Set Up Matched Giving

Create matching periods

For each campaign, you can create a "matching period". For example, from the 21st of January, 12 am to the 28th January, at 12 am, we're going to match donations up to $10000.

Naming your matched giving period

When creating a matched giving period, the Name field is important — it's used when you need to manually match donations in the admin. A clear, specific name (e.g. "ACME Corp Match - June 2025") makes it easy to search for and identify the correct matched giving period when processing manual matches.

💡 Recommendation: Use a name that includes the sponsor or partner name and the time period (e.g. "BHP Foundation Match - Giving Day 2025") so it's immediately recognisable when searching.

For each match period, you can set the limit, start time, end time, and how much should be matched. You can do a classic match (2x) or go big with 3 or 4x match donations.

You can also customise how matched donations show in your donation stream – so you can attribute them to a corporate sponsor or major donor!

Naming matched donations (Matched Donation Details)

In the Matched Donation Details section, the Name field refers to the name that will appear in the donation stream block on the campaign page. This is typically the name of the sponsor of the matched giving period.

This name is also critical when filtering matched giving donations in a donation report — it allows you to identify and isolate donations that correlate to a specific matched giving period. Choose a name that is clear and consistent so your reporting stays accurate.

💡 Recommendation: Use the sponsor's name or a clear label (e.g. "BHP Foundation") so donors can see who is matching their gift, and so your team can easily filter matched donations by period in reports.

Customise which donations get matched

Want to make sure your matched pool goes far enough, or want to encourage a higher donation amount for those bigger campaigns? You can decide which donations should be automatically matched. Limit matching to a specific profile, cap the amount you'll match per donation, or only match donations under a certain amount. You can also toggle whether the recurring donations from a donor are matched or not.

Manually match donations

You can manually match donations by locating the transaction record in the Donation tab, and clicking on " Match Donation" and choosing which Matched Giving Period to utilise: 

You can match offline donations via this method!

Matched Giving-related blocks

There are two blocks you can add to your campaign page to encourage donors to maximise their donations during the matched giving period. These are:

1. Matched Giving Calculator - This can be added just under the Donation Form Block, and will demonstrate what their total donation would amount to after the match has been applied
   
2. Matched Progress Bar - This indicates how much of the matched giving pool remains for that specific matched giving period
   

Keep an eye on the progress

When your match period is live, you can monitor the Raisely dashboard to see the progress of your campaign. It'll show you how much of the pool has been used, how many donations have come through, and how much has been raised since the start of the matched giving period. 

You can pause/unpause the match giving simply by selecting the pause ( pause ) icon, whilst selecting the edit ( edit ) icon will allow you to adjust your match giving time frame and more.

💬 Do the matched funds show on your campaign's progress bar? They do! 👏 The function creates an offline donation at the configured value. It will be calculated in the campaign totals and in the progress bar just like any other donation.

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