When you donate to Trying Together, you become part of a community of supporters who value the work of early childhood. Your financial support ensures that Trying Together can continue to advocate for young children, develop community resources to help families thrive, and provide professional growth opportunities for educators.
As 2025 draws to a close, Trying Together needs your help reaching our year-end fundraising goal. Whether you’re donating for the first time or you regularly give, your support is welcome and appreciated.
The Impact of Your Contribution
Wondering about the impact your contribution may have on the lives of those we serve? Below are just a few programs and initiatives your donation supports:
- $100 covers CPR training for an educator
- $250 helps one educator complete their Child Development Associate (CDA) portfolio
- $500 supports an early educator complete the Child Care 101: New Hire Orientation Professional Development Series
- $1,000 sponsors a group day trip to Harrisburg to advocate for increased investments in early education
- $2,500 underwrites a site-wide training for a provider serving 40+ children
Maximize Your Impact
Once you’ve donated, you have the opportunity to double your donation by requesting a matching gift from your employer. The process is simple – once you make a donation, you will be prompted to check for matching gift opportunities. You simply enter your employer’s name, and the Double the Donation database will identify whether your employer has a matching gift program and determine if you are eligible.
If eligible, you will be guided through the process of submitting a matching gift request to your employer. Search now to see if your employer will match your donation.
Trying Together will participate in Give Big Pittsburgh, a 24-hour online fundraising effort hosted by Pittsburgh Magazine and presented by GBU Life, this year on GivingTuesday.
When you donate to Trying Together on December 2, your financial support ensures that Trying Together can continue to advocate for young children and their caregivers, provide professional growth opportunities, and develop community resources.
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This year, we’ve set a goal of $5,000. We encourage you to not only donate, but also to also raise money on behalf of Trying Together. Make a plan for December 2 to share with your friends and family members the important work we do, and ask them to join us in making a difference.
You also have an opportunity to maximize your impact through our Double the Donation page. Search for your workplace and if they offer a matching gift program, you will be guided through how to submit a matching gift request.
How to Give
Gifts to Trying Together will be accepted on the Give Big Platform from Tuesday, Dec. 2 through Tuesday, Dec. 31.
Donating to Trying Together on GivingTuesday is easy – simply complete the online donation form on the Give Big Pittsburgh platform.
How Your Donation Helps
When you donate to Trying Together, you are supporting a number of initiatives, including:
- Community-Based High School Child Development Associate (CDA) Program
- The Buzzword literacy initiative
- Developmentally Appropriate Parenting (DAP) Resources Series
- Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center Diaper & Formula Banks
- Institute for Early Childhood Career Pathways
- Pediatric First Aid/CPR Facilitation and Instruction
- Home-Based Child Care Business Cohort
- Rapid Response Team
With a donation to Trying Together on GivingTuesday, you are shaping the future and making a lasting impact by ensuring every child has access to high-quality care and education. By supporting the work of Trying Together, you will be joining with others who are passionate about advocating for the needs and rights of children and those who care for them.
What is GivingTuesday?
This year’s GivingTuesday will be on Dec. 3. It is a global day of giving that takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. GivingTuesday is meant to encourage people and organizations to donate their time and money to charitable causes.
The day was created in 2012 by the United Nations Foundation and New York City’s 92nd Street Y. It is meant to balance the days focusing on retail shopping that take place before it – such as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday.
How to Give
Gifts to Trying Together will be accepted from Tuesday, Dec. 3 through Tuesday, Dec. 31. Donations made for GivingTuesday will also support Trying Together’s end-of-year giving goals.
Donating to Trying Together on GivingTuesday is easy – simply complete the online donation form.
Please consider setting up a recurring donation at an amount that works for you – whatever level you choose makes a difference. Recurring donations are a generous and easy way to sustain our mission. Monthly giving programs are cost-effective and eliminate the need for repeated solicitation efforts, reducing costs for the organization and our carbon footprint. Automatic recurring donations can be set up by credit card or electronic funds transfer.
How Your Donation Helps
When you donate to Trying Together, you are supporting a number of initiatives, including:
- The Buzzword literacy initiative
- Developmentally Appropriate Parenting (DAP) Resources Series
- Homewood Early Learning Hub & Family Center Diaper & Formula Banks
- Institute for Early Childhood Career Pathways
- Pediatric First Aid/CPR Facilitation and Instruction
- Home-Based Child Care Business Cohort
- Community-Based High School Child Development Associate (CDA) Program
- Rapid Response Team
- Month of the Young Child campaign
To donate, visit Trying Together’s GivingTuesday donation page.
Trying Together is looking for 20 new donors to become recurring donors by the end of its fiscal year on June 30.
Learn More
Trying Together supports high-quality care and education for young children by providing advocacy, community resources, and professional growth opportunities for the needs and rights of children, their families, and the individuals who interact with them.
But advocating for quality child care isn’t something Trying Together can do alone. Trying Together needs your support so it can advocate, learn, and partner together to make sure caregivers and families have the resources they need to make the best decisions about their children’s early learning experiences.
A recurring donation to Trying Together is a generous and easy way to sustain its mission. Monthly giving programs are cost-effective and eliminate the need for repeated solicitation efforts reducing costs for the organization. Automatic recurring donations can be set up by credit card or electronic funds transfer.
To support high-quality care and education for young children in an ongoing way, there are four suggested monthly donation levels, including:
- Early Childhood Supporter ($5 per month, $60 annually)
- Early Childhood Sustainer ($10 per month, $120 annually)
- Early Childhood Advocate ($25 per month, $300 annually)
- Trying Together Champion ($83.33 per month, $1,000 annually)
Recurring donors are asked to consider increasing their monthly gift amounts.
However donors support Trying Together, they are making a difference.
When supporters contribute to Trying Together, they help to create a future in which:
- All children have access to high-quality, early learning environments
- All families have the resources they need to support their children’s early learning experiences
- All caregivers feel valued
Donate today and set-up recurring gifts on Trying Together’s website. For questions about donations, contact Kerry May, Assistant Director of Development, at 412-206-1053 or by email at kerry@tryingtogether.org.
