2024 Prizes

2024 Prizes

With your support, qualified sanctuaries and rescue centers providing rehabilitation or long-term care for apes throughout Africa, Asia, and North America will be able to compete for prizes funded by our sponsors.

Leaderboards will be live for 24 hours on October 8, 2024, from 12:00 AM EDT to 11:59 PM EDT. Donations made during the specific times listed below will count towards Golden Ticket and Power Hour opportunities. 

Only online donations through the Mightycause platform will count towards prize opportunities. In the event of any tie, the amount for that prize will be divided evenly among the winners.

The following information is current as of August 15, 2024.

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Prize Categories:

• Early Giving Golden Tickets

• Golden Tickets

• Power Hours

• Leaderboards

• Special Prizes – End of the Night Prize

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A 24-hour Prize Schedule can be downloaded here:
2024 Giving Day for Apes Prize Schedule.pdf

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Golden Tickets

Early Giving Golden Tickets - $250 each

Fourteen (14) Early Giving Golden Tickets will be randomly awarded to participating organizations that have received at least one online donation during the Early Giving period (September 17 at midnight EDT through October 7 at 11:59 pm EDT). 

Participants are limited to a maximum of three (3) Early Giving Golden Tickets.

Golden Tickets - $500 each

A total of 40 Golden Tickets will be awarded as follows:

  • Twelve (12) Region Restricted Tickets (4 Africa/4 Asia/4 North America)
  • Four (4) Smaller Budget Organization Tickets ($1,000,000 and under)
  • Twenty-four (24) General Tickets

During the timeframes listed below, a donation that was received will be randomly selected and the receiving organization awarded a prize as indicated in the categories above. All Golden Ticket timeframes are listed in Eastern Daylight Time. The winning sanctuary will be posted at the start of the following timeframe. Note that some Golden Tickets will be restricted to certain categories, so that only participants in those categories are eligible to win. General Tickets are not restricted, so that any participant is eligible for a chance to win.

  • 12 - 5:59 a.m. (10 tickets total: one North America, one Asia, one Africa, one smaller budget organization, six General Tickets)
  • 6 - 11:59 a.m. (10 tickets total: one North America, one Asia, one Africa, one smaller budget organization, six General Tickets)
  • 12 - 5:59 p.m. (10 tickets total: one North America, one Asia, one Africa, one smaller budget organization, six General Tickets)
  • 6 - 11:59 p.m. (10 tickets total: one North America, one Asia, one Africa, one smaller budget organization, six General Tickets)

(North America Golden Tickets sponsored by American Anti-Vivisection Society)

Participants will be limited to winning six total Golden Tickets. This limitation is separate from the Early Giving Golden Tickets.

Power Hours

Power Hours - $2,500 each 

During the hours listed below on October 8, 2024, participating sanctuaries can compete to win $2,500 by either raising the most dollars or bringing in the most unique donors during that hour. Because Giving Day for Apes has sanctuaries participating from all over the globe, Power Hours are separated by continent so every region has a chance to win. Only sanctuaries from the specified regions are able to win that Power Hour. The times listed below for each Power Hour are when the Power Hour begins and ends, and the winning sanctuary will be posted at the start of the following hour. 

Power Hours are listed in Eastern Daylight Time, as well as other non-U.S. time zones. To find out when a Power Hour is occurring in your local time, you may convert from EDT using this link:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html

Africa:

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Eastern Africa Time (EAT)

Contest

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

6 - 7 p.m.

Most Dollars Raised

3 - 4 p.m.

10 - 11 p.m.

Most Unique Donors

 

Asia: 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Western Indonesia Time (WIB)

Contest

10 – 11 a.m.

9 – 10 p.m. 

Most Unique Donors

5 - 6 p.m.

4 - 5 a.m.  (Oct. 4th)

Most Dollars Raised


North America: 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

Contest

1- 2 p.m.

Most Dollars Raised

6 - 7 p.m.

Most Unique Donors

(North America Power Hours sponsored by the David Bohnett Foundation)


Leaderboards

There are four leaderboards on which participating organizations will be competing. Early donations for Giving Day for Apes will begin on September 17, 2024, and all online donations made from September 17 - October 8 (EDT) will be reflected in leaderboard totals. The top performing organizations in each of the leaderboards will win:

Most Dollars Raised - Africa:Most Dollars Raised - Asia:
1st place: $2,0001st place: $2,000
2nd place: $1,2502nd place: $1,250
3rd place: $7503rd place: $750
4th place: $5004th place: $500
Most Dollars Raised - North America:Most Unique Donors - All regions:
1st place: $2,0001st place: $2,000
2nd place: $1,2502nd place: $1,250
3rd place: $7503rd place: $750
4th place: $5004th place: $500
(North America leaderboard sponsored by American Anti-Vivisection Society)



Special Prizes

End of the Night Prize - $500

This prize will be awarded to the organization that receives the last online donation of the event on October 8th.

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