What is Corporate Matching?
A corporate match is when a donor's place of employment matches the donation the donor made to a non-profit. This allows your donors to double their donation without personally donating anything extra!
How It Works
Booster has partnered with an integrated software, Double the Donation, to make it easy for your donors. Once a donation is made on MyBooster.com, the donor is presented with a widget where they can search their company and see if they participate in corporate matching. If they do, the donor will be redirected to their company's website to submit for a corporate match. If the employer approves the match, they will either send a check to your school or make a direct deposit. Note: the employer's matching donation is not made through MyBooster.com, and thus MyBooster.com cannot track these funds. It will not be included in your fundraising totals as seen on our website.
What You Can Do to Maximize Matching Donations
Sometimes, donors don't search for a corporate match at checkout and so don't realize their donation can be matched. To help, there is a tab on your admin dashboard titled "Corporate Matching." On this tab, you will see a list of donations made that are eligible to be corporate matched. You can download a spreadsheet that lists the donor's name and email address and reach out to them to encourage them to submit for a match, if they haven't already! Check out this article HERE about emailing corporate match donors!
Frequently Asked Questions
How do donors actually submit a corporate match?
The process is different for every company. Donors will follow the instructions on their company's website. If the company requires forms to be filled out, these will need to be completed by a representative of your organization.
What percent of the corporate match donation does my school keep?
100%!
Will corporate match donations be included in my fundraising total?
Corporate match donations are not submitted through MyBooster.com and so cannot be tracked by our site.
Will students receive credit for corporate match donations?
Since received corporate matches are not tracked by the site they will not be included in a student's fundraising total, and they will not receive rewards based off of them.
How will we receive our corporate match donations?
Most frequently, companies will send a check to your organization, but in some instances they may reach out to you and request to direct deposit the funds.
When will we receive our corporate match donations?
Corporate match donations may be received during your fundraiser, but often they arrive afterwards.
Is there a minimum and maximum donation amount that corporations will match?
Yes, every employer has a minimum and maximum donation amount that they will match. These amounts differ company to company, however. In addition, every employer has a list of the non-profits they will match donations to. Most educational institutions are eligible, but this is determined by the corporation, not by Booster.
How can I see what company's will match donations?
THIS LINK will take you to the widget that donors can use to search their company.