Foundation & Development
Ways to Give
Giving to WIU
Matching Gifts
Increasingly, businesses and corporations encourage their employees to make gifts to non-profit organizations such as universities. To promote charitable giving, many of these companies offer to match dollar for dollar, and some will even double or triple the match to the employee's charity of choice.
Some companies match gifts made by retirees and/or spouses too. If your employer participates in the matching gift program:
Maximizing your gift to Western is very simple:
- Obtain a matching gift form from your employer
- Complete the form, and include it with your gift to the WIU Foundation
- See your company’s matching gift form for complete information on eligibility and limitations
Upon receiving your gift, the WIU Foundation will process your form and notify your employer. Matching gifts are directed to the same area of your original gift unless company policy requires otherwise. Matching gifts count toward an individual’s giving total and recognition in the Presidents' Societies and/or Foundation Fellows Society.
