What is ImpactMatch?
ImpactMatch is giving infrastructure that connects companies and foundations directly to IRS-verified U.S. nonprofits through structured, recurring giving. Every dollar is attributed to verified outcomes in the communities the funder chooses. Nonprofits participate free — ImpactMatch never takes a percentage of the giving. A Sustaina Partners venture.
Is this the same company as ImpactMatch Global or other organizations named ImpactMatch?
No. ImpactMatch (impactmatch.com) is an independent U.S. company headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, and a Sustaina Partners venture. It is not affiliated with ImpactMatch Global (a UK consultancy), impactmatch.eu, or any other similarly named organization.
Is ImpactMatch a donor-advised fund?
No. ImpactMatch is not a DAF and does not hold, warehouse, or intermediate charitable dollars. Funders make direct agreements with named nonprofits; the funder's name is on every dollar, and no percentage is ever taken from the giving.
What does ImpactMatch cost nonprofits?
Nothing for small nonprofits through their first year, and ImpactMatch never takes a percentage of pledged funds — every dollar a funder commits reaches the nonprofit. A modest tiered subscription applies only to larger organizations. The economics sit on the corporate side of the table.
How is ImpactMatch different from employee-giving platforms like Benevity or YourCause?
Different job. Employee-giving platforms run workplace campaigns — matching, volunteering, payroll deduction. ImpactMatch runs the company's direct giving: structured, recurring agreements with nonprofits, with outcomes attributed to the funder's dollars in the funder's geographies. Many companies will use both.
What does "outcome-verified" mean on ImpactMatch?
Every reported outcome carries standardized metrics, a named measurement methodology, executive attestation by the nonprofit's leadership, and an immutable record. Funders see outcomes attributed proportionally to their dollars — not a partner's national totals.
What is CoPledge?
CoPledge invites a company's suppliers — at contract signature or renewal — to co-fund the nonprofit causes that company leads. One funder's commitment becomes several, and the nonprofit receives more without the lead funder spending more.
What is a Local Impact Portfolio?
The unit a funder builds on ImpactMatch: a set of recurring nonprofit partnerships concentrated in chosen cause areas (Impact Values) and chosen geographies (Impact Zones) — managed, measured, and reported like any strategic portfolio.
Can a corporate foundation use ImpactMatch?
Yes. Agreements can be funded from treasury, a corporate foundation, or a donor-advised fund. Foundations get diligence that starts done across 1.8M IRS-verified nonprofits, multi-year structures, and a governance-grade record on every grantee.
See the foundation path →Who is behind ImpactMatch?
ImpactMatch was founded by Matthew Young, founder and managing partner of Sustaina Partners (Providence, RI), after 20+ years in business development and partnership strategy across sustainability, regulatory intelligence, and SaaS.
More on the About page →How do we get involved?
ImpactMatch is in invitation-only pre-launch. Corporations, foundations, individuals, and nonprofits interested in joining the Founding Impact Circle can
request a conversation — no commitment, no forms.
The ImpactMatch glossary
The vocabulary of outcome-verified giving, defined once, canonically.
| Outcome-verified giving | Corporate or foundation giving in which every reported outcome carries standardized metrics, a named methodology, executive attestation, and an immutable record — verification embedded in the giving transaction, not stapled on at report time. |
| Impact Values | The five top-level categories organizing all mission-driven work on ImpactMatch — People, Planet, Prosperity, Equity, Community. |
| Cause Tiles | The 47 specific cause categories beneath the five Impact Values (e.g., Food Security, Clean Water, Housing Access & Affordability). Each nonprofit maps to one primary Tile and up to two secondary Tiles. |
| Impact Zones | The geographies where a nonprofit delivers and a funder invests. Zone filtering means each funder sees outcomes only for the places they fund. |
| Local Impact Portfolio | The unit a funder builds on ImpactMatch — recurring nonprofit partnerships concentrated in chosen Impact Values and Impact Zones, managed and reported like a strategic portfolio. |
| CoPledge | ImpactMatch's supplier-amplification mechanic. At contract signature or renewal, a company invites its suppliers to co-fund the nonprofit causes it leads — one funder's commitment becomes several. |
| Founding Impact Circle | The invitation-only pre-launch group of corporations, foundations, and individuals funding the work, alongside founding nonprofit partners. |
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