Level Up your Philanthropy: Automate Your Giving with a Recurring Donation or Matching Funds

If you want to create a lasting legacy of giving at Morehouse College, consider making a gift that supports your philanthropic goals without jeopardizing your financial security. You can maximize your philanthropy with planning, automation, and some special assistance from your employer.

Follow these steps to level up your giving:

• Add a recurring gift to your budget. Whether you are a new alumnus with student loan debt or a Golden Tiger paying off a mortgage, budgeting is essential to managing your monthly expenses. You have bills to pay, but you also value the education and transformative experiences that you received at Morehouse that helped you succeed. Try this strategy, and you can give back and be counted among Morehouse's annual supporters.

Add a recurring gift to Morehouse to your annual budget and schedule manageable payments over time to extend your generosity. Visit our online giving portal to set up a recurring gift using either a credit card or direct bank draft. You can select the amount and date of your gift, adjust the monthly or quarterly donation as often as needed, and print your gift receipts. Your generous contribution will make a significant impact by providing consistent revenue to support Morehouse College. Small, steady annual donations can exceed a one-time, lump-sum contribution.

1. Check our website to see if your employer will match your generosity. Did you know that 65% of Fortune 500 companies match donations employees make to nonprofit institutions and organizations like ours? You could double or triple your contribution through the corporate Matching Gift Program. Morehouse partners with Double the Donation to provide a directory of companies to search, plus the forms, guidelines, and instructions you need to complete your submission.
2. Log in to the giving portal to watch your philanthropic impact grow. Stay connected to Morehouse. Log in and watch your annual contribution grow through the recurring and matching gift programs. You can multiply your impact without increasing your out-of-pocket spending. Your generous donation will help to provide a vital safety net of financial support for rising Morehouse Men.

According to Double the Donation, 11% of total corporate cash contributions to nonprofits are made through matching gift programs, for an impact in giving of about $2.86 billion annually. An additional estimated $4 billion to $7 billion in matching gift funds is unclaimed each year because employees do not utilize the benefit. Visit the OIA website or check with your corporate Human Resources Department to find out whether your employer is one of the thousands that offer matching gifts to nonprofits.