You take the lead in securing your organization’s matching funds. Your organization will earmark the funds as matching dollars on your end and enter the total dollar amount of the matching funds into your profile.

Steps to Enter Matching Funds

Log in to Mightycause and access your organization's dashboard.
In the left menu, select Fundraising Tools → Matching Grants.
Click + Create to create a new matching grant.
Enter the match details:
- Sponsor/grantor name (or mark it anonymous).
- Total match amount.
- Optional title, description, and image.
- Start and end dates.
- Match type (choose dollar-for-dollar/1:1 match)
Decide whether to check "Include match value in page metrics."
- Checked: matching dollars are reflected in fundraising totals as donations are matched.
- Unchecked: the match will not appear in totals until the grant is fulfilled and recorded.
Save and activate the matching grant. Donors will then see that a match is available on your fundraising page.

What Donors See

When a matching grant is active, Mightycause displays:

A matching-funds indicator on the donation page.
Progress toward completing the match.
The amount of matching funds still available.

For Brazos Valley Gives specifically, nonprofits often set up these matching grants before the campaign begins so donors can immediately see that their gifts will be amplified.

You can see step-by-step instructions on how to set up your match here.

Frequently Asked Questions

What Every Organization Needs to Know

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