midwest community foundations’ ventures the magic of match day
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Midwest Community Foundations’ Ventureswww.mcfv.org
The Magic of Match Day
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IT’S ALL ABOUT
Importance of an immediate need
Incentive of giving more for less
Urgency of a time limit
Resources of a whole community
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CONTRIBUTORS
The Columbus Foundation, Ohio
Community Foundation for Muskegon County, Michigan
Community Foundation of St. Clair County, Michigan
Fremont Area Community Foundation, Michigan
Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation, Ohio
Hillsdale County Community Foundation, Michigan
Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Michigan
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NEW REALITY…
AS OF AUGUST 2010:•The national unemployment rate was 9.5%
•Michigan’s unemployment rate was 13.1%
•One in every 40 homes in Michigan is in foreclosure
•Foundation grantmaking was down nearly 9% compared to 2008
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NEW OPPORTUNITY.
• Draw on local expertise
• Lead community effort
• Convene and engage nonprofit partners
• Meet immediate needs withimmediate response
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THE BENEFITS OF
• Donors find an exciting incentive for giving.
• Nonprofits gain new resources, donors, visibility and interest in their work.
• Community foundation lives its role as convener, catalyst and leader, responding to the community’s most pressing needs.
• Community reaps the final outcomes of the gifts.
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DESIGN YOUR OWN
Know Your Reasons Why
Plan the Big Day
Prepare Your Partners
Give it Proper Promotion
Seize the Day
Manage the After-Match
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Pre-meeting handout
Sample documents
Tracking spreadsheet
Statement of agreement
Planning brief Concepting tool
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TOOLKIT
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Understand why a Match Day will help address urgent
needs in your community—and how to structure it for
effectiveness.
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KNOW YOUR REASONS WHYThe Magic of Match Day
Planning brief
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Engage broad group in Match Day planning. Draw on the
thinking of internal and external partners to define
parameters for the experience.
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PLAN THE BIG DAYThe Magic of Match Day
Concepting tool
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Sample participant guidelines
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Communicate completely and regularly with internal and
external partners to create clarity around Match Day
objectives, process and expectations.
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PREPARE YOUR PARTNERSThe Magic of Match Day
Pre-meeting handout Statement of agreement
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Promotional samples
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Use personal connections, media vehicles and technology
to consistently communicate the compelling messages of
Match Day.
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GIVE IT PROPER PROMOTION The Magic of Match Day
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Tracking spreadsheet
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Have preparations in place to ensure a rewarding
experience for donors, nonprofit partners, the community
foundation—and community.
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SEIZE THE DAYThe Magic of Match Day
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Match Day doesn’t end when gifts stop coming in.
Keep celebrating the stories of impact, collaboration
and generosity.
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MANAGE THE AFTER-MATCH The Magic of Match Day
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QUESTIONS?
The Magic of Match Day
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The community response to Match Day was incredible.
By mid-morning, it was clear what a powerful and
uplifting day of giving we were in the midst of.
It was exactly what our community needed.
HILLSDALE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
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