Matching Funds

Matching Funds: Double the Impact

Matching funds are one of the most effective tools your nonprofit can use to supercharge your El Paso Giving Day campaign. A matching funds donor, whether an individual, business, or community partner, pledges to match donations you receive, dollar for dollar, helping to inspire more giving and maximize your impact.

Why Matching Funds Matter

  • Motivate donors to give more by doubling their impact

  • Build excitement and urgency during Early Giving and Giving Day

  • Strengthen your fundraising message and credibility

How It Works

Secure a matching funds partner and submit a signed commitment form by September 30, 2025. Matching funds are applied during Early Giving (October 10–17) or until the match is fully used. Most matches are set at a 1:1 ratio, but other structures are welcome.

Prize Opportunity

Nonprofits who secure $2,500 or more in matching funds by the deadline will be entered into a Matching Fund Prize Raffle for a chance to win one of the following additional match prizes:

  • $2,500

  • $1,500

  • $1,000

Winners will be announced on October 17, 2025.

How to Submit Matching Funds

  • Matching funds must be submitted by check (do not give through the EPGD website)

  • Checks should be made payable to: Paso del Norte Community Foundation 221 N. Kansas Street, Suite 1900 El Paso, Texas 79901 Memo line: EPGD 2025 – [Your Nonprofit Name]

  • All matching fund checks must be received no later than October 30, 2025

  • Submit your completed materials to: Lupe Diaz, Program Manager Email: LDiaz@pdnfoundation.org

Download Your Tools

Everything you need to secure a matching partner is available below:

Download the Matching Funds Playbook

Download the Matching Funds Recruitment Letter Template

Download the Matching Funds Commitment Form

Need Support?

Have questions or need guidance? Contact Lupe Diaz at LDiaz@pdnfoundation.org.


We are so grateful to the following matching fund partners for their support this El Paso Giving Day 2025!

At the request of our matching fund partners, each selected nonprofit has been notified of their gifts privately. Nonprofit organizations were selected by each partner based off their giving priorities.

Anonymous Donors

  • Make a Wish
  • PBS
  • Senior Fund
  • Gigi’s PlayHouse
  • El Paso Child Guidance Center
  • Estrella del Paso
  • Paso del Norte Children’s Development Center
  • Underserved Communities Foundation
  • El Paso Bridges Academy
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of El Paso
  • Paso del Norte Center for Hope
  • Children’s Grief Center of El Paso
  • El Paso Center for Diabetes
  • Family Services of El Paso
  • El Paso Holocaust Museum
  • Humane Society of El Paso
  • NAMI of El Paso
  • Pioneers21
  • Tech Frontier
  • United Way of El Paso County
  • Villa Maria

Andrea Dorsey Kirs Legacy Fund

  • We Hike Adventure
  • Compadres Therapy
  • Rescue Runners, Inc.
  • El Paso TNR
  • Laws N Paws
  • Celebration of our Mountains
  • Creative Kids
  • Animal Rescue League of El Paso
  • Humane Society of El Paso
  • Second Chance Wildlife
  • El Paso Zoo
  • Friends of the Organ Mountains
  • Insights Science Discovery

Lauterbach Borschow

Lauterback Borschow will generously match Lauterbach Borschow employee donations to eligible nonprofit organizations this giving day.

Marathon Petroleum

  • Frontera Land Alliance
  • 915 TreeKeepers
  • Paso del Norte Trail
  • Desert Spoon Food Hub
  • Kelly Center for Hunger Relief
  • Green Hope Project
  • EPISD Education Foundation
  • Yselta ISD/Foundation

The Melinda and Meyer Marcus Family Foundation

  • Cherry Hill School
  • J Center for Early Learning
  • Animal Rescue League
  • Humane Society of El Paso
  • NAMI
  • Boys and Girls Club
  • CASFV
  • Kids Excel
  • Creative Kids
  • El Paso Holocaust Museum
  • Rio Grande Cancer Foundation
  • MCA Foundation

The Paso del Norte Community Foundaiton, and El Paso Giving Day, would like to congratulate the following nonprofit organizations for securing their own matching funds:

  • El Paso Matters
  • Frontera Land AllianceCenters Against Sexual and Family Violence
  • Heart Gallery
  • Rotary Club of El Paso Foundation
  • PBS
  • STTE
  • El Paso Center for Children
  • The Challenge Foundatation
  • Southwest Coalition
  • Second Chance Wildlife Rescue