MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES
Many companies offer employees a Matching Gift Contribution Plan. Generally, any charitable contribution that an employee makes can be matched in part, or in whole, by the company for which he/she works. What many of our participants do not realize is that their contributions to the MS Walk qualify them, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, to receive these corporate contributions.
How can you “cash in” on this incentive? Visit your Human Resources Department and ask if your donation to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society can be matched. If your contribution is eligible under your company's charitable giving policy, pick up a Matching Gifts Contribution form. Fill out the donor section of the form, and bring it with you the day of the event to turn in with your pledges.
The advantages of using Matching Gifts as part of your pledges are:
1. You can possibly double the amount of money you turn in and qualify for larger incentives.
2. Those individuals that sponsor you can take advantage of this as well, adding dollars to your pledges.
3. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will be able to fund more research, programs and education with the funds received from Matching Gifts, aiding us in our mission to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis.
This is a benefit your company offers; why not use it?
Note: If you or one of your sponsors are using matching gifts, please make sure the walker's name is somewhere on the form so that we can credit the gift properly. Also, if you are submitting Matching Gift Applications over the web, please mail or include with your pledges a printed copy with walker's name.
The following is a list of some companies that we are aware of that will match your contributions to 2012 Travelers Walk MS, presented by North American Power:
If you have questions regarding the matching gift program at your company contact your human resources department.
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Duracell International Inc. Eaton Corporation Emerson Electric Company ExxonMobil FM Global Fannie Mae Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund FleetBoston Gannett Gartner, Inc. GE General Mills General Re Georgia-Pacific Gillette Company The Hartford Courant Hartford Steam Boiler Heat Fab Inc. Henry Luce The Home Depot Honeywell Corporation Hyperion Solutions Corporation IBM IKON Office Solutions, Inc. ING Illinois Tool Works J.P. Morgan Chase JDS Uniphase The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The John G. Martin Foundation John Hancock Johnson & Johnson Johnson Controls Kemper Corporation LandAmerica Landmark Partners Inc Lane Industries Incorporated Liz Claiborne Loctite Corporation Lucent Technologies Lydall Inc. Manulife Financial MassMutual MasterCard International Incorporated May Department Stores McGraw-Hill Mercer Delta Consulting, LLC Meredith Corp. Merrill Lynch & Co., Foundation, Inc. |
Minerals Technologies Inc. Monsanto MONY National Grid USA Service Company, Inc. The New York Times Nims Associates, Inc. PPG Industries PQ Corporation Patrons Mutual Insurance Co., Inc Penguin Putnam Inc. PepsiCo Pfizer Phelps Dodge Philip Morris Pitney Bowes Inc. The Prudential RadioShack Corporation Readers Digest Reid & Riege Reuters America Inc. Rockefeller Financial Services, Inc. R.R. Donnelley Saint-Gobain Sam’s Club Sempra Energy Sentry Insurance SNET SSB The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Stanadyne Automotive Corp. The Stanley Works Sun Microsystems Survey Sampling, Inc. Thomson Times Mirror Torrington Savings Bank UBS UPS Unilever United Technologies Verizon Walmart Foundation Wellington Management Company, LLP The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation |
Alexandra Emslie, Administrative Coordinator is happy to assist you with any questions about the MS Society's administration of the matching gift program.Click here to email Alexandra Emslie or contact her by phone at 860.913.2550, ext.52523.
Matching Gift forms can be mailed to:
National MS Society
Connecticut Chapter
659 Tower Avenue, 1st Floor
Hartford, CT 06112