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Corporate Matching
Corporate Matching Gifts
Many corporations and businesses will match funds raised or donated by their employees, sometimes dollar for dollar, sometimes half, sometimes more! Speak to your human resources personnel your find out what your company's policy is. Encourage your donors to do the same and find out if their employer offers matching gifts.
In general, the employee obtains the matching gift form from their company and completes the required portion of the form. This form is given to you along with their personal donation. You will then need to do the following:
- Make a copy of the check donation (or donation slip if it's a credit card) attach it to the matching gift form and mail to the Central California Chapter office. The Society will complete the matching gift form and mail it to the company making the match.
- Mail the actual check donation to Paycor along with your other donations.
IMPORTANT
It is the responsibility of the TNT participant to understand, initiate, and follow through with a company's matching gift policy. This is important since depending on the policy, matching gifts take at least 6-8 weeks to process (though many may take as long as 6-12 months).
Participants will only receive "credit" for any outstanding Matching Gifts toward their participation minimum with verification of the date payment will be made from the company. Since your minimum fundraising amount must be met with real dollars by your Fundraising Deadline, you may be asked to make a personal donation to your own campaign if anticipated Matching Gift money has not yet been received at the chapter by the fundraising deadline.
However, you may request a one-time refund of part or all of your personal donation if the Matching Gift money is received after your event day. You must contact your TNT staff person and complete a reimbursement form.
Matching Gifts are VERY powerful fundraising support; we simply ask that you initiate the process as soon as possible.
What Your Donors Need To Do
- Ask your potential donors to inquire if their employer matches donations to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and if there is a minimum donation. Individually approach people you know who work for companies who you know have matching gift programs.
- If they have such a program, the donor obtains the matching gift form from their company usually from their Human Resources Department.
- The donor makes a donation to you, either online or via check/cash/credit card.
- The donor fills out their company's matching gift form.
- The donor gives you the form and the donation.
What You Need To Do
- Mail the original check and original matching gift form to your staff person. Do not send the check or matching gift form to Paycor.
Important Matching Gift Information
Once your TNT staff person receives the check and the form, it will be processed after your donor's check has cleared the bank. The matching gift form is then submitted to the appropriate company. The matching company then sends a check to LLS. Once it is received, your Paycor account is credited accordingly. It may take several months for the check to be received from the company. If your credit card is charged at the Final Fundraising deadline, you may request reimbursement once the check is received when applicable.
- Important: Your fundraising account is not credited for matching gifts until LLS has received the matching gift check from the company. In some cases, companies may take from several months to a year to process your matching gift request. Matching gifts should be considered a bonus to your fundraising and not the main source of funds.
- Important: It is fraud to give money to an employee to be matched. Donations must be a personal donation from the employee of the company.
- Please note that, once matched, the initial donation to the company to initiate the match cannot be reimbursed as that is the donation which LLS has requested to match.
Click HERE for a National list comprised of companies who have donated to LLS through Matching Gift Programs. Always check for your and potential donors human resources.
Questions to Consider
Where do you work? ___________________________________________
Does your company have a newsletter or weekly email?
Does your company have a matching gift or volunteer match program?
Does your company have a grant/donation program?
You can find out this information by talking to your Human Resources or Personnel department.
