The Sustainable Giving Campaign
The Sustainable Giving Campaign is an annual one-week fundraising campaign for nonprofit organizations working to build a more sustainable future in Baltimore. This year we’re fundraising for Rebuilding Together Baltimore, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides no cost home repairs to low income adults over 60, families with children under 18, and people living with disabilities in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. I love that Rebuilding Together Baltimore is a small team of just six doing critical work bringing volunteers and materials together to keep Baltimoreans housed and safe.
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NEW THIS YEAR - Rebuilding Together Baltimore is enrolled in the Maryland Community Investment Tax Credit Program. If you give over $500, you can receive 50% of the value of your gift off of your state taxes as a credit. For example if you give $1000 you can receive $500 off of your state taxes. If you give over $500 BE SURE to check the selection as you give asking to take advantage of the credit. The tax credit is applied to your state taxes and does not impact your federal adjusted gross income. However, if you itemize, you can also claim your donation as a charitable contribution on your federal taxes. If you would like more information, reach out to Bonnie Bessor, the Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Baltimore at bonnie@rtbaltimore.org or 410-319-2461.​
How to Help:
1. Click HERE to make a direct donation to Rebuilding Together Baltimore, a registered 501 (c)3 nonprofit. Be sure to check the tax credit box if you are donating over $500 and filing Maryland state taxes.
2. Forward your donation receipt to bmoreserene@gmail.com to be added to our total fundraised
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We've fundraised $14,591 in 2026, beating our goal of $12,500. THANK YOU to everyone who donated!
$6,150 raised
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$3,106 raised for the St. Francis Neighborhood Center
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$2,726 raised for Blue Water Baltimore
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$318 raised for other Baltimore nonprofits
$17,846 raised
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An additional $5,000 to the Maryland Food Bank
$15,549 raised
$6,085 raised
$13,631 raised
$8,216 raised
$13,429 raised
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An additional $6,342.89 for Tyrone's Ice Cream Cart business
$14,424 raised
$16,881 raised
$14,591 raised
$133,168.50
Raised since 2017
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Trust: Our local nonprofit recipients are carefully vetted organizations creating efficient change.
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Impact: Our collective gift enables immediate programming and action we couldn't inspire individually.
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Value: Administrative work for The Sustainable Giving Campaign is volunteered. All funds go directly to the nonprofit via their chosen method of donations with no pass-throughs, percentages, or profits of any kind taken, ever.
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Ease: One online donation directly to a nonprofit, without being added to a mailing list, with no extra work.
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Intent: Setting aside funds to give annually is better than lump-sum and spontaneous donations.
The Sustainable Giving Campaign hopes to promote sustainability in two ways: by funding local community-building and environmental work and by encouraging our donors to think about giving annually and regularly. Tipper founded the campaign in 2017 with the pledge to donate 5% of his total annual income after reading about tithing and the idea of giving back a percentage of wealth which is foundational to many religions. Our hope is that our donors consider giving a percentage of their annual income to nonprofit organizations working to make Baltimore a more sustainable space. Giving a percentage of income helps people be more generous during good financial times and also allows people to feel less pressured when they don't have as much financially.
Tipper generally finds the nonprofits for the Sustainable Giving Campaign by researching the previous year's nonprofit grant recipients from the Baltimore Women's Giving Circle, the Black Philanthropy circle, the Baltimore Community Foundation, and the Baltimore City Community Grants Foundation.