Plan for Success
This section provides information to help participating organizations improve performance. See critical dates below. Under Additional Resources, click on the links to the Ministries Resources webpage which has new graphics, marketing tools, and more. Under Additional Resources, you'll also find training opportunities, last year’s results, and our thank-you letter to last year's participants. Under the Weekly Newsletters section, find sample weekly newsletters that #IGC provided for you to share with constituents. Weekly Newsletters will be updated beginning September 8, 2025, with weekly newsletters for you to share with constituents in the 2025 #IGC.
Please note the following critical dates:
- Registration Opens: Monday, August 18, 2025
- Registration Closes: Friday, November 1, 2025
- Advance Giving Phase: Monday November 17, 2025 – Monday, December 1, 2025
- Giving Day: Tuesday, December 2, 2025
- Close of Offline Giving: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Additional Resources
- Ministries Resources for #IGC Participation
- Training Opportunities
- 2024 Results Summary
- Congratulations and Thank You!
Weekly Newsletters (2024 Samples - 2025 Letters begin September 8, 2025)
- Week 1-Recruit Your Leadership Team
- Week 2-Set Your Giving Day Goals
- Week 3-Create Your Profile Page
- Week 4-Database and Social Media Review
- Week 5-Go Viral with Peer-to-Peer Fundraising
- Week 5.5-Please Excuse This Interruption
- Week 6-Motivate Donors with Matching and Challenge Gifts
- Week 7-Promote, Promote, Promote!
- Week 8-Social Media Game Plan
- Week 9-Email Blasts and Press Releases
- Week 10-Advance Giving is Open
- Week 11-Social Media Review and Prizes
- Week 12-24 Hours to Giving Tuesday
- Giving Tuesday-Here We Go!
- Giving Tuesday-Afternoon Update
- Giving Tuesday-Giving Day Results
- Giving Tuesday-Enter Offline Gifts
- #iGiveCatholic Giving Day-Final Wrap-Up