How it Works:

1) You make a gift to a charity's endowment fund at GSCF.

• You can make a gift to one charity or multiple charities all within a single transaction for "one-stop shopping!"
  • Donations up to a maximum of $3,000 per charity per person (or $6,000 per household) will be matched.
    • Example: You can contribute $6,000 to two charities ($3,000 each) and both $3,000 gifts will be matched. But if you contribute $6,000 to one charity, only the first $3,000 will be matched. Or your household can contribute $12,000 to two charities ($6,000 each) and both $6,000 gifts will be matched. But if your household contributes $12,000 to one charity, only the first $6,000 will be matched.
  • 100% of your gift will go to the principal of the nonprofit's endowed fund and will generate income based on the Foundation's current spending policy (5%).
    • Example: A $100 donation will become part of the fund's principal and generate approximately $5.00 every year to support that charity forever.

2) GSCF matches your gift up to 50% in the form of an instant cash grant from a $313,000 match pool to the charity to use for current needs.

• All gifts are matched at 50% up to $5,000 per charity. Donations raised over $5,000 will be matched proportionally up to 50%.
  • Example, if a charity raises $5,000, the first $5,000 is matched at 50%. If the charity raises $7,500, the next $2,500 will be matched proportionally up to 50% based on what's left in the match pool.
• The charity may use the match however they choose, including special projects and basic operating costs. Some charities also opt to put the match back into their endowment to meet future needs.
• No single charity can receive more than half of the total match.

How to Donate:

Donations will be accepted all day on March 21, 2024!

• You can donate:

  • In Person at the Salina Fieldhouse from 7 am to 7 pm or Prickly Pear from 7 pm to 11 pm.
  • Online from midnight to 11:59 pm at www.matchmadnessgscf.org
  • Via Mail so long as the envelope is postmarked by March 21, 2024.

Gifts can be made by cash, check, credit card, stock, donor advised fund, Crypto, or IRA Rollover.

• Gifts not made online must include a completed Match Madness donation form indicating the gift amount per charity.
• All checks should be made out to GSCF with Match Madness in the memo line.
• All credit card gifts are subject to a 2.9% + 30¢ transaction fee. 
  • Donors have the option to cover the fee before completing their transaction.
• Please contact the Foundation prior to the event if you plan to make a gift with using your IRA rollover, donor advised fund, stock or cryptocurrency.

Match Pool & Bonus Prizes

Match Pool

• $313,000 available

• All gifts matched up to 50%

• The match pool is made possible in collaboration with GSCF funds and private donors:
  • Anonymous Donor(s)
  • Mark & Jane Berkley
  • Mike & Debbie Berkley
  • Holm Automotive
  • Schwan's (Salina)
  • Funds held at GSCF:
    • Don Dieckhoff Fund for Greater Salina (unrestricted fund)
    • Fund for Greater Salina (unrestricted fund)
    • Kansas Health Foundation Operating Fund for GSCF

5th Grader Sponsorship

Thanks to the following donors, all Saline County 5th graders are able to participate at Match Madness and donate $10 each to their charity of choice. 

• Anonymous Donor
• Mark & Jane Berkley 
• Ken & Karen Ebert 
• John & Brenda Peterson
• Brad & Cassie Shields 
• Larry & Christy Smith

Bonus Grants & Prizes

• Most Donors- $500

• Most Improved, Number of Donors - $500

• Bill Grevas Memorial Free Throw Contest, Sponsored by Bennington State Bank
  • Each organization can compete for up to $130 in bonus grants by participating in a Minute-To-Win-It free throw contest at the Fieldhouse. Nonprofit representatives will be given one minute to shoot free throws from a rack of basketballs. Every free throw made (up to 13) will be worth $10 in bonus cash.
• BE Wealth Half Court Shot for Charity, Sponsored by BE Wealth
  • Each organization can compete for a $1,300 bonus grant by participating in a half court shot contest at the Fieldhouse