Match Your Gift

Company:   Cisco Systems, Inc.
Subsidiary of:   Cisco Systems, Inc.
Foundation #:   96400000
Last Updated:   2009/09/22
Contact:   Ruth McCullers Lee  
Phone:    
E-mail:   ruthm@cisco.com 
Matching Gift Form URL:   https://www.givingstation.com/?cid=9967  
Minimum amount matched: $50.00
Maximum amount matched: $1,000.00
Total per employee: $1,000.00
Gift ratio:  1:1

Comments: All 501c3 organizations in the Cisco Matching Gifts database are nominated by groups of employees at Cisco. Each nomination must be supported by at least 10 employees before it is considered for addition to the database. The Matching Gifts team reviews all nominations against Cisco Foundation policies for organizations which include, but are not limited to, the following: a non-religious, non-proselytizing, non-lifestyle promoting mission,an overhead rate that does not exceed 25%: Cisco calculates overhead by adding management and fundraising expenses and dividing this total by the total revenue of the organization, have a primary purpose that is not advocacy (lobbying), serve the community at large, no discrimination in the provision of services or employment practices.

Procedure:

• Employee donor sends form with gift to recipient institution, authorized officer certifies and returns to company for match.