Haiti Relief: $1 million; 50% of which directed to the American Red Cross.Retirees will no longer be matched as of 1/1/10.Retirees must apply for those matches online by March 31. However, they will still eligible for other programs, including a scholarship program for their children and a volunteer grants program in which the bank donates $250 to a nonprofit when an employee volunteers 50 hours per year, and $500 when the employee volunteers 100 hours.
2009 Associate Giving
Merrill Lynch Legacy Matching Gift Program: US Associates
(Available through March 31, 2010)
Merrill Lynch Legacy Matching Gift Program: Non-US Associates
(Available through January 31, 2010)
Procedure:
Employee donor sends check to matching gift company, authorized company officer adds matching gift check and forwards both to the recipient institution.
Employee donor sends form with gift to recipient institution, authorized officer certifies and returns to company for match.
Employee donor contacts corporation via telephone to report gift and initiate match.
Employee donor presents evidence of gift (receipt) to matching company, and company matches.
Employee donor logs into the matching gift website and submits the master request to the program administrator's office. Donor's charitable institution is contacted by administrator to acknowledge the gift.
Company accepts a faxed form completed and signed by an employee donor.
Employee donor sends check to matching gift company, authorized company officer adds matching gift check and forwards both to the recipient institution.
Employee donor logs into the matching gift website and submits the master request to the program administrator's office. Donor's charitable institution is contacted by administrator to acknowledge the gift.