What is a matching gift?
It's a benefit that many companies provide, where they match all or part of their employees' charitable donations. This means your company will make a donation to the cause as a direct result of your donation.

How do you know if your company has a matching gift program?
Contact your Human Resources department to see if your company has a program and what it involves. If you're not sure, check the box and you can follow-up with your Human Resources department after your donation has been submitted.

What should you do after you've told us your donation is being matched?
Once we email you to say your donation has been processed successfully, ask your Human Resources department for their matching gift form. The information in your email receipt should help you fill it out, and you can also contact the nonprofit for more information.

What does FirstGiving do with your matching gift information?

• We pass it on to the nonprofit so that they can look out for your company's matching donation.
• We include information about the nonprofit in your email receipt, which you can use when you fill out your company's matching gift form.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions.