In its first Day of Giving, Butler County will have 27 organizations participating in the event, and the Endowment for Butler County, a fund of the Pittsburgh Foundation, has provided a match pool of more than $10,000 for these county-based nonprofits.

The Pittsburgh Foundation will host its sixth annual Day of Giving on May 6 to coincide with Give Local America, a national event to encourage and inspire local giving.

From 6 a.m. until midnight, The Pittsburgh Foundation will match 100 percent of any donation from $25 to $1,000 given to the more than 700 of public 501c3 nonprofit organizations that serve Allegheny, Butler or Westmoreland counties that have profiles on the Pittsburgh Gives website.

Donations to Butler County groups will be matched until a total of $10,000 is given countywide.

For information on how to donate and for a complete list of eligible nonprofits, visit pittsburghgives.org.

Participating organizations in Butler County are:

Associated Artists of Butler County

Butler Catholic School

Butler County Children’s Center

Butler YMCA

Butler County Historical Society

Butler County Symphony Association

Butler Health System Foundation

Butler Meals on Wheels

Community Care Connections

Community Health Clinic of Butler County

Computer Reach

Cranberry Public Library

Grapevine Center

Lifesteps

The Lighthouse Foundation

Lutheran SeniorLife Foundation

Lutherlyn

Mars Planet Foundation

Mars Public Library Association

MHY Family Services

Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Center

Penn Christian Academy

Strand Theater Initiative

Victim Outreach Intervention Center (VOICE)

VNA Services and Foundation, Western Pennsylvania

Wildbird Recovery

YWCA of Butler

Almost $8 million was raised last year for the region’s nonprofits. Since the launch of the program in 2009, the Day of Giving events have raised more than $30 million for charitable organizations.