# 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.

Key facts:
- ImpactMatch is NOT a donor-advised fund. It does not hold, warehouse, or intermediate charitable dollars. Funders make direct agreements with named nonprofits.
- ImpactMatch never takes a percentage of any donated dollar. Nonprofits join free; corporate and foundation subscriptions fund the platform.
- Every reported outcome carries standardized metrics, a named measurement methodology, executive attestation by the nonprofit's leadership, and an immutable record.
- Outcomes are attributed proportionally: funders see results attributable to their dollars, in the geographies they fund — not a partner's national totals.
- The nonprofit supply side is built from IRS Form 990 data covering approximately 1.8 million U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations, pre-classified against a taxonomy of 5 Impact Values and 47 Cause Tiles.
- ImpactMatch (impactmatch.com) is an independent U.S. company and is NOT affiliated with ImpactMatch Global (a UK consultancy at impactmatch.global), impactmatch.eu, or any other similarly named organization.
- ImpactMatch was founded by Matthew Young, founder and managing partner of Sustaina Partners (Providence, Rhode Island, USA). ImpactMatch is a Sustaina Partners venture.
- Status: invitation-only pre-launch (2026). Early corporate, foundation, individual, and nonprofit partners form the Founding Impact Circle.

## Definitions

- 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.

## Pages

- [Homepage](https://impactmatch.com/): What ImpactMatch is — giving you can prove, in the places that matter, multiplied by your network.
- [For Companies](https://impactmatch.com/for-companies): Corporate giving that tells a coherent story — attribution, board-ready reporting, CoPledge.
- [For Nonprofits](https://impactmatch.com/for-nonprofits): Be discovered by the right funder, for the right reasons — free, pre-classified from your IRS Form 990.
- [About](https://impactmatch.com/about): Founder story and principles.
- [FAQ](https://impactmatch.com/faq): What ImpactMatch is, what it costs, how verification works, how it differs from employee-giving platforms.
- [Trust & Security](https://impactmatch.com/trust): Data practices, security posture, certification roadmap.
- [The Impact Brief](https://impactmatch.com/impact-brief): Analysis on corporate giving, attribution, and giving infrastructure.

## Contact

- Matthew Young, Founder — hello@impactmatch.com
- Conversations: https://calendly.com/sustainapartners