Employee Matching Gifts for Education Program
NOTE: Effective January 1, 2009, the match cap became $1,000; this change allows the continuation of this successful program. Donations submitted after November 30, 2009, will be eligible for a match in 2010. Eligible donations, verified by the institution within this system, received prior to the end of November will be processed by Dec. 31, 2009. Those verified donations will be eligible to receive 2009 matching gifts from the Foundation. There will be no exceptions.
The Foundation's automated matching gifts system launched in September 2008 (see Application Process below). Paper requests will no longer be accepted. Employee/donors must register their donations online. Thank you for your understanding during this transition.
The Northrop Grumman Foundation's Employee Matching Gifts for Education Program is designed to acknowledge and support our employees' commitment to education. Please check the eligible/ineligible education support lists below to assure that your organization will be considered.
Matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis, verified donations for education from $50 to $1,000 are eligible. The Foundation will only match two gifts, per employee/donor, per calendar year. The match total will not exceed the maximum of $1,000 for both donations. All employee/donor gifts must be verified online before a matching gift is made by the Foundation directly to the educational institution. Regardless of the date of the employee/donor donation, the date upon which the submission is processed is the official date of the Foundation match.
The Northrop Grumman Foundation may change, suspend, or terminate this program at any time and reserves the right to determine whether any donation is eligible to be matched.
General Information
Eligible participants
- Active Full-time Employees
- Part-time Employees (20+ hrs/Week)
- Northrop Grumman Board of Directors
Ineligible participants
- Retired employees
- Employees on Leave of Absence
- Contract employees
- Spouses or children of current full time employees
Eligible Education Institutions
- Public and private elementary and secondary schools
- Private and public not-for-profit, degree-granting, two- and four-year colleges or universities, graduate schools, dental, medical or law schools, and vocational or technical schools accredited by a nationally recognized regional accrediting association or listed in the Higher Education Directory of Colleges and Universities published by the U.S. Office of Education
- The gift is recognized as tax deductible by the Internal Revenue Service and the institution is not a private foundation defined by Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue code
- Alumni foundations, fund raising entities or support groups (PTA, PTO, PTSA, etc.) must be affiliated with a qualifying school and have a separate 501(c)(3) status or comparable tax-exempt determination
All recipients of an Employee Matching Gift for Education grant must be recognized as a tax exempt organization under the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's section 501(c)(3).
Eligible Education Support
This list includes, but is not limited, to:
- Scholarships (not awarded to designated individuals)
- General Fund
- Annual Fund
- Donations to specific departments (i.e., Engineering, Humanities, Business, Dental)
Ineligible Education Support:
- Athletic teams, support organizations or scholarships designed to benefit student athletes
- Religious schools, colleges/universities or departments (within eligible schools) whose primary focus is to promote religious beliefs (includes seminaries)
- Tuition, books or student fees (for individuals with which you are personally affiliated)
- Fundraising events such as banquets or dinners, raffles, (walk-a-thons, jog-a-thons, phone-a-thons)
- Choirs, bands or drill teams (for instruments, uniforms)
- Home schools and home school support organizations
- Capital Campaigns (building projects or expansion/renovation of existing facilities)
- Campus student organizations (such as fraternities, sororities, honor societies)
- Pledges (that have not yet been given)
- Endowments (income-generating investments such as endowed chairs)
- Bequests
- Subscriptions or Membership Dues or Fees (such as public radio campaigns)
- Advertising or underwriting expenses
Application Process
Employees who know their "MyID" can apply directly for the Foundation's Employee Matching Gifts for Education Program.
The unique identifier used for the Matching Gifts system is the "MyID," which begins with an A or a B.
Here are ways to find your "MyID."
- Go to your Microsoft Outlook, find the Global E-mail Directory, and look up your name. When you click on your name for more details, a Properties dialog box will appear. Look under the first tab which is labeled "General." Your "MyID" should be listed at the bottom of the first column.
- Check your paystub for the "MyID" number.
- Look on the back of the HR Service Center card sent out by Benefits in January 2009. Your "MyID" is listed there.
For any additional questions, feel free to send an e-mail to the Northrop Grumman Foundation (ngfoundation@ngc.com) or call (888) 478-5478.