Hutchinson, Kan. — When Hutchinson Community Foundation hosted Match Day in 2012, 28- local nonprofits raised $182,000 for their endowment funds. At this year’s event on Tuesday, May 6, more nonprofits are participating, and the match pool is even larger.
“One of Hutchinson Community Foundation’s goals is to help local nonprofits thrive,” said Aubrey Abbott Patterson, President. “Nonprofits are more sustainable when they have endowments—‘savings accounts’—that support their efforts forever.”
Thirty-two nonprofit endowments are eligible for matching funds, and donors can participate by dropping a check by Eagle Media Center at 825 N. Main between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Unlike the 2012 event, the $50,000 match pool is not first-come, first-served. Instead, it will be divided among the participating organizations in proportion to the total amount raised.
Though donations will be accepted online that day at iHeartHutch.org from midnight to midnight, board chair Marilyn Bolton advocates dropping by the event to connect in person.
“As extra incentive to come to Eagle Media Center, they’re offering hourly prize grants, drawn from the previous hour’s donors contributing in person,” she said. “Organizations can also earn prize grants by raising the most money or having the most individual donors.”
Donations of $20 or more are eligible for a match, and they can be divided among multiple organizations. Cash, checks and credit cards will be accepted, and donations are tax-deductible.
“Nonprofits still face monthly expenses, so they continue to need your annual contributions.” added Patterson. “Match Day is an opportunity to go beyond what you give annually, to grow our local nonprofit endowments exponentially.”
The following nonprofits are participating:
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Reno County
Boys & Girls Clubs of Hutchinson
Buhler USD 313 Education Foundation
Cancer Council of Reno County
Cause for Paws, Inc.
Children’s Emergency Shelter Home, Inc.
Communities That Care
Dillon Nature Center
Fairfield USD 310
Family Community Theatre
Fund for Buhler
Fund for Hutchinson
Hospice & HomeCare of Reno County
Hutchinson Animal Shelter
Hutchinson Art Center
Hutchinson Meals on Wheels
Hutchinson Public Schools
Hutchinson Regional Medical Foundation
Hutchinson Symphony Association
Hutchinson’s Historic Fox Theatre
Interfaith Housing Services
Kansas Cosmosphere & Space Center
Mennonite Friendship Communities, Inc.
New Beginnings
Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Center
Strataca (Underground Salt Museum)
Sunshine Meadows Retirement
Community
TECH, Inc.
Food Bank of Reno County
Salvation Army of Reno County
Volunteer Center of Reno County
United Way of Reno County
For more information, visit www.iHeartHutch.org or contact Aubrey Abbott Patterson at 620-663-5293.