Yes! The most common type of grant on Mightycause is a 1:1 match, meaning that each donation is matched in full until the grant is fulfilled.

However, there are other options you can choose if you'd like to set up your matching grant a little differently.

Match a specific percentage of each donation
- When you select this option, you’ll be asked to enter a percentage. This option will be automatically set to 100% (1:1 match). However, this can be a handy tool if you’d like to stretch your grant further by matching only a portion of each donation, such as 50%, or if you’d like to be generous with the grant money and match at a 2:1 ratio (which is 200%).
Match a maximum dollar amount per donation
- This tool will allow you to “cap” the amount that can be matched. This helps ensure that your $1,000 grant will not be fulfilled too quickly with a few large donations. So, if you have a $1,000 match available, and have set your “cap” to $100, you can prevent a few big donations from wiping out your grant. In this example, a $1,000 donation would only unlock $100 from your matching grant.
Cumulative threshold match
- Think of these like a challenge! Cumulative threshold matches require donors to work together to achieve a certain pre-determined goal before the funds are unlocked.
  1. Apply total match when cumulative donations equal the match value
    - This is an all or nothing match. For example, a grantor agrees to give $10,000 only if you can raise $10,000. For all or nothing matches we do not include the match amount in your organization or campaign page amounts until the total value is met. If the total value is not met before the scheduled end of your match then nothing is matched. This can be a risky strategy that pays off in dividends to motivate your supporters to donate!
  2. Apply total match when a certain quantity of donations is received
    - This option creates a match that is based on the number of donations you receive. For example, you can set up a match that will only be fulfilled once you receive 20 donations. Please note, this is not based on unique donors. So if a donor donates twice, that is considered two donations towards your match
  3. Apply total match when a certain number of unique donors is reached
    - This option creates a match that is based on the number of unique donors you receive. For online donations, unique donors are considered unique through the email address. For example, if two different individuals by the name of Bob Smith donate to your cause, we will count both of these donors individually because they will utilize different email addresses. For offline donations, unique donors are considered unique through the email address or the name.

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