Matching funds
Matching funds are funds that are set to be paid in equal amount to funds available from other sources. Matching fund payments usually arise in situations of charity or public good. The terms cost sharing, in-kind, and matching can be used interchangeably but refer to different types of donations. [1] Contents 1 Charitable causes 2 Infrastructure funding 3 Historic preservation 4 In politics 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Charitable causes In philanthropic giving, foundations and corporations often give money to non-profit entities in the form of a matching gift . [2] Corporate matches often take the form of employee matching gifts, which means that if an employee donates to a nonprofit, the employee's corporation will donate money to the same nonprofit according to a predetermined match ratio (usually 1:1). For foundations, matching gifts are in the form of grants made directly to nonprofits if that the nonprofit raises a se...