Denver, Colorado –

US-Brazil Connect announced that it raised over $4295 on Colorado Gives Day. An anonymous donor matched the contributions, bring the total fundraising achievement to $8,590. The total is more than five times the amount the three-year-old organization managed to raise on Colorado Gives Day in 2013.

Of even greater note is the number of new donors who supported campaign. The number of unique donors on Colorado Gives Day increased from 8 in 2013 to over 50 in 2014.

Other nonprofits managed to make December 9, 2014 a record day for giving in the Centennial State.  A record 107,862 donations were given to 1,677 organizations. Together, the donations totaled $26.2 million.

All proceeds from US-Brazil Connect’s Colorado Gives Day campaign have been added to the new Future Fellows Fund. The fund ensures that US-Brazil Connect Fellowships will remain one of the most affordable ways for young people in the US to gain life-changing experiences in Brazil.