# Localgiving's March Match Fund raises £750,000 in two days

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/03/06/localgiving039s-march-match-fund-raises-750000-two-days/
- Published: 2012-03-06T09:43:49+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Localgiving.com’s latest matched giving campaign reached its target of £375,000
in just two days. With the matched giving element, the March Match Fund raised a
total of £750,000 for local charities in England. Indeed, the final figure will 
be higher when the Gift Aid element of donations is included.**

The Localgiving.com March Match Fund began at 09.00 on 1 March 2012, promising to
match donations made via the website to charities in England up to a maximum of 
£375,000. 1,177 charities were eligible to benefit from the campaign.

Localgiving.com ran its first match fund pilot programme in May 2011, and its most
recent campaign in December 2011 raised £300,000.

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Localgiving.com charges an administration fee, and gives the example of a £20 donation
being worth £43.02 to the charity once it has been matched, the Gift Aid applied,
and the admin fee deducted.

Single transaction donations of between £5 and £1000 qualified for the matched giving
element, and charities could receive up to £2,500 in donations that could be matched.
They could receive more of course, but the donations would not be matched.

www.localgiving.com

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