Many employers offer matching gift programs to encourage employees to contribute to charitable organizations. Some employers even offer funds to support employee volunteer hours. Most of these programs will match your charitable contribution dollar for dollar, and some will even double or triple your gift.
Here are just a few examples of companies that match donations:
- US Bank (1:1)
- Duke Energy (1:2)
- Mitsubishi (2:1)
- Macy’s (2:1)
- PNC Bank (1:1)
- LyondellBasell Industries (1:1)
- Givaudan Flavors Corporation (1:1)
- Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. – a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary (2:1)
- Total Quality Logistics (1:2)
- AK Steel (1:1)