MATCHING & GRANTS SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 NOON TO NOON

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1 MATCHING & GRANTS SEPTEMBER 20 & 21 NOON TO NOON The 2016 Giving Challenge is presented by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation, as well as support from Manatee Community Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, William G. and Marie Selby Foundation, and the Herald-Tribune Media Group. Page 1

2 MATCHING How is The Patterson Foundation supporting the 2016 Giving Challenge? To strengthen giving during the 2016 Giving Challenge, The Patterson Foundation will provide a 2:1 match for contributions from new donors for donations up to $100 per new donor, per organization. Additionally, it will provide a 1:1 match for contributions from returning donors for donations up to $100 per donor, per organization. How does The Patterson Foundation define a new donor? A new donor is someone who donates to a nonprofit they did not contribute to during the 2015 Giving Challenge. How does The Patterson Foundation define a returning donor? A returning donor is someone who contributed to that specific nonprofit during the 2015 Giving Challenge. Should they choose to donate to a different nonprofit one they did not contribute to during the 2015 Giving Challenge they would be categorized as a new donor. Why does The Patterson Foundation focus on both new and returning donors? With the match to new donors, The Patterson Foundation hopes nonprofits will aspire to optimize the Giving Challenge as a vehicle to engage new donors to cultivate far beyond the Giving Challenge. The match for returning donors is designed to affirm the importance of donor retention and strengthen nonprofits abilities to build relationships with long-term supporters. How will The Patterson Foundation s match for new donors work? The Patterson Foundation will match online donations from new donors 2:1 up to $100 per donor, per organization. There is no limit to the number of individual matches a nonprofit can receive during the 2016 Giving Challenge. These three examples illustrate how this match will be implemented: Page 2

3 MATCHING cont. How will The Patterson Foundation s match for returning donors work? The Patterson Foundation will match online donations from returning donors 1:1 up to $100 per donor, per organization. There is no limit to the number of individual matches a nonprofit can receive during the 2016 Giving Challenge. These three examples illustrate how this match will be implemented:

4 PRIZES How will The Patterson Foundation recognize nonprofits that cultivate the highest total dollars of new and returning donations? The Patterson Foundation will award $51,000 in prizes to the nonprofits that cultivate the highest total dollars of new and returning donations during the 2016 Giving Challenge. Prizes will be awarded to organizations across three categories based on size: Small: Organizations with budgets less than $100,000 Medium: Organizations with budgets between $100,000 and $750,000 Large: Organizations with budgets greater than $750,000 The following tables outline prize levels and totals for each category: Highest Total Dollars of New Donations Small Medium Large Organization Organization Organization 1 st Place $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 2 nd Place $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 3 rd Place $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 Highest Total Dollars of Returning Donations Small Medium Large Organization Organization Organization 1 st Place $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 2 nd Place $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 3 rd Place $1,000 $1,000 $1,000

5 OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITY 1: THE MOST UNIQUE DONORS Tiered grant awards for the organizations to get the highest number of unique (individual) donors who give online at during the 24-hour period: # of Total Unique Donors Small Organization Medium Organization Large Organization 1 st Place $7,000 $7,000 $7,000 2 nd Place $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 3 rd Place $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 4 th Place $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 5 th Place $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 Winners for this category will be announced on September 28, 2016 to allow time for all gifts to finalize and catch any errors. Standings on the live Leaderboard during the Giving Challenge may be subject to change after the Challenge. THE FAST Grant Awards: $500 $500 grant each to the 50 nonprofits that are the first to get 50 donors to give online at Automatically awarded during challenge.

6 GUIDELINES & FAQS Who is eligible to participate in the 2016 Giving Challenge? Only 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated transparency with a current published profile on The Giving Partner, are eligible to participate in the Giving Challenge. Who is making the 2016 Giving Challenge possible in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte & Desoto counties? The 2016 Giving Challenge is presented by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County with giving strengthened by The Patterson Foundation, as well as support from Manatee Community Foundation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, William G. and Marie Selby Foundation, and the Herald-Tribune Media Group. Who can donate during the 2016 Giving Challenge? Donors can be an individual or corporation/business. Organizations are prohibited from donating to themselves. Donors are encouraged to make gifts to multiple organizations of their choice. A "unique donor" is a unique individual giving to an organization. Gifts made from the same credit card to the same organization are counted as a single unique donor. Is there a minimum gift size? $25 is the minimum gift size. What forms of payment are accepted? Only credit card donations received online at during the 24-hour period (Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. through Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 11:59:59 a.m.) will apply to the rules of this online event. No donations via check, cash or stock will be accepted. All donations are tax deductible and irrevocable (donations will not be refunded) and will be for the unrestricted use of your chosen charity. Are there fees involved? Foundation partners do not collect any fees associated with contributions made through the Giving Challenge website and are investing funding, time and project management into this opportunity as a gift to the community. The online gift processing fee and check distribution fee is 6%, standard for the industry. This fee covers credit card processing and the 3% vendor fee for KIMBIA. It will be deducted from each online contribution made with a credit card. Is my gift tax-deductible? Each online gift is 100% tax-deductible and irrevocable. All donations will be granted for unrestricted use by the chosen charities. Donors may not receive goods or services in exchange for their gifts. Is the site secure? Yes, secure donations for the Giving Challenge are provided through KIMBIA to each donor entering their own credit card information directly on the giving site. Any third party who enters credit card information on behalf of a donor, by their actions of entering any such credit card information on behalf of a donor, has signified their agreement with the sponsoring foundations and organizations of the Giving Challenge 1) to assume all risk of loss and any liability associated with such transaction and 2) to indemnify each of the sponsoring foundations and organizations of the Giving Challenge against any and all risk of loss and any liability associated with such transaction.