This article explains how matching gift auto-submission can make the matching gift submission process easier for both your donors and your organization.
How does Auto-submission work?
In 360MatchPro automated outreach
How do I set up Auto-submission?
Matching Gift Auto-submission - Double the Donation FAQ
Training Video: Matching Gift Auto-Submission
Matching Gift Auto-Submission allows your donors to complete and send in their matching gift requests to their employers directly from the confirmation page widget on your donation confirmation screens. Double the Donation has partnered with several corporate giving management platforms to make this functionality available to many of your online donors.
Auto-submission increases matching gift request submission rates and gives you more visibility into the matching gift disbursement process!
How does Auto-submission work?
During the donation process
When a donor gives to your organization using an online donation form integrated with 360MatchPro, the 360MatchPro matching gift plugin on your donation form’s confirmation page will include the option to complete the matching gift submission process immediately.
From here, donors may enter in their corporate email address or other information required by their company and submit their matching gift request without having to be directed to a longer process on a different website.
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Donors who complete the auto-submission process will receive a simple, automatically generated confirmation email.
In 360MatchPro automated outreach
Gifts that enter 360MatchPro through a method other than an online donation form can also be eligible for auto-submission! Donors who work for a company that offers auto-submission can enter 360MatchPro from a CRM integration, CSV import, etc., and still receive an automated email from 360MatchPro. We don't want to leave them out of auto-submission. But don't worry! The Double the Donation matching gift plugin on your dedicated matching gift page (or temporary autogenerated plugin page) will recognize that the donation is eligible for auto-submission when directed from an email and show them the auto-submission flow illustrated above. This also applies to donors who identified their company on a donation form but did not interact with the matching gift plugin on the confirmation page during the donation process.
Bottom line: If a donor is eligible for auto-submission, and clicks on a link in a 360MatchPro automated email, they will be directed through the auto-submission flow.
In your 360MatchPro portal
360MatchPro will then track not only the matching gift request submission but will also automatically update the status field in 360MatchPro when the company approves the request. You can view this in your 360MatchPro platform in the Donations tab as a colored flag in the Status column, like this:
The statuses reported back by the corporate matching gift vendor platform could differ slightly per platform. The table below outlines the most common statuses:
| Flag that will appear in your 360MatchPro account | Associated status in 360MatchPro | Meaning |
| Auto-submission received | Match Initiated | The corporate matching gift vendor platform has received the matching gift request |
| Auto-submission pending approval | Match Initiated | If manual company admin approval is required: The matching gift request has been received and moved into the approval queue |
| Auto-submission approved | Pending Payment | The matching gift request has been approved |
| Auto-submission rejected | Ineligible | The matching gift request has been rejected |
| Funds pending disbursement | Pending Payment | The matching gift request has been approved and moved into the disbursement queue |
| Funds disbursed | Pending Payment | The matching gift funds have been disbursed to your nonprofit |
How do I set up Auto-submission?
Once your 360MatchPro account is set up and donations are flowing in, auto-submission will automatically be enabled for applicable donations. Just make sure you have filled out your Organization Profile to ensure all the information needed for a matching gift submission is available.
Matching Gift Auto-submission - Double the Donation FAQ
Q: I don’t have a 360MatchPro account. How do I get one?
A: Visit https://360matchpro.com/demo-request/ to request a demo!
Q: Will all donors see the option for auto-submission?
A: Auto-submission options will appear for companies whose matching gift management platforms integrate with 360MatchPro. For companies without integrated vendor management platforms, the matching gift plugin will appear with a direct link to the matching gift submission process, just like normal, like so:
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Q: Will the auto-submission option appear on my dedicated matching gift page?
A: No. Donors will only see the option to auto-submit a matching gift on the confirmation page of a donation form. If the matching gift plugin does not detect that a donation has been made -- for example, on your dedicated matching gift page -- donors will see the same matching gift program information and links as always.
Q: How do I remove auto-submission from my 360MatchPro tools?
A: To remove the auto-submission functionality for your donors, go to your organization profile in your 360MatchPro account and toggle the Auto-submission switch to OFF.
Training Video: Matching Gift Auto-Submission