Tuesday 1 December
GivingTuesday
The worldwide giving day falls on Tuesday 1 December 2026. If you match employee gifts or back partner campaigns on the day, agree the match budget and the charities in November.
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The 2027 dates that shape a grants, sponsorship, volunteering or CSR programme, filtered by programme and market, with a quarter-by-quarter checklist and a one-click calendar download.
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Tuesday 1 December
The worldwide giving day falls on Tuesday 1 December 2026. If you match employee gifts or back partner campaigns on the day, agree the match budget and the charities in November.
Source: GivingTuesday Canada ↗Tuesday 1 December
Denmark's national edition of the giving day, a date for employee giving, matched gifts and volunteering with Danish partner charities.
Source: GivingTuesday Denmark ↗Tuesday 1 December
Sweden's national edition of the giving day, a date for employee giving, matched gifts and campaigns with Swedish partner charities.
Source: GivingTuesday Sverige ↗Tuesday 1 December
The WHO date for HIV awareness, used for health partner announcements and workplace awareness campaigns.
Source: World Health Organization ↗Tuesday 1 to Saturday 5 December
GivingTuesday UK pairs the giving day with International Volunteer Day in one week, which suits a combined giving and volunteering push by UK programmes.
Source: Giving Tuesday UK ↗Thursday 3 December
The UN date for disability inclusion, used to announce accessibility commitments and funding for disability partners.
Source: United Nations ↗Saturday 5 December
The UN day for volunteers is a natural moment to thank employee volunteers and publish the year's volunteering results.
Source: United Nations ↗Thursday 10 December
The UN date for human rights messaging, used in supply chain and community investment communications.
Source: United Nations ↗Thursday 31 December
US donors who file on a calendar year can deduct a gift only in the year they make it, so 31 December 2026 is the last day for gifts that count for 2026. If you match employee gifts, plan for match requests on gifts made up to this date.
Source: Internal Revenue Service (Publication 526) ↗Friday 1 January
Proposed, needs parliament's approval
Most Belastingplan 2027 measures are proposed to start on 1 January 2027, but only if the Tweede Kamer and Eerste Kamer approve them. The plan was presented on 15 September 2026, so check whether the final text changes anything for your Dutch giving or CSR budget.
Source: Rijksoverheid ↗Friday 1 January
The voluntary standard (VSME) is Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1560, in force since 24 September 2026. From financial year 2027 it caps what companies under mandatory reporting can ask smaller companies in their value chain to report.
Source: EUR-Lex, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1560 ↗Friday 1 January
The revised ESRS are Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1563, published in the Official Journal on 21 September 2026 and in force from 10 November 2026. Companies still in CSRD scope use them for financial year 2027, so set up 2027 data collection on the revised standards.
Source: EUR-Lex, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/1563 ↗Friday 15 to Sunday 17 January
The 97th Lauberhorn races in Wengen, a January ski weekend for sponsorship and hospitality in Switzerland.
Source: Lauberhorn ↗Sunday 24 January
An early-year anchor for education grants, scholarships and employee mentoring launches.
Source: United Nations ↗Friday 5 February to Saturday 13 March
A Q1 rugby window across Ireland, the UK and France, with Super Saturday on 13 March.
Source: Six Nations Rugby ↗Wednesday 10 to Tuesday 16 February
The film industry market held as part of the 77th Berlin International Film Festival. Use it to anchor Berlinale partnership and hospitality plans, and confirm the festival's own dates with the organiser.
Source: Berlinale ↗Saturday 20 February
A Q1 anchor for inclusion, fair work and community investment messaging.
Source: United Nations ↗Monday 1 March
A start-of-March date for diversity and inclusion campaigns.
Source: United Nations ↗Wednesday 3 March
Used for conservation partner announcements and nature campaigns.
Source: United Nations ↗Monday 8 March
Companies time gender-equality grants, partner announcements and sponsorship activations to this date.
Source: United Nations ↗Sunday 14 March
A March mass-participation ski marathon in the Engadin with a full week of related races around it.
Source: Engadin Skimarathon ↗Tuesday 16 to Friday 19 March
A fixed March racing and hospitality date for UK and Irish sponsors.
