Companies use these programs to encourage volunteerism in local, national, and international communities. Companies provide monetary grants to organizations where employees volunteer on a regular basis or for an extended stretch of time. Companies either provide a set monetary donation for every hour an employee volunteers or provide grants once employees reach certain thresholds.  

For example:

A company may provide a $10 grant for every hour an employee volunteers up to $10,000 annually.
Or a company may offer cash grants for nonprofits once an employee volunteers for at least 20 hours in a year.

Be sure to ask your Human Resources Representative at your place of work if they provide this opportunity!

Another opportunity to give is through Thrivent. Thrivent members can designate their "Choice Dollars" to a non-profit of their choosing annually. Now you can choose Esperanza! Esperanza's unique ID is: 520156706.  Be sure to ask your Thrivent representative

Many businesses provide the opportunity (for example the King County Employee Giving Program of WA*, United Way, etc) for employees to donate a portion of their paycheck directly to their favorite non-profit. This is great for any supporter of Esperanza, but especially great because it can give anyone the opportunity to have their donation make a much bigger impact (think from donating a hammer, to building an entire home!).

For example: Donating just $5 from each paycheck could end up around $120 year, and over many years your gift adds up to supporting something so much bigger. Everyone should have the opportunity to support an organization they love, and employee giving programs help you do that! 

Ask your Human Resources representative if your place of work offers employee giving or paycheck donations!

* Esperanza International's KCEGP code: 10198

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Blue Shield of California
• Cigna
• Costco
• Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
• FirstGiving
• F5
• Goldman Sachs
• Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
• Mile High United Way (Colorado)
• T-Mobile
• United Way

This list is not complete, so if your company matches and is not on our list, please let us know.  If you don’t see your company’s name on the list, be sure to ask your Human Resource representative or Charitable Giving/Grants Department.

For assistance having your gift matched, please contact us at donations@esperanzaint.org and we will follow up with your company.

• AAA
• Adobe
• Aetna
• Alaska Airlines
• Allstate
• Altria
• American Express
• Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
• Boeing
• BP
• Carmax
• Capital One
• Chevron
• Coinstar/Redbox
• ConocoPhillips
• Dell
• Discover Card
• ExxonMobile
• Ebay
• FannieMae
• Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic
• General Mills
• Genworth Financial
• Goodrich
• Google
• Heinz
• Harley Davidson
• IBM
• Intel
• Kraft
• Lilly
• Master Card
• Microsoft
• Pepsi
• RealNetworks
• Starbucks

This list is not complete, so if your company has a volunteer grant program and is not on our list, please let us know.

If you don’t see your company’s name on the list, be sure to ask your Human Resource representative or Charitable Giving/Grants Department.