We’ve expanded our current Volunteer Matching Grant Program (VMGP) to recognize and reward our employees who volunteer for community organizations as well as schools for our 40th Anniversary year. The new Intel Involved Matching Grant (IIMGP) program differs from the existing program in two main ways:
ALL volunteer activities in schools count toward a grant as long as they benefit the school or the students. This means activities, like coaching, refereeing, chaperoning a marching band and supporting after school programs that did not count under the previous program, will now count for a matching grant.
The program has also been expanded to include volunteering at qualified non profits or non–governmental agencies. We know that many of our employees volunteer thousands of hours at local non profit organizations each year and now will have the opportunity to have these volunteer hours matched as well.
The new Intel Involved Matching Grant Program aims to recognize and motivate Intel employees, globally, to engage in outreach and volunteerism to make our communities a better place to live, work and play. Its objective is to support employees’ giving their time and talent to qualified non–profits and non–governmental organizations, in addition to schools. We also wanted to recognize our employees who give generously of their time beyond school–related activities, and give them the opportunity to earn money for organizations that are meaningful to them.
After a minimum of 20 hours has been accrued by Intel employees volunteering at a school or qualified non–profit organization, a donation or "match" will be triggered from the Intel Foundation. $10,000 maximum per eligible organization per year.
Activities are eligible when employees’ gifts of time, labor and expertise are given to the non–profit organization without compensation for their time or efforts. Eligible activities must provide the majority of the benefit to members of the community beyond other Intel employees or their families.
In other words:
the participant cannot receive any monetary benefit in exchange for his/her volunteer services;
reimbursement can not be provided to the participant in exchange for such volunteer service;
Intel employees and/or their families can not solely or directly benefit from the Intel grant;
volunteer service must actually be completed — a pledge to complete volunteer service at a later date does not qualify.
Volunteer activities at religious institutions, places of worship, missionary groups or funds will not qualify for a match unless the volunteering activity is part of a program that is secular in nature and benefits a broad range of the community (e.g. homeless shelters and soup kitchens). The program must have a formal, secular mission statement and its budget and staff must be separate from any affiliated religious institution. Additionally, the Intel grant must be designated to the 501(c)(3) secular program.
Organizations that do not qualify:
Foundations that are strictly grant–making bodies
Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran or disability statuses
Political organizations or lobbying activities
Labor unions; fraternal, service or veterans’ organizations
Chamber of Commerce, trade or business associations
Activities that do not qualify:
Participation in fund–raising events (e.g., walk–a–thons, jog–a–thons, bike–a–thons, etc.)
Volunteer work for political campaigns, lobbying or advocacy to influence public policy or legislation
