Matching Gifts

Maximize the value to your donation! You may be able to double or even triple your donation at no extra cost to you! Many companies and foundations match donations made to the Peace Corps. Contact your employer and make your donation go even further.

Participation is Simple

1. Ask your employer if they support a Matching Gift Program. Peace Corps is not a 501(c)3 but can accept a matching gift under section 170(c)1 of the Internal Revenue Code.
2. Obtain a Matching Gift form from your employer's human resources or payroll department.
3. Complete the donor section of the form and submit it along with your donation. If you donated on-line please send it separately with a note detailing your on-line donation, to the following address:
   

   Peace Corps
   Office of Gifts and Grants Management
   1111 20th Street NW
   Washington, DC 20526.

4. Peace Corps processes the form and sends it to your employer.
5. Your employer will then send us a Matching Gift. It's that easy!

Tips

• Companies may match donations made by spouses or retirees.
• Double or triple matches are offered by some companies!
• For more information about matching gifts please contact donate@peacecorps.gov

Some of our Matching Gift Partners have included:

• American International Group (AIG) matched gifts to support a mentoring program in Ukraine and a youth group in Uganda.
• Black and Decker matched a gift to support a resource center for teachers in Moldova.
• GAP Foundation matched a gift to support a gender and development conference in Morocco.
• Harcourt Education matched a gift to support a Foreign Language Teacher Association in Kazakhstan.
• Motorola Foundation matched a gift to support the HIV/AIDS fund.
• National Instruments matched a gift to provide science books for a secondary school in Ghana.
• Neiman Marcus matched a gift supporting a health sanitation project in Nicaragua.
• News America Inc matched a gift to support Peace Corps Tsunami Relief Fund.
• Overbrook Foundation matched a gift to support a health clinic expansion project in Thailand.
• RH Donnelly matched a gift to improve food security and small business enterprise in the Dominican Republic.
• Wachovia Foundation matched a gift to improve sanitation in South Africa and to build a library in Guinea.

Last updated May 30 2012