Source: The Jockey Club (Cheltenham) ↗Friday 19 March
Directive (EU) 2026/470, in force since 18 March 2026, narrows which companies fall under the CSRD. The Commission states that Member States must transpose it by 19 March 2027, so national law will settle who still reports.
Source: European Commission, C(2026) 5010 final ↗Friday 19 to Saturday 20 March
The Netherlands' national volunteering days, organised by the Oranje Fonds. Registration for activities is open from 2 November 2026.
Source: NLdoet (Oranje Fonds) ↗Friday 19 to Sunday 21 March
A fixed March weekend of mass-participation skiing in Norway, a date for sponsorship and hospitality.
Source: Birkebeiner ↗Saturday 20 March
Used for employee wellbeing and kindness campaigns in Q1.
Source: United Nations ↗Monday 22 March
A common anchor for water and sanitation giving and for corporate water stewardship announcements.
Source: United Nations ↗No dates from December 2026 to March 2027 match these filters. Scroll on for the rest of the year.
Thursday 1 to Friday 30 April
Points of Light marks every April as Global Volunteer Month, a ready-made frame for a company volunteering push.
Source: Points of Light ↗Friday 2 April
A date for neurodiversity inclusion commitments and partner campaigns.
Source: United Nations ↗Sunday 4 April
Belgium's spring cycling classic, a fixed April date for sponsorship and hospitality in Flanders.
Source: Ronde van Vlaanderen ↗Tuesday 6 April
A hook for community sport sponsorships and youth sport partnerships.
Source: United Nations ↗Wednesday 7 April
A date for health partner announcements and employee wellbeing campaigns.
Source: World Health Organization ↗Sunday 11 April
A high-profile London sponsorship property with a single race day.
Source: The Boat Race ↗Thursday 15 April
An accrual-basis corporation can deduct a gift its board authorised in 2026 if it pays the gift by the return due date, not counting extensions. For a calendar-year corporation that is Thursday 15 April 2027.
Source: Internal Revenue Service (Publication 542) ↗Sunday 18 April
Vienna's city marathon on Sunday 18 April, a spring date for sponsorship and corporate running teams in Austria.
Source: Vienna City Marathon ↗Sunday 18 to Saturday 24 April
Volunteer Canada's national week is the anchor for employee volunteering recognition and nonprofit partner thank-yous in Canada.
Source: Volunteer Canada ↗Thursday 22 April
A common date for environmental campaigns, clean-ups and sustainability announcements by company programmes.
Source: United Nations ↗Saturday 24 to Sunday 25 April
London's marathon runs over two days for the first time. If you back employee fundraisers or a partner charity's runners, agree places and any match funding early in the year.
Source: TCS London Marathon ↗Friday 30 April to Saturday 1 May
A fixed US racing hospitality and brand partnership weekend.
Source: Kentucky Derby ↗Tuesday 11 to Saturday 22 May
The 80th Cannes festival is a fixed May window for cultural sponsorship and hospitality in France.
Source: Festival de Cannes ↗Saturday 15 May
A hook for family volunteering days and family-support partner campaigns.
Source: United Nations ↗Monday 17 May
Private foundations with a December year end file Form 990-PF by the 15th day of the 5th month, and because 15 May 2027 is a Saturday the IRS next-business-day rule moves it to Monday 17 May.
Source: Internal Revenue Service (Instructions for Form 990-PF) ↗Monday 17 May to Sunday 6 June
France's grand slam is a fixed sponsorship and hospitality window in Q2.
Source: Roland-Garros ↗Friday 21 to Sunday 23 May
A fixed Canadian motorsport hospitality weekend.
Source: Formula 1 ↗Saturday 22 May
Biodiversity grants, habitat volunteering and nature-positive announcements often land on this date.
Source: United Nations ↗Saturday 5 June
Held every year on 5 June since 1973, a date for environmental team days and sustainability announcements.
Source: United Nations ↗Monday 7 to Sunday 13 June
A UK week for carer-friendly workplace and community campaigns, running alongside Volunteers' Week.
