Matchmaker! Matchmaker!

A number of employers in the Marion area (and elsewhere) encourage their employees’ philanthropy by offering a corporate match for donations made to charity. Area businesses with such a program include Whirlpool, Bank of America, Home Depot, and State Farm. Individuals can establish funds at Marion Community Foundation and apply to their corporate matching gift program as a unique way to grow their fund.
An example of this is Rick & Nancie Poorman’s Palace Theatre Fund, established in 2015. Rick made his career with Whirlpool and, concurrent with creating his funds, applied to the appliance manufacturer’s corporate matching gifts program. Whirlpool matched the Poormans’ contribution, which not only doubled the size of the fund, but its community impact, as well.