Guides and Best Practices
Security Update and Migration Announcement - Additional Information
Published: March 17th, 2022 Affinaquest (formerly HEPdata) is committed to providing the most secure digital access to our clients and their donors. We strive to balance between customer ease of use and maintaining high security standards. In line ...
How to Maximize your eMatch Donor Link - UI/UX Guide
Every search made using your eMatch Donor Link has the potential to double or triple the donation amount your organization receives. With that in mind, you want your gift matching tool to be utilized by every single donor and potential donor who ...
How to add multiple users to your account
HEPdata is excited to offer a new user authentication experience! Under the new authentication system every user will have their own unique login credentials. For many of you, this will mean you need to request additional email addresses be given a ...
What are some tips for Peer-to-Peer Fundraising?
There’s nothing like peer-to-peer (P2P) fundraising for tapping your supporters to extend your fundraising reach. Whether it’s associated with a large event — like a walk-a-thon, or it’s year-round — like a tribute campaign, P2P fundraising is all ...
How to Increase Matching Gifts: Phonathons
Would you turn down free money? Research suggests that approximately $10 billion of corporate matching gift money goes unclaimed annually, which represents about $20 billion to nonprofits. Approximately 1 in 10 gifts to nonprofits can be matched. ...
HEPdata eMatch Portal Users See Significant Uplift in Matching Gift Revenue
HEPdata launched eMatch Portal in 2018 to offer non-profits a way to engage donors to complete their matching gift paper work and track the progress of the matching gift, saving time and money by automating the process. We are thrilled to announce ...
Maximizing Donations to Offset Lower Government Funding
We are facing uncertain times. We are unsure of what the future holds with government funding for many nonprofits. Proposed budget cuts are likely to affect the arts, humanities and public broadcasting. Nonprofits that may be affected by proposed ...
10 Simple Steps to Matching Gift Success in 2019
The holidays are over and if you are like most people you have made a new year’s resolution. Whether it’s to exercise more, lose weight or cutting back on social media, many of us start each year with a goal to make improvements in our lives. ...
Building the Case for Investing in Your Corporate Matching Gift Program
You may think matching gifts aren’t worth the time and effort. Think again! Research suggests that approximately $10 billion of corporate matching gift money goes unclaimed annually, which represents about $20 billion left on the table by ...
MATCHING GIFTS: WHY MATCHING GIFT OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT
Distinguishing match-eligible donors can be a complicated process. Typically the information is readily available but the problem comes from donors unaware of the impact they could potentially be making. This means that multiple nonprofits ...
Matching Gifts: Volunteer Grants
Matching Gifts is primarily marketed towards individuals who are currently employed by popular corporations. They can easily input their employer’s name with HEPdata’s eMatch Donor Link and automatically get their gift doubled. But what about those ...
Matching Gifts 101: the Basics
Matching gifts are an aspect of corporate giving that doubles an employee’s initial donation to an eligible nonprofit organization. Matching gift programs are set up by companies and corporations as an employee benefit. After an employee donates to a ...
Promote Matching Gifts
piggy bank As many of those reading this may know, Matching Gifts is the fastest and easiest way to increase donation revenue. When donors get their gift matched that donation is immediately doubled. The more donors get their gifts matched the more ...
Who Matches Gifts?
In the world of higher education and nonprofits it can get super daunting to understand who can get their gift matched. Luckily, once we know the information, donors and organizations can easily stretch their dollar, most of the time doubling or even ...
HEPdata eMatch Portal Users See Significant Uplift in Matching Gift Revenue
HEPdata launched eMatch Portal in 2018 to offer non-profits a way to engage donors to complete their matching gift paper work and track the progress of the matching gift, saving time and money by automating the process. We are thrilled to announce ...
How to Automate Your Matching Gift Program
Automation is your passport to increasing matching gift revenue. Over the last ten years, the number of companies that offer matching gifts, has grown as has the actual dollar amount of the matching gift average. Approximately 1 in 10 gifts to ...