The Gannett Foundation matches employees' contributions to private schools, colleges and universities, hospitals, and other charitable or non-profit organizations up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.Organizations must verify gift within 180 days of registration date.
Field Offices: Contact your local Human Resources office or the Gannett Foundation for GannettMatch forms.Corporate: Gannett Match forms can be found in the Human Resources Info Rack in the Breaking News Cafe.
An employee or director may qualify for matching funds for 30 days after retirement.
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.