Source: Carers Week ↗Monday 7 to Sunday 13 June
The UK's main week to thank volunteers is a fixed anchor for employer volunteering recognition and partner charity activity.
Source: Volunteers' Week ↗Tuesday 8 June
Used for beach clean-ups, marine partnerships and plastics campaigns.
Source: United Nations ↗Sunday 13 June to Sunday 3 October
The sixth edition of the Münster sculpture exhibition runs for almost four months, a long summer window for cultural partnership in Germany.
Source: Skulptur Projekte Münster ↗Tuesday 15 to Saturday 19 June
A fixed UK hospitality and brand partnership window in June.
Source: Ascot Racecourse ↗Thursday 17 to Saturday 19 June
A Danish festival of democracy on Bornholm where companies meet NGOs and public leaders on social and sustainability topics.
Source: Folkemodet ↗Friday 18 to Sunday 20 June
A fixed June music festival date for Dutch sponsorship and hospitality.
Source: Pinkpop ↗Sunday 20 June
A key date for refugee support partnerships, matched giving and employee volunteering with refugee organisations.
Source: United Nations ↗Tuesday 22 June
Provisional (organiser pages disagree)
A mid-year community action day from the GivingTuesday network for US employee volunteering teams. The event page gives Tuesday 22 June 2027 but the site menu says 27 June, so confirm the date before you commit.
Source: GivingTuesday (TogetherTuesday) ↗Wednesday 23 to Sunday 27 June
A fixed late-June festival date in the UK, useful for summer partnership and hospitality planning.
Source: Glastonbury Festivals ↗Thursday 24 June to Sunday 25 July
A month of women's football in Brazil, from 24 June to 25 July. Settle sponsorship and activation plans well before kick-off.
Source: FIFA ↗Monday 28 June to Thursday 1 July
A US conference for volunteering and community engagement leaders, set for Long Beach, California, that suits benchmarking for employee volunteering programmes.
Source: Points of Light ↗Monday 28 June to Friday 2 July
Sweden's week of democracy and political conversation in Visby, where companies, foundations and NGOs take part.
Source: Almedalsveckan ↗Monday 28 June to Sunday 11 July
Wimbledon marks 150 years of the Championships in 2027, a marquee UK sponsorship and hospitality date.
Source: Wimbledon ↗Wednesday 30 June
Registered charities file within six months of fiscal year end, so a foundation with a December 2026 year end files by 30 June 2027, and the CRA aims for all T3010 returns to be filed online from 2027.
Source: Canada Revenue Agency ↗Thursday 1 to Sunday 4 July
A fixed early July music festival date for Belgian sponsorship and hospitality.
Source: Rock Werchter ↗Friday 2 to Sunday 4 July
A fixed UK motorsport hospitality weekend.
Source: Formula 1 ↗Friday 2 to Saturday 17 July
A fixed July music festival date for sponsorship and hospitality in Switzerland.
Source: Montreux Jazz Festival ↗Friday 2 to Sunday 25 July
The 2027 Tour starts with a Grand Depart in Great Britain, so it is a sponsorship date for UK programmes as well as French ones.
Source: Tour de France (ASO) ↗Friday 9 to Sunday 11 July
A fixed Austrian motorsport hospitality weekend.
Source: Formula 1 ↗Friday 9 to Sunday 11 July
A fixed July music festival date for Dutch sponsorship and hospitality.
Source: North Sea Jazz ↗Friday 9 to Sunday 11 July
A fixed July music festival date for Finnish sponsorship and hospitality.
Source: Ruisrock ↗Sunday 11 to Sunday 18 July
Golf's original championship returns to St Andrews, a July sponsorship and hospitality date in Scotland.
Source: The Open ↗Friday 16 July to Sunday 29 August
A fixed summer window for cultural sponsorship in Austria.
Source: Salzburg Festival ↗Sunday 18 July
Mandela Day is an annual call to action for individuals, communities and organisations, which makes it a ready-made hook for employee volunteering.
Source: United Nations ↗Monday 19 to Sunday 25 July
Paleo celebrates its 50th anniversary over seven days, a July sponsorship and hospitality window in Romandy.
