The Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas (CFSEK) is hosting its ninth annual Match Day on December 3, 2024, National Giving Tuesday! Match Day is an exciting fundraising campaign to help local nonprofit organizations increase their endowed funds and build sustainability. All community donations on Match Day will be placed in the participating nonprofits' CFSEK endowed funds. The Community Foundation will provide a prorated match to each nonprofit, which may choose to place the match in its endowment or request the match as a distribution for immediate use.
Each participating organization will receive a prorated match out of CFSEK's match pool based on total community donations received, up to 20% of the total pool.
The history of Match Day
On November 29, 2016, CFSEK hosted its first-ever Match Day. The Foundation offered $20,000 of its own unrestricted funds to match community contributions to the endowments of 20 local nonprofit organizations. The community’s response was overwhelming: In just 24 hours, more than 150 donors gave nearly $72,000 in support of the campaign.
Since then, the generosity has just kept growing as CFSEK has continued to host Match Day each National Giving Tuesday, the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Last year, thanks to a generous grant from the Patterson Family Foundation, CFSEK offered $70,000 in matching funds. In response, 371 community donors contributed $283,147 to the endowments of 43 local organizations.
We expect this year's Match Day to be no different! And like last year, each of our affiliates will host its own separate Match Day fundraiser on December 3! Visit the Columbus Area Community Foundation, Fort Scott Area Community Foundation, and Girard Area Community Foundation for more information about their 2024 Match Day fundraisers.
How we calculate match amounts
Each participating organization's endowed fund will receive 100% of the community contributions designated for it (less processing fees charged by Stripe, our online-payments processor). In addition, each organization will have access to a prorated match out of the match pool. The prorated match for an organization will be proportionate to the share of all community contributions designated for the organization's fund on Match Day, subject to a 20% limit.
For instance, if a nonprofit's fund received 10% of total community donations on Match Day, then it would also receive 10% of the match pool. If it received 25% of community Match Day donations, it would be limited to 20% of the total match pool.
How you can give on Match Day
You can give on Match Day in any of the following ways:
- Online. At 12:00 a.m. on December 3, this website (SEKGives.org) will start accepting donations. Simply select one or more participating funds you'd like to donate to, enter the amount you'd like to give to each, and complete your donation through Stripe's website. And don't worry! You can donate using Stripe whether or not you have a Stripe account! Online donations must be made by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, December 3.
- In person. On December 3, you can bring your donation by cash or check to our office in the basement of the Commerce Bank building in Pittsburg, 100 S. Broadway St., Suite 100. Our office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Make sure you complete a printable Match Day donation form (downloads PDF) and bring it with you!
- By mail. Can't make it to the office on Match Day? That's okay--you can mail your check to us at P.O. Box 1448, Pittsburg, KS 66762. Be sure to include a printable Match Day donation form (downloads PDF) so we know which funds you'd like your donation to benefit. Donations sent by mail must be postmarked by Wednesday, December 4, 2024.
Please make checks payable to Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas. If you aren't using a donation form with your check, please write the fund name(s) on the memo line.
Looking for another way to give? We're flexible! Check out our Ways to Give page for even more giving ideas!
Learn more
- Find out what organizations are participating in Match Day
- Find links to our affiliates' Match Day websites at SEKMatchDay.org
