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.
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 |
| Match Initiated - Donor Verified | The corporate matching gift vendor platform has received the matching gift request |
Auto-submission pending approval | Match Initiated - Donor Verified | If manual company admin approval is required: The matching gift request has been received and moved into the approval queue |
| Pending Payment | The matching gift request has been approved |
| 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 |
| 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 completely 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?
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:
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 auto-submission functionality for your donors, go to your organization profile in your 360MatchPro account and toggle the Auto-submission switch to OFF.