CORPORATE DONATION MATCHING AND VOLUNTEER GRANT PROGRAMS

Does your employer offer donation matches or volunteer grant programs for non-profits? If so, you can double (and sometimes triple!) your donations to the PTO! It can be fairly easy to claim a matching gift or volunteer grant. Contact us for help!

Corporate matching gifts are donations made by a company to a nonprofit that an employee has already supported. Employers often advertise their matching schemes around events like Giving Tuesday, but generally offer matching for donations all year round. However, they may offer greater matching deals on certain days e.g. 2:1 on Giving Tuesday.

Volunteer grant programs ("Dollars for Doers") allow companies to make monetary donations to nonprofit organizations where their employees regularly volunteer. Your time spent volunteering at the Fund Run, Sweetheart Dance or Art and Science week
can also bring back dollars to the PTO!

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COMPANIES OFFERING MATCHING AND VOLUNTEER GRANT SCHEMES

The following companies are examples of those offering donation matching schemes to their employees. Does your company offer matching or volunteer grants? Let us know, and we can add information here to help other families.

3M

Annually Matched: $1 – $1,000
Match ratio: 1:1
Eligible employees: full-time, part-time

3M not only matches cash, checks, and online gifts, but it also matches securities exchanges, allowing for more flexibility and tax benefits for employees. They make payroll deductions simple so employees can truly automate their giving (and the match!). 3M also donates $20/employee volunteer hour, up to $500, per calendar year.

American Express

Matched: $25 – $8,000
Match ratio: Up to 2:1
Eligible employees: full-time, part-time

Though American Express typically matches gifts using a 1:1 ratio, they encourage more nonprofit involvement from employees. For example, if an employee serves on a nonprofit board or volunteers for more than 50 hours a year, the first $1,000 donated to that nonprofit will be matched at a 2:1 ratio.

Apple Inc.

Matched: $1 – $10,000
Match ratio: 1:1
Eligible employees: full-time, part-time

There is basically no minimum that needs to be met to qualify for a matching gift; if an employee gives just $10, Apple will match the donation. No minimum number of volunteer hours is required to qualify for a volunteer grant. Every hour qualifies for a $25 volunteer grant.

Bank of America

Matched: $24 – $5,000
Match ratio: 1:1
Eligible employees: full-time, part-time

Bank of America allows employees to request matching gifts and volunteer grants through March 31 of the following year, offering a set timeline for your organization to solicit unmatched Bank of America donors. Organizations then have until May 15 to verify any employee’s donation.

Walmart

Matched: $250 – $25,000
Match ratio: 3:1
Eligible employees: full-time

Walmart offers an executive-level match for donations made to most nonprofits including: Educational institutions, Health and human services, Arts and cultural organizations, Civic and community organizations, Environmental organizations, and most 501 (c)(3) organizations

For additional information, please visit https://wmlink/sparkgoodassociategiving. The link can only be accessed while on the company intranet.

Home Depot

Matched: $25 – $3,000
Match ratio: 1:1
Eligible employees: full-time, part-time

A beneficial aspect of The Home Depot’s corporate matching gift program is that it distributes matching gifts to organizations monthly. Plus, donors can track the real-time status of their pending match(es) through their Home Depot Foundation online account.

Google

Matched: $1 – $10,000
Match Ratio: 1:1
Eligible employees: full-time, part-time

In addition to its generous donation matching, Google matches employees volunteer hours. Google designates 20 hours of annual volunteer PTO, on top of offering volunteer grants matching those hours. For every hour an employee volunteers, Google will donate $10 to the nonprofit organization.

Starbucks

Matched: $25 – $1,000
Match ratio: 1:1
Eligible employees: full-time, part-time

Starbucks created a philanthropic program called “Partner Match” for their U.S. employees. This program matches gifts up to $1,000. The volunteer grant amount is $5/hour, and employees are given an annual 20 hours of volunteer PTO.

State Farm

Matched: $25 – $4,500
Match Ratio: 1:1
Eligible employees: full-time

State Farm has a long-standing history of matching associates’ donations, as well as offering a Good Neighbor Grant Program. With associates all over the country, State Farm supports thousands of U.S. nonprofits.