What are corporate matching gift and employee volunteer grant programs?

Corporate matching gift programs are charitable giving programs created by corporations in which the company matches donations made by employees to nonprofit organizations or educational institutions. Donors can double their impact by utilizing the matching gift programs that are in place at thousands of companies.

The most common match ratio is 1:1, meaning that the company will donate the exact same amount as the employee did. Each company will set a dollar amount that they will contribute in Sample Article: Employee Giving Programs 10 matching gifts per employee each year. Employees can then make as many matching gift requests as they like until they hit that maximum dollar amount.

Volunteer grant programs are charitable giving programs setup by companies to provide a monetary donation to eligible nonprofits where their employees volunteer as a way to encourage community engagement. If you volunteer for a nonprofit organization like ours and work for a company with a volunteer grant program, you can request a volunteer grant from your employer to increase your impact on our organization. These volunteer grants can be set amounts ($750 for 50 hours volunteered) or hourly amounts ($10 per hour volunteered).

Thousands of companies, representing more than 18 million people, offer matching gift or volunteer grant programs. We hope you’ll take a few extra minutes to see if your company offers employee giving grants via the search form above — grants that could equal hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars for the nonprofit organizations you care about. You’ll immediately gain access to detailed information about your employer’s corporate giving programs and assess your eligibility for employee matching programs. We’ll provide you with as much of the following as possible:

• Up-to-date, company-specific program guidelines

• Minimum volunteer hours required to qualify for a matching donation

• Links to the online matching gift request forms or downloadable PDFs offered by your employer

• Our contact information (Tax ID, address, fundraising contact), which you may need for your matching gift request

If your company isn’t listed, make sure to check with HR as there are many additional companies out there who offer employee match programs. We wish we could submit the required form for you, but unfortunately the employee must submit the request to their employer directly. We appreciate you taking a few minutes to double your impact!