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: https://pdnhf-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/ldiaz_pdnfoundation_org/EfNrL16Uh5BEpAp0fHee6RgBfDCQdrEZdIGM01CcO0x86g?e=gDAmsc

Download the Matching Funds Recruitment Letter Template: https://pdnhf-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/ldiaz_pdnfoundation_org/EXVvpDahMIpGlYkFxCxsbM0BbaZkTaort7CsIGQ12y4wzg?e=ci4mnC

Download the Matching Funds Commitment Form:https://pdnhf-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/ldiaz_pdnfoundation_org/EfLgb9gTOOBDgMsjqPNdFyEBI9HgJ54i7Lxv4mei1lDwUw?e=Syy3Ki

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 2024!

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

  • Aliviane Inc.
  • BorderRAC
  • Children’s Grief Center of El Paso
  • El Paso Baptist Clinic
  • El Paso Center for Diabetes
  • Family Service of El Paso
  • Jennifer Ann’s Group
  • Lee & Beulah Moor Children’s Home
  • Make-A-Wish
  • Strive Now

Andrea Dorsey Kirs Legacy Fund

  • Celebration of our Mountains
  • Compadres Therapy, Inc.
  • Creative Kids
  • El Paso TNR
  • Green Hope Project
  • Laws n Paws
  • Moms on Board
  • Rescue Runners
  • We Hike Adventure
  • Yucca Council Boy Scouts of America

de Wetter Family Charitable Foundation

  • Center Against Sexual and Family Violence
  • El Paso Center for Diabetes

Judy and Kirk Robison Foundation

  • El Paso Center for Children

Lauterbach Borschow

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

Marathon Petroleum

  • Desert Spoon Food Hub
  • EPISD Education Foundation
  • Friends of El Paso Animal Services
  • Green Hope Project
  • Junior Achievement of El Paso
  • Kelly Center for Hunger Relief
  • Paso del Norte Trail
  • Second Chance Wildlife Rescue
  • The Frontera Land Alliance

Sunflower Bank

Sunflower Bank will generously match Sunflower Bank employee donations to eligible nonprofit organizations this giving day.

The Melinda and Meyer Marcus Family Foundation

  • Animal Rescue League of El Paso
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of El Paso
  • Child Crisis Center of El Paso
  • El Paso Center for Children
  • El Paso Special Needs Education Center- Every Little Blessing
  • Humane Society of El Paso
  • J School for Early Learning
  • Kids Excel El Paso
  • NAMI El Paso
  • Pioneers 21

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:

  • Books are Gems
  • Cathedral High School
  • El Paso Center for Children
  • El Paso Human Services, Inc.
  • El Paso Matters
  • El Paso Special Needs Education Center - Every Little Blessing
  • El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank
  • Frontera Land Alliance
  • Hospice El Paso
  • Loretto Academy Challenge
  • Reach and Relieve
  • Southwest Coalition, Inc.