Today is Fairfield County Giving Day

Today is Fairfield County Giving Day, and it's an opportunity to give a financial boost to your favorite charities and nonprofit organizations.

For 24 hours — until midnight tonight — the Fairfield County Community Foundation (FCCF) and its funding partner, Bank of America, are offering up $100,000 in prize money to more than 300 nonprofits. According to FCCF, the goal of this online, 24-hour day of giving, is to raise $1 million for more than 300 nonprofits throughout the region.

There are more than a dozen Greenwich organizations participating:

• Adopt-a-Dog
• Audubon Greenwich
• Avon Theatre Film Center
• The Bruce Museum
• Community Centers Inc.
• Family Centers Inc.
• Garden Education Center of Greenwich Inc.
• Greenwich ARC, Inc dba Abilis
• Greenwich Arts Council Inc.
• Greenwich Ballet Academy Inc.
• Greenwich Green and Clean Inc.
• Greenwich Historical Society Inc.
• Greenwich Land Trust Inc.
• Kids in Crisis, Inc.
• Mianus River Watershed Council Inc.
• Neighbor to Neighbor Inc.
• Old Greenwich-Riverside Community Center Inc.
• YMCA of Greenwich

The foundation also will be making cash awards throughout the day to organizations that meet certain criterion including matching awards — The first 25 nonprofits to raise $1,000 today will receive a dollar-for-dollar match of $1,000.

There also will be awards made to organizations that raise the most money by 10 a.m. and those that raise the most money.