2021 Cause Awareness & Giving Day Calendar for Nonprofits
13 Jan
Thanks to the Peeps at Non Profit Tech for Good for gathering the info. Congratulations to the World Toilet Organization on celebrating 20 years on November 19. #worldtoiletday
January
17: World Religion Day — #WorldReligionDay
18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service — #MLKDay
28: Data Privacy Day — #DataPrivacyDay
February
2: World Wetlands Day — #WorldWetlandsDay4: World Cancer Day — #WorldCancerDay
9: Safer Internet Day — #SaferInternetDay13: World Radio Day — #WorldRadioDay14: World Bonobo Day — #World Bonobo Day14: V-Day — #1BillionRising20: World Day of Social Justice — #SocialJusticeDay
21: World Whale Day — #WorldWhaleDay
23: World Spay Day — #WorldSpayDay
25: Digital Learning Day — #DigitalLearningDay
27: International Polar Bear Day — #PolarBearDay28: Rare Disease Day — #RareDiseaseDay
March
3: World Wildlife Day — #WorldWildlifeDay
8: International Women’s Day — #IWD2021
11: World Kidney Day — #WorldKidneyDay
18: Global Recycling Day — #GlobalRecyclingDay
21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination — #EndRacismDay
21: International Day of Forests — #ForestsDay
21: World Down Syndrome Day — #WorldDownSyndromeDay21: World Poetry Day — #WorldPoetryDay
22: World Water Day — #WorldWaterDay24: World Tuberculosis Day — #WorldTBDay
27: Earth Hour — #EarthHour
April
2: World Autism Awareness Day — #WorldAustismDay
7: World Health Day — #WorldHealthDay11: Good Deeds Day — #GoodDeedsDay
12: International Day for Street Children — #StreetChildrenDay
14: World Dolphin Day — #WorldDolphinDay
15: World Art Day — #WorldArtDay22: Earth Day — #EarthDay23: World Book Day — #WorldBookDay24: International Sculpture Day — #ISDay
25: World Malaria Day — #WorldMalariaDay
25: World Penguin Day — #WorldPenguinDay
30: International Jazz Day — #JazzDay
May
3: World Press Freedom Day — #WorldPressFreedomDay8: World Fair Trade Day — #WorldFairTradeDay
9: World Migratory Bird Day — #WorldMigratoryBirdDay
10: World Lupus Day — #WorldLupusDay
12: International Nurses Day — #NursesDay
17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia — #IDAHOBIT
18: International Museum Day — #MuseumDay
21: Endangered Species Day — #EndangeredSpeciesDay
22: International Day for Biological Diversity — #BiologicalDiversityDay23: World Turtle Day — #WorldTurtleDay
31: World No Tobacco Day — #WorldNoTobaccoDay
June
5: World Environment Day — #WorldEnvironmentDay
8: World Oceans Day — #WorldOceansDay
12: World Day Against Child Labour — #WorldDayAgainstChildLabour14: World Blood Donor Day — #WorldBloodDonorDay
20: World Refugee Day — #WorldRefugeeDay
21: International Day of Yoga — #YogaDay
22: World Rainforest Day — #WorldRainforestDay26: Gay Pride Day — #Pride21
July
11: WorldPopulationDay — #WorldPopulationDay
18: Nelson Mandela International Day — #MandelaDay
28: World Hepatitis Day — #WorldHepatitisDay29: International Tiger Day — #InternationalTigerDay
30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons — #EndHumanTrafficking
August
10: World Lion Day — #WorldLionDay
11: Indigenous People’s Day — #IndigenousDay
12: International Youth Day — #YouthDay12: World Elephant Day — #WorldElephantDay17: National Nonprofit Day — #NationalNonprofitDay (Internationally recognized)
19: World Humanitarian Day — #WorldHumanitarianDay
26: National Dog Day — #DogDay (Internationally recognized)29: International Day Against Nuclear Tests — #AgainstNuclearTestsDay
September
5: International Day of Charity — #CharityDay
8: International Literacy Day — #LiteracyDay
10: World Suicide Prevention Day — #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
15: International Day of Democracy — #DemocracyDay21: International Day of Peace — #PeaceDay
21: World Alzheimer’s Day — #WorldAlzheimersDay
22: World Rhino Day — #WorldRhinoDay
26: World Rivers Day — #WorldRiversDay
27: World Tourism Day — #WorldTourismDay
October
4: World Animal Day — #WorldAnimalDay
4: World Habitat Day — #WorldHabitatDay
5: World Teachers Day — #WorldTeachersDay
6: World Cerebral Palsy Day — #WorldCPDay
10: World Homeless Day — #WorldHomelessDay
10: World Mental Health Day — #WorldMentalHealthDay
11: International Day of the Girl Child — #DayOfTheGirl12: World Arthritis Day — #WorldArthritisDay
13: World Thrombosis Day — #WorldThrombosisDay
15: International Day of Rural Women — #RuralWomenDay15: World Values Day — #WorldValuesDay
16: World Food Day — #WorldFoodDay
16: Global Cat Day — #GlobalCatDay17: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — #EndPoveryDay
29: Internet Day — #InternetDay
31: World Cities Day — #WorldCitiesDay
November
13: World Kindness Day — #WorldKindnessDay
14: World Diabetes Day — #WorldDiabetesDay
16: International Day for Tolerance — #ToleranceDay
18: World Philosophy Day — #WorldPhilosophyDay19: World Pancreatic Cancer Day — #WorldPancreaticCancerDay
19: World Toilet Day — #WorldToiletDay20: World Children’s Day — #WorldChildrensDay21: World Television Day — #WorldTVDay25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women — #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
30: Giving Tuesday — #GivingTuesday
December
1: World AIDS Day — #WorldAIDSDay
3: International Day of People with Disabilities — #IDPwD215: International Volunteer Day — #VolunteerDay
5: World Soil Day — #WorldSoilDay9: International Anti-Corruption Day — #AntiCorruptionDay10: International Human Rights Day — #HumanRightsDay
11: International Mountain Day — #MountainDay
18: International Migrants Day — #MigrantsDay