Pittsburgh Gives
Beginning at 10am on October 28, the Pittsburgh Foundation will sponsor a Match Day through its Pittsburgh Gives website. All donations from $50 to $2,500 will be matched 1:2 until matching funds have been exhausted. If you've been meaning to donate to the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy but haven't gotten around to it, this is a great opportunity to make your gift go even further!
To make your gift, visit the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy profile on the Pittsburgh Gives site, and click the blue "Donate Now" button. You will be asked to create a profile on the Pittsburgh Gives site before your donation is processed, so we urge you to create your profile before October 28. Click here to create your profile now and help ensure that match dollars are still available when you make your gift. When you make your donation on October 28, 50% of your gift will be matched and put toward the Parks Conservancy's work to restore our city's great parks.
Complete instructions from the Pittsburgh Foundation are below. We appreciate your support and hope you will participate in Match Day!
Giving Instructions
How to log on and give to an organization using PittsburghGives:
1) Go to www.pittsburghgives.org.
2) On the top right hand side, click the button “Login.”
3) On the right lower side, click “Create Password” NOTE: We encourage you to do this step well ahead of October 28 so that you can login immediately on that day and give. We anticipate the Match monies being exhausted within an hour.
4) Fill in information and click “Register” ; the site will take you to the login button.
5) One the top right hand side, there is a Find Nonprofits tab in white, enter "Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy."
6) You will see the nonprofit portrait; if you’d like to donate immediately, click the blue “Donate Now” button next to the nonprofit name. Click the “Donate to nonprofit” underneath that button. You are free, at any time, to click on the non-profit name, read the portrait and then click “Donate Now” at any time.
7) Put in the contribution amount. There is a minimum contribution of $50.00.
8) Click “Add to Giving Cart.”
9) You may give to multiple organizations by finding their individual portraits, clicking “Donate Now”, and adding them to your giving cart. When you are ready to check out – Click “Checkout.”
10)You will receive a confirmation email that will be your tax receipt. Please print it out for your tax records.
Regulations for PittsburghGives Day of Giving
October 28, 10:00 a.m. – October 29, 12:00 p.m. or until the match funds exhaust
$300,000 in matching dollars
The following stipulations apply:
1. Public user credit card contributions are eligible to be matched 50 cents to the dollar up to a maximum of $2,500 per individual. (Only $1,250 in match money)
2. Minimum contribution is $50
3. The challenge match will be in effect beginning at 10:00 a.m. on October 28, 2008 for public users until matching funds are exhausted or 12:00 p.m. on October 29, 2008.
4. All qualifying contributions must be designated to a nonprofit organization with a PittsburghGives portrait for operating support. Each participating organization is eligible to receive matching funds with no maximum.
5. No contributions will be accepted via fax, phone or pittsburghfoundation.org site – only contributions to the Pittsburghgives.org site will be matched.
6. Credit card gifts will be matched to the value of actual donations, minus the processing fee collected by Network for Good.
7. Per the policy regarding unrestricted monies, no independent schools, churches/synagogues/mosques/temples or organizations located outside of Allegheny County are eligible for matching funds; they may receive contributions through PittsburghGives that day but they will not be matched.
8. Pittsburgh Foundation staff and immediate family are not eligible to participate.