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The Community Foundation believes that helping agencies strengthen their funding bases through endowment building is one of the most strategic ways we can serve our community. By providing matching dollars to agencies participating in Matchstick, we aim to build long-term partnerships that will allow effective agencies to build a perpetual source of unrestricted funding for their organizations.
Matchstick provides a 1:2 matching of funds; $1 from the Community Foundation for every $2 donated to the agency endowment. The match is applied after an agency reaches its fundraising goal. Launched in 2006, the Matchstick program has helped local not-for-profits grow their endowments by more than $700,000. Each agency’s endowment generates annual support for its mission, in perpetuity.
What Agencies Are Saying...
“The opportunity to build our endowment through the Matchstick grant has generated numerous exciting outcomes for the Club: a whole host of new Club volunteers, a growing endowment, a renewed visibility in our community and greater hope for our kids.”
- Jeff Baldwin, Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington
“Participating in this initiative has really focused our Board's thinking about the future of the Lotus Foundation, and has energized our commitment to building a capital fund to support that vision. Congratulations to the Community Foundation for helping organizations across this region continue to invest in themselves and in Monroe County!”
– Deborah Klein, Development Director, Lotus Education and Arts Foundation “In the world of shrinking funds, it is incredibly important to build an endowment that will reap operating funds each year. The Matchstick Program will help Community Kitchen build our endowment to ensure that there will always be a safe place where folks in need can get a warm, nutritious meal.”
- Vicki Pierce, Executive Director, Community Kitchen Guidelines for Eligible Agencies
To qualify for participation in the Matchstick Initiative, eligible organizations must: Serve the general public in Monroe county, Indiana, qualify as a non-profit and exhibit the capacity to engage in an endowment building campaign. The assessment and application process(follow the links in the sidebar) is designed to help agencies determine if they are prepared to participate.
Supporting Matchstick Agencies
Local donors are encouraged to support not-for-profits participating in the Matchstick matching initiative. Donations will qualify for the match is they received by the Community Foundation during the benefiting agencies Matchstick year. 2012 Matchstick Partners will be announced this December and donations can be forwarded to the Foundation after January 1, 2012. All checks should be made payable and sent to the Community Foundation. Please note to which agency fund(s) you would like to direct your gift. For information on stock gifts or planned gifts, please contact the Community Foundation staff at 333-9016. THANK YOU to everyone who is strengthening the fabric of our community by supporting agency endowments. Your generosity makes a lasting difference! | 
