Employee Matching Grant Programs

The Sara Lee Foundation Matching Grants Program is designed to encourage active full-time Sara Lee Corporation employees to support eligible nonprofit organizations. Through the Program, employees participate in the selection of organizations to be funded by the Sara Lee Foundation.

The maximum amount the Foundation will match is $10,000 per employee per calendar year. Up to $1,000 of an employee's gift(s) may be matched on a two-for-one basis. The remainder will be matched on a one-for-one basis. The minimum employee contribution that will be matched is $25. Gifts must be made in the form of a check, credit card payment or a donation of a security which will be valued at the average price on the date of the gift. The Matching Grants Program will match contributions made by employees to eligible nonprofit organizations. Eligible nonprofit organizations include, but are not limited to:

• colleges and universities (located in the Higher Education Directory)
  
• accredited private and public elementary and secondary schools
  
• civic organizations
  
• arts and culture
  
• health and welfare
  
• hospitals
  
• environmental organizations
  
• Non-sectarian social service activities available to the broader community

INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS: Matching grants will not be considered for: United Way or similar intermediary/re-granting organizations; individual scholarships; political groups; labor organizations; trade or business organizations; fraternal, social or service clubs; PTAs; athletic clubs; athletic boosters; alumni associations; little leagues; churches, religious groups, and associated religious groups that operate nonprofit organizations and represent themselves as having religious backgrounds and ties; fiscal agents; or organizations providing services to domesticated animals such as Anti-Cruelty Societies. Organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other legally protected classification are not eligible for the program.