The Big Day of Giving is May 1, 2025
… early giving starts on Thursday, April 17!
Big Day of Giving is a once-annual 24-hour giving challenge to help local nonprofits raise funds to make a difference in the Sacramento region. It’s the culmination of an entire year’s worth of community-building and collaboration led by the Sacramento Region Community Foundation, with support from community partners like Western Health Advantage, and made possible by people like you!
Donations as little as $10 make a big difference!
Your gifts can help Chalk It Up win some of the prizes that are up for grabs!
You can start giving from April 17 through May 1st during the Early Giving period.
Chalk It Up is fueled by donors like you. Your gifts to Chalk It Up fund our grants for teachers and schools, the annual High School Self-Portrait Show, and help us keep the Chalk It Up! Chalk Art & Music Festival free for the community. Thank you for all your support!
The Leaping Blennies are Rockin’ the Big Day of Giving to Benefit Chalk It Up!
The Big Day of Giving, or Big DOG, is the Sacramento region’s annual day-long, community-wide movement that unites the region’s nonprofit sector to help raise unrestricted funds for the organizations that strengthen the capital area. This year Big Dog is on Thursday, May 1st, and in addition to asking our community to give online we are meeting up in person, too.Admission is Free! Donations to Chalk It Up will be accepted both online and at the live event.
35th Annual
Chalk It Up! Chalk Art & Music Festival
Labor Day Weekend – All Three Days!
Saturday, August 30 – Monday, September 1, 2025
10:00 am – 6 pm Daily
John C. Fremont Park, 16th & Q Streets in Midtown, Sacramento
Big Day of Giving is Thursday, May 1, 2025!
Every day is a good day to give back, but the most fun day to give in the Sacramento region is during Big Day of Giving, or Big DOG! Please mark your calendar for the next Big Day of Giving — our community’s annual day of celebrating local nonprofits together — and give to Chalk It UP on Thursday, May 1, 2025.
Chalk It Up To Sacramento aims to empower the next generation of artists by providing grant funding and programs for teachers and schools to give equitable access to the arts for all students, with an emphasis on serving our region’s most vulnerable populations. The annual three-day Chalk It Up! Chalk Art & Music Festival, a vibrant celebration of our local arts community and artists of all ages, is offered free to the public over Labor Day weekend, serving as a gift to the city and the greater Sacramento region.
