Many companies encourage their employees, spouses, or retirees to contribute to charities by offering a “matching gift” program. The company donates funds to match your contribution to the same charity. Matching Gifts programs increase the value of your gift and make a greater impact in your community. By taking advantage of your company’s Matching Gift program, you may be able to double or even triple the amount of your contribution.
How Do You Get Started?
Find out if your employer has a Matching Gift Program by checking with your Human Resources department. If there is a program already in place, they will provide you with the information you need to match your donation.
Matching Gift Companies:
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. Aetna Life Insurance Company of Canada Agrium Inc. Alcan Aluminum Limited Alliance Forest Products Inc. Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine Allstate Insurance Company of Canada American Express Canada Inc. Amoco Canada Petroleum Company Ltd. Anderson Exploration Ltd. Astral Communications Inc. AT&T CanadaBall Packaging Products Canada, Inc. Bank of Montreal Bank of Nova Scotia BC Hydro BC Telecom Inc. BCE Inc. Beamscope Canada Inc. Bell Canada BFC Construction Corporation BM Canada Ltd. BMW Canada Inc. Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. Bonar Inc. Boreal Insurance Inc. British Columbia Buildings Corp.Budd Canada Inc. Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc. Campbell Soup Company Ltd. Canadian Tire Corporation Limited Canadian Accident Group Ltd. Canadian Occidental Petroleum Ltd. Canadian National Railway Company Canadian Marconi Company Canadian Ultramar Ltd. Canadian Western Natural Gas Company Ltd CanUtilities Holdings Ltd. Cargill Limited Celanese Canada Inc. CGC Inc. Champion Road Machinery Limited Chevron Canada Limited Chrysler Canada Ltd. Co-op Atlantic Marketing Communications Comcheq Services Ltd. Compaq Canada Inc. Corby Distilleries Ltd. Corporate Foods Limited Cosmair Canada Inc. Crestbrook Forest Industries Ltd. Crown Life Insurance Company Delta Hotels Ltd. Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. Domtar Inc. Dow Chemical Canada Inc. DuPont Canada Inc. e-Bay Canada Economical Mutual Insurance Company Electronic Arts Canada Eli Lilly Canada Inc. EmergisEnerflex Systems Ltd. Extendicare Inc. Falconbridge Limited Farm Credit Corporation Fednav Ltd. Finning Ltd. Fishery Products International Ltd. Fluor Daniel Canada Inc. Ford Electronics Manufacturing Corp. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited Four Seasons Hotels Inc. Fulcrum Technologies Inc. Future Shop Ltd. Gaz Metropolitain & Company, Ltd Partnership General Mills Canada, Inc. General Electric Canada Inc. Gentra Inc. Gilbey Canada Inc. Gillette Canada Inc. Glentel Inc. Guardian Insurance Company of Canada Gulf Canada Resources Limited H.J. Heinz Company of Canada Ltd. Hershey Canada Inc. Hewlett Packard (Canada) Ltd. Hoechst Canada (1996) Inc. Honeywell Ltd. Husky Oil Ltd. Hyal Pharmaceutical Corp. Hyundai Auto Canada Inc. Imax Corp. Imperial Oil Limited Imperial Metals Corp. Ingersoll-Rand Canada Inc. Investors Group Inc. Ivest Corporation Janssen-Ortho Inc. Johnson & Johnson Inc. Johnson Controls Ltd. Kellogg Canada Inc. Kmart Canada Limited Kodak Canada Inc. Kraft General Foods Canada Inc. Labatt Breweries of Canada Lafarge Canada Inc. M Canada Inc. MacMillan Bloedel Limited Magellan Aerospace Corporation Mark’s Work Wearhouse Ltd. McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Ltd. McDonnell Douglas Canada Ltd. Medtronic Inc. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of Canada Microsoft Canada Mitel Corporation Monsanto Canada Inc. MRM Steel Ltd. Murphy Oil Co. Ltd. Nabisco Brands Ltd. National Bank of Canada NCR Canada Ltd. Newcourt Credit Group Inc. Noranda Inc. Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. Northern Telecom Limited Northwestern Utilities Ltd. NOVA Corporation Novartis Canada Ltd. Numac Energy Inc. Owens Corning Canada Inc. Paul Revere Life Insurance Company PCL Construction Group Inc. Penn West Petroleum Ltd. Pfizer Canada Inc. Pharmacia and Upjohn Canada Pillsbury Canada Ltd. Pratt & Whitney CanadaPrimex Forest Products Ltd. Procter & Gamble Canada Prudential Steel Ltd. Ralston Purina Canada Inc. Ranger Oil Ltd. Raytheon Canada Ltd. Reckitt & Colman Canada Inc. Redpath Industries Limited Renaissance Energy Ltd. Reynolds Aluminum Company of Canada Rigel Energy Corporation Rio Algom Limited Robin Hood Multifoods Inc. Rolls-Royce Canada Ltd. Royal Insurance Company of Canada Royal Bank of Canada Schering Canada Inc. Scotiabank (Bank of Nova Scotia) Scott Paper Limited Sears Canada Inc. Shell Canada Ltd. SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare Sony of Canada Ltd. Southland Canada Inc. Spar Aerospace Limited State Farm Group Stelco Inc. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Suncor Inc. Surrey Metro Savings Credit UnionTalisman Energy Inc. Teck Corporation TELUS Corporation Tembec Inc. The Mutual Group The Enerplus Group The Standard Life Assurance Company The Maritime Life Assurance Company The Jean Coutu Group Inc. The Goldfarb Corp. The Body Shop The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Co The Quaker Oats Company of Canada Limited The Seagram Company Ltd. The Great-West Life Assurance Company The Empire Life Insurance Company The Molson Companies Limited Toronto-Dominion Bank Torstar Corporation Transamerica Life Insurance Company of Canada TransCanada PipeLines Limited Trojan Technologies Inc. Van Waters & Rogers Ltd. Wal-Mart Canada Inc. Warner-Lambert Canada Inc. Weldwood of Canada Ltd. Wescast Industries Inc. Western Cooperative Fertilizers Ltd. Western Star Trucks Inc. Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd. Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc. Xerox Canada Inc. Zurich Canada
If your employer is not listed above, please contact them as there are always new companies being added to the list daily or you might be the one to start the program within your company!