Match Your Gift

Company:   General Electric
Subsidiary of:   GE General Electric Foundation
Foundation #:   3890000
Last Updated:   2009/12/01
Contact:   GE Foundation  
Phone:   (800) 305-0669 
E-mail:   gesupport@cybergrants.com 
Matching Gift Form URL:   Not Available 
Minimum amount matched: $25.00
Maximum amount matched: $50,000.00
Total per employee: $50,000.00
Gift ratio:  1:1*

Comments: Procedure: Employee donor logs into the matching gift website and submits the request. Charitable institution must log into same website to acknowledge the gift. GE Foundation to Direct More Than $20 Mil.in 2009 Response to Economic Downturn: The GE Foundation, the philan.org.of GE, to direct more than $20 mil.funding to food & shelter orgs respond.to the impact of the economic downturn. Focused on addressing basic needs, these orgs continue to experience significant increases in demand without the proper funding to keep pace with the need. "Families are facing one of the worst economic recessions of our lifetime, forcing many to seek food and shelter services.Increased Matching Gifts: a unique food and shelter Matching Gifts Program that will match contributions by employees and retirees to qualified food and shelter organizations 2-1.* United Way: increase the annual GE Foundation gift to the United Way with assurances that this allocation be dedicated exclusively to food and shelter services. This gift is a contribution above and beyond the annual employee and retiree MG Program.

Procedure:

• 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.