America's Giving Challenge ended on January 31, 2008 at 3 pm EST. Thanks to all of the wonderful fundraisers who took the challenge and raised money for grassroots causes on GlobalGiving. For more information please read About the Challenge, and Frequently Asked Questions.

Congratulations to the Challenge Winners!

Thank you to everyone who participated in America's Giving Challenge to raise money for grassroots causes on GlobalGiving. We appreciate the time and effort it took to make this whole endeavor a success for PARADE Magazine, the Case Foundation, GlobalGiving and the over 400 grassroots projects that benefited from your hard work. Read the full press release announcing the winners here.

Challenge Winners

1.		1,650 donors	Michele Martin, The Sharing Foundation
2.		1,639 donors	Erin Kelly, Students Helping Honduras
3.		1,615 donors	Scott Beale, Atlas Service Corps
4.		1,598 donors	Suzanne Plopper, Friends of Burkina Faso

Check out some of their tales of fundraising here.

GlobalGiving Superlative Awards:

In the last 4 days of the Challenge we encouraged fundraisers to keep mobilizing donors by offering additional incentives.

Most Challenge Spirit: Mobilize at least 25 additional donors and finish in 5th - 10th place on the GlobalGiving Leaderboard, and GlobalGiving will match the top donation up to $1,000.

5.		Poonam A., Seva Mandir
6.		Ray U., ASSET India Foundation
7.		Gretchen W., Global Grassroots
8.		UNC L., Scholars Latino Initiative
9.		Dale J., PlayPumps International
10. (tie)		Natasha A., GOONJ
10. (tie)		Wendy B., Green Map System

Most Improved: If you climb the most rungs on the Leaderboard ladder, we will give you $10 for every unique donor it took to improve your ranking - up to $2,500.

• Vickie H., of Lambi Fund of Haiti, earned $90 extra by moving 13 spots, from 42nd place to 29th place with 9 new donors.
• Erin Kelly of Students Helping Honduras, earned $2,500 extra by moving 5 spots, from 7th place to 2nd place with 1,353 new donors

Daily Matching Awards (Mini-Challenges):

The fundraiser with the most unique donors in each 24-hour period between January 21 and January 26 had their largest donations in that time period matched.

• Monday Jan 21 - Tuesday Jan 22: Suzanne P., Friends of Burkina Faso, with 56 donations
• Tuesday Jan 22 - Wednesday Jan 23: Suzanne P., Friends of Burkina Faso, with 58 donations
• Wednesday Jan 23 - Thursday Jan 24: Suzanne P., Friends of Burkina Faso, with 80 donations
• Thursday Jan 24 - Friday Jan 25: Scott B., Atlas Service Corps, with 96 donations
• Friday Jan 25 - Saturday Jan 26: Erin K., Students Helping Honduras, with 68 donations

Still want to give?

View the Leaderboard

For fundraisers that participated in the challenge, you still can view the finalized leaderboard.