MANHATTAN —The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation staff, Executive Board, and volunteers are preparing for their 7th Annual GROW Green Match Day event, to be held Monday, April 22. From 7am to 7pm, donors can stop by the Colony Square atrium at 555 Poyntz Avenue to make a donation to their choice of 57 different local nonprofit funds. Donations ranging from $25 to $1,000 per organization will receive a 50% match provided by the Howe Family Foundation — a supporting organization of GMCF — with each participating charity receiv- ing a maximum of $10,000 in matching funds.
Donations may also be made online from 12am to 11:59pm on April 22 at www.growgreenmanhattan.com, but GMCF encourages donors to make their gifts in person when possible. Every hour throughout the event, an individual donor who has made an in-person gift will be randomly chosen to win $100 dollars for the charity of their choice.
Gifts made by community donors on GROW Green Match Day will go toward the nonprofit organization’s endowed fund, and the match money earned is an outright grant to be used at each organization’s discretion. Building endowments is critical for the future of nonprofits, but each one still faces monthly expenses. GROW Green Match Day is an opportunity to grow their endowments, raise funds for operating expenses, and enrich their programs for an even greater impact for years to come.
At last year’s GROW Green Match Day, 55 nonprofit organizations participated, and GMCF staff and volun- teers collected local gifts of $528,328, raising a total of $761,231 after the matching funds were calculated.
The Greater Manhattan Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization providing a simple, powerful, and highly personal approach to giving by building relationships between donors and community needs. GMCF was established in 1999 in Manhattan, KS and has since expanded to serve 10 affiliate community foundations in the region.