CW Men Who Care
Super Simple. Seriously Good.
One pledge. Four automatic payments. Four different ways to do good in Centre Wellington.
Show up to help decide where it goes, or leave it up to us. Either way, you’re making a difference!
Welcome to the new CW Men Who Care
Sign your annual giving pledge here. We will charge your credit card four times a year: Each payment is a suggested $110. $100 goes straight to the organizations the group chooses to support. $10 covers processing fees and keeps the CW Men Who Care Lights on. Total annual commitment: $440. If that doesn’t fit your budget, your annual pledge can be for any amount. Each quarter, your gift supports a different kind of organization:
MARCH
Community groups – Small organizations doing big things. A little money goes a long way when you fund the bike rack, or the laptop that changes how a volunteer-run group operates.
JUNE
Nonprofits – Established organizations with boards doing groundwork that don’t always make headlines. They are building capacity and serving our community, but they cannot issue receipts.
SEPTEMBER
Charities – Registered organizations with the structure and scale to tackle bigger challenges. This gift comes with a tax receipt.
DECEMBER
CW Men Who Care Fund – Our endowment at the CW Foundation that keeps giving long after we are all gone. You are building something that compounds over time. You get a tax receipt for this one, too.
Let’s connect. If you want.
Four times a year, we gather for a casual hour to learn about local groups and decide where that quarter’s money goes. It is a chance to connect with other guys, have a beer, hear what is happening in our community, and vote on where our money goes. Can’t make it? No problem. We are taking your money anyway and putting it to good use.
Join The CW MenWhoCare pledge
Since 2020, we’ve raised over $20,000 for local organizations.
We want to do more, give more, and we need more men. And their credit cards. Ready to share yours?
FAQ’s
Our friends at the Guelph-based Givesome handle all payment processing and distribute funds directly to the organizations we choose. The CW Men Who Care leadership team will tell Givesome every quarter how to distribute the funds based on input from members who attend gatherings. They will also collect the $10 admin for credit card fees and operating costs (venue rentals, web hosting, etc.) which they will give to CW Men Who Care leadership. Any year-end surplus (what we don’t spend on feed, events and promotions) will be given away at the same time as the December event.
Your $100 goes directly to the organizations we support that quarter. The $10 covers processing fees and basic operating costs, such as web hosting and venue rentals.
Yes, for two quarters. In September (charities) and December (the CW Men Who Care Fund at the CW Community Foundation), you will receive tax receipts. In March (community groups) and June (nonprofits), no receipts are issued because these organizations aren’t registered charities.
It covers credit card processing fees and CW Men Who Care’s basic operations, web hosting, venue rentals, and administrative costs. At the end of the year, we will use any surplus to go toward a special December giveaway. Because CW Men Who Care is volunteer-driven, spending is only on the bare necessities.
Yes. You can cancel anytime through the Givesome platform. Is your current pledge too high? You can lower it just as easily.
No problem. Your pledge runs automatically whether you attend or not. We will email updates about where each quarter’s money went, so you stay in the loop even if you can’t make the gatherings.
Past CW Men Who Care Events
- Event #1 – CW Foundation COVID-19 Community Response Fund
- Event #2 – CW Foundation COVID-19 Community Response Fund
- Event #3 – Big Brothers, Big Sisters CW, Community Resource Centre, Portage (winner)
- Event #4 – Children’s Foundation of Guelph/Wellington (winner), Kids Ability, Tree Trust
- Event #5 – Strong Start, Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis (winner), CW Meals To Go
- Event #6 – CW Food Bank, The Grove Hub, Fergus, Focus on Nature (winner)
- Event #7 – Compass Community Services, the Elora Centre for the Arts (winner), Career Education Council
- Event #8 – Community Dinner, Bungalow 55, Meals on Wheels (winner)
- Event #9 – Scientists In Schools (winner), The Seed, Big Brothers Big Sisters Centre Wellington
- Event #10 – Children’s Foundation (winner), PIN, Home for Good Campaign
- Event #11 – Supporting the CW Men Who Care fund at the CW Foundation
- Event #12 – Supporting local non-profits
- Event #13 – Supporting local Sensational Elora
- Event #14 – Supporting the CW Men Who Care Fund at the CW Foundation
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