How to Match Retirement Pledge Cards
Many churches and other organizations find themselves in substantial debt after building a new facility or other major capital expenditure. As a parishioner or community member, you may want to help the church by pledging to their debt retirement fund. Many churches even have retirement pledge cards available in their weekly offertory baskets for those who wish to contribute to this fund. You can double the amount donated by matching retirement pledge cards on a special Sunday, for a designated time period or up to a certain dollar amount.
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Instructions
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Determine how much money you can contribute to the retirement fund. If you can contribute even a quarter of the amount needed to retire the organization's debt, a matching fund drive may inspire other donors.
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Decide how you will match the funds. Some matching fund drives are limited to pledges from a certain day, month, quarter or other time period.
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Announce your intention to match retirement pledges. Publicize the details via newsletters, emails and other communication to the church or group.
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Hold your matching pledge drive. Distribute pledge cards to each donor and have them return them to the treasurer. If you are matching pledge cards over a long period of time, make sure that the cards are clearly labeled as retirement pledge cards, especially if there are other competing fund drives or regular collections going on concurrently.
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Total up the amount pledged. If the amount is less than you were willing to match, donate a sum equal to the total pledged to the retirement fund. If the amount is equal to or more than you were willing to match, donate the amount you initially offered to the retirement fund.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are donating to a charitable group, your employer may also be able to match your donation. Talk to your company's human resources department about gift donation matching policies.
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