2019 Cause Awareness Dates for Your Nonprofit Fundraising Calendar

Aligning fundraising and awareness events with broader “cause awareness” days and months can boost your nonprofit exposure.

The first step is reviewing which days and months exist and when they fall on the calendar this year. Then you can pick those that align with your nonprofit mission and programs this year. The following are just some of the many cause awareness days and months for 2019.

January

Days:

• 11^th National Human Trafficking Awareness Day
• 16^th National Religious Freedom Day
• 20^th World Religion Day
• 21^st Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service

Month Long:

• Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
• Cervical Health Awareness Month
• Dry January
• National Blood Donor Month (United States)
• National Glaucoma Awareness Month (United States)
• Thyroid Awareness Month

February

Days:

• 2^nd World Wetlands Day
• 4^th World Cancer Day
• 5^th Safer Internet Day — #SID19
• 13th World Radio Day
• 14th World Bonobo Day
• 14th V-Day
• 16th World Whale Day
• 17th Random Acts of Kindness Day
• 20th World Day of Social Justice
• 26th World Spay Day
• 27th International Polar Bear Day
• 28th Rare Disease Day
• 28th Digital Learning Day

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, along with Black History Month (United States) and American Heart Month.

March

Days:

• 3^rd World Wildlife Day
• 8^th International Women’s Day
• 14^th World Kidney Day
• 15^th World Consumer Rights Day
• 15^th World Sleep Day
• 21^st International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 21^st International Day of Forests
• 21^st World Down Syndrome Day
• 21^st World Poetry Day
• 22^nd World Water Day
• 24^th World Tuberculosis Day
• 30^th Earth Hour

Month Long:

• Brain Injury Awareness Month
• Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
• National Women’s History Month (United States)
• Red Cross Month

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April

Days:

• 2^nd World Autism Awareness Day
• 7^th World Health Day
• 12^th International Day for Street Children
• 14^th World Dolphin Day
• 15^th World Art Day
• 19^th, 20^th, and 21^st Global Youth Service Days
• 20^th Volunteer Recognition Day
• 21^st Easter Sunday
• 22^nd Earth Day
• 23^rd World Book Day
• 25^th World Malaria Day
• 25^th World Penguin Day
• 30^th International Jazz Day

Month Long:

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Autism Awareness Month
• National Youth Sports Safety Month (United States)
• Parkinson’s Awareness Month
• Stress Awareness Month
• Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
• World Habitat Awareness Month

May

Days:

• 3^rd World Press Freedom Day
• 6^th Melanoma Monday
• 10^th World Lupus Day
• 11^th World Fair Trade Day
• 12^th World Migratory Bird Day
• 17^th Endangered Species Day
• 17^th International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
• 18^th International Museum Day
• 21^st World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
• 22^nd International Day for Biological Diversity
• 23^rd World Turtle Day
• 31^st World No Tobacco Day

Month Long:

• Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Clean Air Month
• Foster Care Month
• National Arthritis Month (United States)
• National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (United States)
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month (United States)
• National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (United States)

June

Days:

• 5^th World Environment Day
• 8^th World Oceans Day
• 12^th World Day Against Child Labor
• 14^th World Blood Donor Day
• 20^th World Refugee Day
• 21^st International Day of Yoga
• 22^nd World Rainforest Day
• 23^rd Gay Pride Day

Month long awareness initiatives include International Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and Professional Wellness Month.

July

Days:

• 11^th WorldPopulationDay
• 18^th Nelson Mandela International Day
• 28^th World Hepatitis Day
• 29^th GlobalTiger Day
• 30^th World Day Against Trafficking in Persons

July is Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month.

August

Days:

• 8^th International Cat Day
• 9^th International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
• 10^th World Lion Day
• 12^th International Youth Day
• 12^th World Elephant Day
• 17^th National Nonprofit Day
• 17^th International Homeless Animal Day
• 19^th World Humanitarian Day
• 26^th International Dog Day
• 29^th International Day Against Nuclear Tests

Month Long:

• American Indian Heritage Month
• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
• National Breastfeeding Month (United States)
• National Immunization Awareness Month (United States)

September

Days:

• 5^th International Day of Charity
• 8^th International Literacy Day
• 10^th World Suicide Prevention Day
• 15^th International Day of Democracy
• 21^st International Day of Peace
• 22^nd World Rhino Day
• 27^th World Tourism Day
• 28^th World Rabies Day
• 29^th World Rivers Day
• 29^th World Heart Day

September is World Alzheimer’s Month and Biodiversity Month.

October

Days:

• 4^th World Animal Day
• 5^th World Teachers Day
• 6^th World Cerebral Palsy Day
• 7^th World Habitat Day
• 10^th World Mental Health Day
• 10^th World Homeless Day
• 11^th International Day of the Girl Child
• 12^th World Arthritis Day
• 15^th International Day of Rural Women
• 16^th World Food Day
• 16^th Global Cat Day
• 17^th International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
• 18^th World Values Day
• 29^th World Internet Day
• 31^st World Cities Day

Month Long:

• Cyber Security Month
• Down Syndrome Awareness Month (United States)
• Energy Awareness Month (United States)
• Hunger Awareness Month (United States)
• Learning Disabilities Awareness Month (United States)

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November

Days:

• 13^th World Kindness Day
• 14^th World Diabetes Day
• 15^th World Philosophy Day
• 16^th International Day for Tolerance
• 19^th World Toilet Day
• 20^th Universal Children’s Day
• 21^st World Pancreatic Cancer Day
• 21^st World Television Day
• 25^th International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

November is National Native American Heritage Month in the United States, along with the Great American Smoke Out Month.

December

Days:

• 1^st World AIDS Day
• 3^rd Giving Tuesday
• 3^rd International Day of People with Disabilities
• 5^th International Volunteer Day
• 5^th World Soil Day
• 9^th International Anti-Corruption Day
• 10^th International Human Rights Day
• 11^th International Mountain Day
• 18^th International Migrants Day

In December Hanukah falls on the 22^nd to 30^th, the 25^th is Christmas, and the 26^th to January 1^st is Kwanzaa.

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