Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Statistics

General Corporate Giving Statistics

• Corporations gave over $14.5 billion to charities in 2011.
  • This represents a 5.5% increase over 2009 levels
  • Source: Giving USA's 2012 Annual Report on Philanthropy for 2011
• 65% of corporations increased their corporate giving from 2009 to 2010
  • 53% gave more in 2010 than they did before the downturn in 2007
  • Source: CECP 2011 Report on Corporate Giving
• 81% of corporate giving is in cash either from companies or from company funded foundations (the remaining is from non-cash contributions)
  • Source: CECP 2011 Report on Corporate Giving

Matching Gift and Volunteer Grant Statistics

• 65% of Fortune 500 companies offer matching gift programs
  • Source: Double the Donation's Review of Matching Gift Programs
• 40% of Fortune 500 companies offer volunteer grant programs
  • Source: Double the Donation's Review of Volunteer Grant Programs
• The average volunteer grant is for $10-$15 per hour volunteered by a company employee.
  • Source: Double the Donation's Review of Volunteer Grant Programs
• Major corporations have an employee presence in most cities. For instance:
  • 90% of Fortune 1,000 companies have a presence in New York City area.
  • 75% of Fortune 1,000 companies have a presence in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 50% of Fortune 500 companies have a presence in Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Sources: The Local Chamber of Commerce for Each City
• In 1954, the GE Foundation created the Corporate Alumni Program, the first corporate gift-matching program. Today, the GE Foundation matches over $35 million annually to all 501(c)(3) organizations and accredited educational institutions (including K-12).
  • Source: GE Foundation
• Microsoft is the largest contributor of matching gift and volunteer grant funds.
  • In 2011, Microsoft matched $44.3 million in employee monetary donations
  • In 2011, Microsoft gave an additional $5.6 million as a result of the 383,000 volunteer hours logged through the company's employee volunteer program.
  • Combined, the company donated $48.9 million solely through the company's employee giving programs
  • This represents an 11% increase over 2010 levels.
  • Source: Microsoft Corporate Citizenship
• About 62.8 million Americans volunteered in 2010
  • This represents 26.5 percent of the adult population
  • In total, Americans volunteered for 8.1 billion hours
  • The value of this volunteerism is worth $173 billion in 2010
  • Many of these individuals are eligible to request volunteer grants from their employers
  • Source: Corporation for National and Community Service
• Mentioning matching gifts in fundraising appeals results in a 71% increase in the response rate and a 51% increase in the average donation amount (and that's prior to receiving matching gift funds).
  • Source: Tech Soup: Which Fundraising Strategies Work?