Matching Gifts and Employer Charitable Donations Many companies have matching gift programs to maximize their financial contributions to non-profit organizations. If yours does, they will match your donations which will increase your fundraising total and bring us closer toward a world free of MS. Check to see if your employer has an eligible matching gift program by visiting www.nationalmssociety.org/employermatch. You can drastically increase your fundraising total by having your donors apply for matching gifts.
HOW IT WORKS: » Send an email to all your donors explaining the benefits of Employer Matching Gifts, and let them know that they can see if their company matches by visiting
www.nationalmssociety.org/employermatch.
» Ask your donors to contact their company’s HR department to learn about their company’s matching gift policies and procedures.
» Follow the procedure outlined by your company’s matching gift program; printed materials
may be mailed to: National MS Society Attn: Bike MS Matching Gifts 733 Third Ave., Third Floor New York, NY 10017
» Our staff will send confirmation to the donor’s company. Upon receipt of the matching gift check, we will credit your Bike MS fundraising efforts with the amount. While this process may take up to several months, if we receive the matching gift paperwork by the fundraising deadline of November 8, 2013, we will include the pending donation in your Bike MS fundraising total. It is that easy to increase your fundraising total.
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