Matching Gift Programs

Many companies and businesses choose to "match" the contributions of their employees to nonprofit organizations, including Eastern Illinois Foodbank. Such firms have created a "Matching Gifts Program" and will match the contribution to an equal dollar amount; some companies actually will match the gift two or even three times the cash value.

Most companies with a "Matching Gift Program" have guidelines and procedures to be followed. And typically there is a business office or human relations department that works with employees in preparing the proper forms. Eligible donors often can include retired employees, spouses, or widows/widowers of employees - as well as currently employed personnel.

We would be pleased to work with you to determine whether your company has a "Matching Gift Program" and to work with you to complete the necessary forms and applications.

Start a Matching Gift Program

As an employee of a firm without a "Matching Gift Program," you might want to see if one could be established as a way of demonstrating the commitment of that business to charitable giving. Or, it may be that your company would consider a "matching" or "challenge" gift to an employee-led campaign just to generate funds for the Foodbank and for hunger relief.

Since a $1 donation to the Foodbank actually generates $10 worth of food, a gift which doubles the contribution makes that $1 stretch to $20, or more dollars, of food for hunger relief.