Matching & Challenge Gifts

Matching and challenge gifts are a great way to build excitement around your campaign and to get even more donors to give. Our crowdfunding platform makes it easy for your donors to set up their gifts to have an even greater impact as a match or challenge.

Online Setup

Donors may set up match or challenge gifts directly through your crowdfunding campaign page. 

Screenshot of Matches & Challenges with the buttons, "Offer a Matching Gift" and "Offer a Challenge Gift"

Once they click on one of the buttons, the Give Campus platform will walk them through the steps to set up their match or challenge. For more information, please view: Matches and Challenges – Basic Overview from Give Campus.docx 

Offline Setup

If a donor wants to set up a match or challenge gift, but doesn’t want to go through the process online, you can reach out to Rachel Hull rhull3@illinois.edu and to have it set up as an offline match or challenge.  

Please provide the following information:  

  • Matching Gift: 
    1. Total $ amount donor will match 
    2. Structure:  
      • [Donor Name] will give $___ per donor or per dollar.  
    3. Yes/No: If the match is not completely met, donor will still give the full amount.  
    4. Match will apply to: (choose 1) 
      • All donors for Orange and Blue Week 2025 
      • Donors for this specific fund designation: 
      • Donors with this specific affiliation:  
    5. Matching gift dollars will be applied to: (choose 1) 
      • A single designation:  
      • Follow the fund designation of each triggering donation 
    6. Match Title (limit 60 characters) 
      • Optional: Description (limit 300 characters) 
    7. Donor Information: 
      • Name  
      • Yes/No: Hide donor name from lists and leaderboards? 
      • Donor email address 
      • Country 
      • Zip code (used for donor map data) 
    8. Optional: Affiliation  
      • Marching Illini Section Challenge! 
  • Challenge Gift: 
    1. Challenge gift $ amount: 
    2. Structure:  
      • [Donor Name] will give $___  if the campaign gets another ___ Donors or Dollars.  
      • Yes/No: If the match is not completely met, donor will still give the full amount.  
    3. Challenge will apply to: (choose 1) 
      • All donors for Orange and Blue Week 2025 
      • Donors for this specific fund designation: 
      • Donors with this specific affiliation:  
    4. Challenge gift will be designated to this fund:  
    5. Challenge Title (limit 60 characters) 
      • Optional: Description (limit 300 characters) 
    6. Donor Information: 
      • Name  
      • Yes/No: Hide donor name from lists and leaderboards? 
      • Donor email address 
      • Country 
      • Zip code (used for donor map data) 
    7. Optional: Affiliation  
      • Marching Illini Section Challenge!

Questions?

Reach out to OVCIA’s Associate Director of Strategic Engagement, Rachel Hull, at rhull3@illinois.edu.

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