The Fort Scott Area Community Foundation (FSACF) is hosting its first-ever Match Day on November 28, 2023, National Giving Tuesday! FSACF has set aside $25,000 to match community gifts to participating charitable funds. Each participating fund will receive a prorated match out of the match funds based on total Match Day donations received, up to 20% of the total match pool.
By participating in Match Day 2023 at the Fort Scott Area Community Foundation, you will help support local communities and the organizations that serve them! Keep reading to learn more!
Match Day basics
FSACF is hosting Match Day on National Giving Tuesday, the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Match Day is an exciting fundraising opportunity that will help grow many of FSACF's charitable funds. Those funds are then used to benefit Bourbon County residents through scholarships and grants to nonprofit organizations. Funds participating in Match Day are:
- Anna Faye Steele Memorial Fund
- Care to Share Cancer Support Group
- Dr. Pratt and Pauline Irby Endowment Fund
- First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Fort Scott Endowment
- Fort Scott Area Community Foundation General Endowment Fund
- Fort Scott Area Public Parks Endowment Fund
- John Valentine and Patricia Jean Neff Health Care Fund
- Robert Gordon Steele Memorial Fund
- Shepherd Family Endowment Fund
- Shirley Yeager's Animal Friends Foundation Endowment
How we calculate match amounts
Each participating fund is entitled to 100% of the donations made to it (less processing fees charged by Stripe, our online-payments processor). In addition, each fund will receive a prorated match out of the $25,000 match pool. In other words, each fund will receive a portion of the $25,000 match pool that is proportionate to the fund's share of community donations on Match Day, subject to a 20% limit.
For example, if a fund receives 10% of community contributions on Match Day, it will also receive 10% of the match pool, which is $2,500. If it received 25% of community Match Day donations, it would be limited to 20% of the total match pool, or $5,000.
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 November 28, this website (FortScottGives.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, November 28.
- In person. You can bring your contribution, along with a completed FSACF Match Day donation form (downloads PDF), to the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce in Fort Scott, 231 E. Wall Street, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 28.
- By mail. You can mail your check to FSACF, P.O. Box 901, Fort Scott, KS 66701. Be sure to include a completed FSACF Match Day donation form (downloads PDF) so we can know which funds you'd like your donation to benefit. Checks must be postmarked by November 29.
Please make checks payable to Fort Scott Area Community Foundation. 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!
Even more SEK Match Days!
We aren't the only ones hosting Match Day on November 28! Our friends at the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, Columbus Area Community Foundation, and Girard Area Community Foundation are each running their own Match Day fundraisers the same day! You can find links to all four SEK Match Day pages at SEKMatchDay.org.