGive, CLLCTIVLY’s annual 24-hour campaign supporting Black-led organizations working across the region.

Together, 4,160 donors made 5,092 donations. Of the 148 organizations eligible to participate, 136 received contributions, meaning 92 percent raised money through the campaign. The results mark the fourth consecutive year CLLCTIVGive has mobilized more than $1 million in a single day.

Donor participation grew nearly 31 percent from 2025, when 3,179 people made a gift. Since its launch in 2019, CLLCTIVGive has grown from $5,500 raised in its first year to an annual community-wide campaign that has surpassed $1 million for four consecutive years.
“CLLCTIVGive is about more than what we raise in 24 hours. It is about what becomes possible when thousands of people recognize the leadership already present in our communities and choose to move resources together,” said Jamye Wooten, founder and CEO of CLLCTIVLY. “Baltimore’s Black-led organizations are building solutions every day. Our responsibility is to ensure they have the capital, relationships, and infrastructure needed to sustain and deepen that work.”

Carmelo Anthony, Kalen Allen, and Sonja Sohn lent their voices to CLLCTIVGive, helping invite broader participation. Across the region, participating organizations, donors, artists, local businesses, and community partners mobilized their networks around a shared call to give with purpose.

Community activations extended the campaign beyond the online platform. During the morning, donors gathered at Mama Koko’s, Good Neighbor, and Red Emma’s through the Give Back and Your Drink Is on Us activation. The day culminated with GIVE WITH: A CLLCTIVGive Celebration at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, bringing supporters and participating organizations together through music, art, food, and storytelling.

CLLCTIVLY also invested $50,000 in campaign prizes that moved additional resources to participating organizations through fundraising challenges, random drawings, and community participation. The prizes helped organizations build momentum throughout the day while creating more ways for donors to take part.

The campaign also highlighted the need for investment beyond a single day of giving. Among 131 participating organizations that completed CLLCTIVLY’s capacity questions, nearly seven in ten identified fundraising and development as a need, alongside recurring needs in communications, governance, evaluation, operations, financial management, and technology.

These findings are shaping CLLCTIVLY’s year-round work to expand flexible funding and build shared services and back-office support across Greater Baltimore’s Black social economy.

From a Day of Giving to Year-Round Investment
CLLCTIVGive is one part of CLLCTIVLY’s broader strategy to strengthen Greater Baltimore’s Black social economy. The campaign makes the breadth of Black-led work more visible, expands the number of people participating in local giving, and moves resources directly to organizations rooted in their communities.

During CLLCTIVGive, CLLCTIVLY also announced the inaugural recipients of the Kindred Abundance Fund. The $1.28 million initiative combines $705,000 in grants and microgrants, a $75,000 Rapid Response Grant pool, and a $500,000 zero-interest loan fund to strengthen community-rooted organizations and the infrastructure they share.

“One day can reveal the power already present in our communities,” Wooten said. “The work ahead is to build the systems that allow that power to grow throughout the year.”

About CLLCTIVGive
CLLCTIVGive is CLLCTIVLY’s annual 24-hour campaign connecting donors with Black-led organizations serving Greater Baltimore. Held each August during Black Philanthropy Month, the campaign invites people to discover organizations, give with purpose, and amplify community-rooted work. Learn more at givewith.org.