Bank of America |  |
Bank of America’s Matching Gift Program | Bank of America Charitable Foundation |
Every Bank of America employee is eligible to request up to $5,000 per year in matching gift funds to nearly any organization. Bank of America’s matching gift program will match donations made to nonprofit organizations up until March 15th of the following year. That means that your organization has plenty of time to make a last minute end-of-year appeal or start-of-year appeal to remind your donor base to submit match requests. | Bank of America Charitable Foundation offers several funding opportunities to nonprofit organizations. They direct their funding to meet the needs of low-income communities, with a particular focus on revitalizing neighborhoods, educating the workforce, and addressing basic needs like hunger and homelessness. Bank of America employees also help their communities through volunteerism and connect nonprofits and communities to much-needed resources. |
Google |  |
Google’s Matching Gift Program | Google Dot Org |
Google matches between $50 to $12,000 in donations per employee each year. One of the highlights of Google’s match program is that the company not only matches personal donations to nonprofit organizations, but also matches money employees personally raise for charitable events that they actively participate in. | Google Dot Org is one of the ways that Google gives back to local, national, and global communities. Each year, Google Dot Org donates $100,000,000 in grants, 80,000 volunteer hours, and $1 billion in products. They provide seed funding for global entrepreneurs in developing countries, community grants, disaster relief, and much more. Additionally, Google provides grants to help boost traffic to nonprofits’ websites through a program called Google Ad Grants. |
Darden Restaurant Group |  |
Darden’s Matching Gift Program | Darden Harvest Program |
Darden Restaurant Group, which is composed of restaurants like Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, The Capital Grille, Eddie V’s, and Yard House, offers a generous matching gift program to full-time and part-time employees. Donations ranging from $100 to $10,000 are eligible to be matched at a 1:1 ratio. Darden only matches gifts to k-12 schools, colleges, and universities. | The Darden Harvest Program was launched in 2003 and offers an alternative to throwing away food. Each day, across all of their restaurants, the surplus food that isn’t served to guests is safely prepared for donation. Darden partners with Food Donation Connection to coordinate the distribution of the donated food to food banks, shelters, and other nonprofits. |
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