Source: Paleo Festival ↗Friday 23 to Sunday 25 July
A fixed Belgian motorsport hospitality weekend.
Source: Formula 1 ↗Friday 6 to Monday 30 August
Edinburgh's arts festival runs for most of August, a summer window for cultural sponsorship in Scotland.
Source: Edinburgh Festival Fringe ↗Thursday 12 August
A hook for youth, skills and education programmes and for announcing youth-focused grants or placements.
Source: United Nations ↗Monday 16 to Friday 20 August
Norway's week for policy and civil society debate, where companies and foundations co-host events.
Source: Arendalsuka ↗Thursday 19 August
Often used to launch or report on disaster relief and humanitarian partner funding.
Source: United Nations ↗Sunday 5 September
The UN day for charity is a useful moment to publish giving results and announce new grant rounds.
Source: United Nations ↗Sunday 12 September
A mass-participation half marathon, a September date for employee fundraising teams and charity partners.
Source: Great Run Company ↗Monday 13 to Sunday 19 September
The Ryder Cup comes to Adare Manor in Ireland. Plan hospitality, and any community programme tied to it, early.
Source: Ryder Cup ↗Saturday 18 September to Sunday 3 October
A fixed autumn hospitality and event date for German corporate partners.
Source: Oktoberfest.de ↗Sunday 26 September
Berlin's marathon starts a new chapter with Generali as title partner, a September date for sponsorship and employee running teams.
Source: BMW Berlin-Marathon ↗Thursday 30 September
A federal day of remembrance that Canadian programmes use for Indigenous partnership, education and community investment commitments.
Source: Government of Canada ↗Friday 1 October
Supports intergenerational volunteering and ageing-focused community partnerships at the start of Q4.
Source: United Nations ↗Friday 1 October to Saturday 13 November
A six-week global rugby window that shapes hospitality and activation budgets in the Q4 plan.
Source: Rugby World Cup ↗Sunday 10 October
A standard date for workplace wellbeing campaigns and mental health partner grants.
Source: World Health Organization ↗Monday 11 October
Used for girls' education and STEM programme announcements.
Source: United Nations ↗Saturday 16 October
A standard date for food bank giving drives and hunger partner announcements.
Source: United Nations ↗Sunday 17 October
A natural date for poverty and inclusion partner announcements and for food and housing giving drives.
Source: United Nations ↗Friday 22 to Sunday 24 October
A fixed US motorsport hospitality weekend in Q4.
Source: Formula 1 ↗Sunday 31 October
Charities registered in England and Wales submit their annual return within 10 months of year end, so a December 2026 year end means a deadline of Sunday 31 October 2027.
Source: GOV.UK (Charity Commission) ↗Monday 15 November
A private foundation with a December year end that files Form 8868 gets an automatic six month extension, taking the return to 15 November 2027.
Source: Internal Revenue Service (Instructions for Form 990-PF) ↗Saturday 20 November
A Q4 date for child welfare partner giving and school volunteering.
Source: United Nations ↗Thursday 25 November
Opens the 16 days of activism and is used for safety and support partner campaigns.
Source: United Nations ↗Tuesday 30 November
The 2027 giving day falls on Tuesday 30 November. Put match funds and employee giving campaigns in the 2027 budget now rather than finding the money in the autumn.
Source: GivingTuesday Canada ↗Wednesday 1 December
A year-end date for health partnership communications and awareness campaigns.
Source: World Health Organization ↗Friday 3 December
A date for inclusion partner announcements and accessibility reporting at year end.
Source: United Nations ↗Sunday 5 December
Close the 2027 volunteering year by recognising volunteers on the UN day built for it.
Source: United Nations ↗Friday 10 December
The UN date for human rights, used for responsible business and supply chain communications at the end of the year.
Source: United Nations ↗No dates from April to December 2027 match these filters.
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Book a walkthrough →Every date links to the organiser's or regulator's own page. We list a date only when that page states it for that year, or when a fixed rule sets it, such as a UN or WHO international day or a filing deadline counted from a December year end. Two entries carry a status label because their source is not final yet. Dates were checked in October 2026 and can change, so check the source before you commit a budget.