Grapevine has partnered with Social Good Fund, a 501(c)3 public charity (EIN 46-1323531), to facilitate all donations. This is a Donor Advised Fund that will distribute your donation to the nonprofits you selected. This allows you to easily make a donation to any U.S. nonprofit.
What should I expect at an event?
Expect to sign-in and introductions.
– Previous event’s recipient introduction
– Announce the three charity finalists
– Each member who nominated a charity finalist presents – 5 minutes each plus Q&A
– Voting and tabulation of the results
– Announce the winning recipient charity
– Group photograph with the big check.
How long do meetings last?
Events will take approximately an hour. There will be time for socializing and networking before or after the formal part of each meeting.
Interest
We appreciate you interest in helping in the Hilton Head area. There are hundreds of needs in our area for consideration.
Inaugural meeting
In April, we had 70 men committed to make a difference. Thirty decided to sit outside, a dozen connected via video conference and the balance with voted remotely for three local needs. Three groups of men made short presentations all in 45 minutes. The votes were tabulated and we notified Volunteers in Medicine that we were able to make a $7000 donation toward their local need.
St. James Food Pantry
Chet Williams nominated a local food pantry provided by St. James Baptist Church providing food for anyone that is hungry on the island.
Presented April 2021
Piggly Wiggly
The Martin family with the local Piggly Wiggly have assisted with several fund raisers in the community as well as invested in many organizations as well as individuals.
100 Women Who Care Hilton Head
The Women’s group created the spark by illustrating the simplicity of having an impact with a donation to the BackPack Buddies
How to change the “tip” percentage
We discovered that it requires a couple of steps to change your donation percentage to Grapevine.org. Basically, you will cancel your current recurring donation and create a new one.
You can take the following steps to change your tip.
- If you log into your account on Grapevine, you can head to your profile in the upper right hand corner and then select “Donations.”
- In the donations section you’ll see at the top of the page that you can manage your recurring donations.
- You can go ahead and cancel the recurring donation and then head back to the giving circle to set it up again.
Researched the idea
We contacted the 100+ Women Who Care for the secret recipe which turned out to be the same formula used by over 700 organizations nationally and coined by the 100 Who Care Alliance. The cat was out of the bag. We definitely could do this.
In March, we outlined how we wanted to spread the word to have an impact on the island.