Your employer may double what you already gave KPFK

Thousands of companies match employee donations to nonprofits. The money is already budgeted. You have to ask for it, and almost nobody does.

A matching gift program is a standing corporate commitment: when an employee donates to an eligible nonprofit, the company writes a second check. Most of that money is never claimed, because the employee never files. Filing usually takes about five minutes online.

Check your employer

Type in where you work. The search tells you whether they match, at what rate, what their minimums and caps are, and links you straight to their submission form.

Check the other sections too. The same search covers volunteer grants, where your employer pays KPFK for hours you have already volunteered here, and payroll giving, where a few dollars a paycheck comes to KPFK automatically. Plenty of people qualify for two or three of these at once. Our volunteer grants page has the details on hours.

What a match is worth

One-to-one is the most common. Annual caps per employee typically run from $1,000 to $15,000, and some programs set a minimum gift of $25 or $50. Search your own employer above for their actual terms.

Monthly gifts count too

If you are a KPFK sustainer, most programs will match your recurring donations, either gift by gift or as an annual total. Twenty-five dollars a month is $300 a year, and a one-to-one match makes it $600. Submit once at the end of the year with your annual giving statement, or file each month if your employer's portal makes that easy.

Need your giving statement? Email matching@kpfk.org and we will send one.

How to file

1. Search your employer above and follow the link to their giving portal, or ask HR for the matching gift form.
2. Find us in their system. Search Pacifica Foundation or the EIN below, not "KPFK."
3. Enter your gift: the date, the amount, and KPFK as the designation if their form allows one.
4. Submit. If the form needs a receipt, use your KPFK acknowledgment email, or ask us for a copy.
5. Forward the confirmation to matching@kpfk.org so we know to watch for the money.

Some employers will then email KPFK to verify your gift. We answer those. Those requests expire, often in 30 days, and they die quietly if nobody responds, so forwarding us your confirmation is the single most useful thing you can do.

Gave earlier this year? You can probably still claim it

Matching gift programs are almost always retroactive. Deadlines vary: some close at the end of the calendar year, some run to January or March of the following year, and many give you a full twelve months from the date of your gift.

Fund drive pledges count. Sustainer payments count. A gift you made in January usually still qualifies. If you have given to KPFK at any point this year and your employer matches, go file now rather than at the deadline.

Details for your employer's form

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