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CauseCircle National Philanthropy Spotlight 2026 Celebrating the nonprofits making a difference in their communities.

Your work deserves a bigger spotlight.

Every day, nonprofits are solving hard problems, strengthening communities, and creating change that deserves to be seen.

In honor of National Philanthropy Day on November 15, CauseCircle is spotlighting nonprofits making a meaningful difference in the communities they serve.

Selected nonprofits will be featured through CauseCircle’s National Philanthropy campaign, including sponsored features across major national media outlets, CauseCircle communications, and our nonprofit community.

And because awareness should lead somewhere meaningful, your feature can point readers directly to your GivingTuesday campaign, donation page, volunteer opportunity, website, or another resource you want more people to discover.

Free to participate. Simple to submit.
Participate in the National Philanthropy Spotlight

Questions? hello@causecircle.org

Participate in 2 Simple Steps

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New to CauseCircle?

1

Add your nonprofit to CauseCircle

Create your nonprofit profile with our simple signup form. It’s free and only takes a few minutes.

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2

Submit your Spotlight form

Tell us a little about your organization, the impact you’ve made this year, and the work you want more people to know about.

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Already have a CauseCircle profile?

You can skip straight to the Spotlight form.

Submit Your Spotlight

That’s it. Selected nonprofits will be notified during the first week of November.

Questions about participating? Email hello@causecircle.org.

A few minutes could put your mission in front of more people.

This isn’t a contest to see who can write the best application.

It’s an opportunity to recognize the work nonprofits are already doing — and help more people discover it.

National media spotlight

Selected nonprofits will receive sponsored features across major national media outlets, helping bring greater awareness to their mission, impact, and community.

Send people where support matters

Your spotlight can direct readers straight to your:

  • •GivingTuesday campaign
  • •Donation page
  • •Volunteer opportunity
  • •Website
  • •Program or campaign
  • •Any other resource you want to amplify

CauseCircle amplification

We’ll also highlight selected nonprofits across CauseCircle’s communications, social channels, and growing nonprofit community.

A feature you can share

Use your spotlight across your own newsletters, social media, donor communications, GivingTuesday outreach, and community updates.

Completely free

There is no application fee and no cost to be selected or featured.

Ready when you are.

Submit your Spotlight in a few minutes. Selected nonprofits notified first week of November.

Participate now

We want to celebrate the work behind the mission.

Some of the most important nonprofit work never makes the headlines.

It happens when a volunteer stays late.

When a family gets the support it needed.

When a program reaches one more community.

When a team finds a way forward despite limited resources, growing needs, and difficult circumstances.

National Philanthropy Day is an opportunity to recognize the organizations behind those moments.

Tell us what your nonprofit made possible this year.

We’ll help selected organizations bring that work to a bigger audience.

What should you share?

You don’t need a perfectly polished story or a major national campaign.

We want to hear about real work and real impact.

You might tell us about:

A community you reached

Did your organization expand into a new neighborhood, serve more people, or reach a group that previously lacked access?

A program that made a difference

Did you launch something new, grow an existing program, or see a meaningful outcome from your work?

A challenge your organization took on

What problem is becoming more urgent — and what is your team doing about it?

A milestone worth celebrating

Maybe you mobilized volunteers, expanded services, reached a fundraising goal, helped more families, or achieved something your team has worked toward for years.

A moment that reminded you why the work matters

Sometimes one person, one family, one volunteer, or one community moment says more about your mission than a dozen statistics.

If it mattered to your community, we want to hear about it.

Ready to participate?

New to CauseCircle?

Add your nonprofit first, then complete the short Spotlight form below.

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You’re ready to submit.

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Spotlight application

Tell us about your work.

Short form. Real answers. No complicated process.

Share your mission, the impact you’ve made this year, and where you’d like your spotlight to send people.

National Philanthropy Spotlight application

We’ll only use this to reach you if your nonprofit is selected.

The quick version of your mission. Who do you serve? What problem are you solving?

Something your team is proud of — big or small. People served, programs launched, volunteers mobilized, milestones reached.

Already using CauseCircle? Tell us how. New to it? Tell us what you’re excited about.

The one link most valuable for people discovering you — GivingTuesday page, donation page, volunteer sign-up, website, or program.

By submitting, you give CauseCircle permission to contact you about the National Philanthropy Spotlight and, if selected, work with you to prepare your feature.

Selected nonprofits will be notified during the first week of November. Questions? hello@causecircle.org

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