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Employer Matching Gifts

Employer Matching Gifts

Does Your Company Match Charitable Donations?​

 

Many businesses and corporations match charitable gifts made by their employees, retirees, and employee spouses dollar for dollar. To find out if your employer (or your spouse’s employer) is one of the 17,000 companies that match gifts, please use the search tool provided by Charity Navigator below.

Search Employer Match Database

Step 1: Learn the rules. Some companies have a preferred list of charities they partner with, while others match gifts to any charity an employee may support. The match likely has an annual limit. If you don’t know how your company’s match program works, contact your Human Resources department today! Don’t forget to ask if they allow employees to volunteer their time with local charities. Some companies offer paid time off to staff when they volunteer with an organization in their community.

 

Step 2: Make your donation. Within the guidelines your company provides. Be sure to keep proof of your gift or volunteer time, which may require providing contact information for a receipt.

 

Step 3: Dot the i’s and cross the t’s. Typically, companies only need a receipt as proof of contribution and a single form requesting that they match the donation. Provide these (and any other required materials) promptly to the appropriate personnel at your company, likely the Human Resources department or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team. Confirm that the match was made.
Don’t leave money for social good on the table! Take advantage of your employee match program this year and every year.

If you do not find your employer here, please contact your human resources department for more information about their matching gift program.

 

Matching gift forms should be sent to:

Beads of Courage, Inc
3301 N. 1st Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85719
accounting@beadsofcourage.org

Beads of Courage, Inc’s Tax ID is: 20-2721500

 

Thank you for taking the extra step to have your gift matched by your company! Your generous support truly makes a difference for the children and families we serve.

Bead Mom Kathryn recently DOUBLED her donation to Beads of Courage through her employer’s Matching Gifts program, which offers employees the opportunity to request up to $2,500 in matching gifts per fiscal year.

 

“We’re so grateful for Beads of Courage and how it has helped our kiddo through his chronic illness journey. I’m glad for opportunities to give back when I can.” – Kathryn (Alex’s – pictured above – Mom)