Employees in the United States must donate online to participate in the matching program. For U.S. employees, only donations to the
Part-Time employees must be salaried employees as part of the Part-Time Employee Program.
Other qualifying organizations through the KickStart Signature Partner: www.kickstart.org;
Canadian employees' donations to US-based colleges and universities, and to KickStart International would qualify for consideration under the Employee Matching Gift Programs. Donations to colleges and universities in Canada would not qualify for a match by the US-based Foundation.
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 sends form with gift to recipient institution, authorized officer certifies and returns to company for match.