THANKS - Japan Matching IS OVER

Japan Matching ended at 23:59:59 PM EST on November 30, 2012.

What's Japan Matching?

Want your donation dollars to have the greatest impact possible? Make your contributions to select GlobalGiving projects working in Japan go further with $100,000 of available matching funds! Online donations of up to $1,000 per individual donor/per project are eligible to be matched at 100% while funds remain.

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Who's Participating?

Select projects working to provide long term relief and recovery from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan have been included in the Japan Matching matching opportunity.

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Terms and Conditions

• The Japan Matching will run from November 1, 2012 00:00:01 AM EDT to November 30, 2012 23:59:59 PM EST (GMT-4) / (13:59pm JST on December 1).
• There is $100,000 available in matching funds. Once funds have been depleted, no more donations will be matched.
• Only organizations that are working on relief or recovery efforts in the Tohoku region of Japan are eligible for these matching funds. GlobalGiving reserves the right to approve all projects included in the campaign ahead of time.
• Matching is applied at 100% up to $1,000 per donor per project between November 1, 2012 00:00:01 AM EDT to November 30, 2012 23:59:59 PM EST (GMT-4) or until matching funds run out.
• GlobalGiving will match up to $25,000 per project.
• The project that raises the most funds during the campaign will receive an additional $1,000 bonus grant from GlobalGiving.
• The project that has the most unique donors during the campaign will receive an additional $1,000 bonus grant from GlobalGiving.
• Projects must be approved and live on the GlobalGiving.org website by October 29, 2012 to be eligible.
• Projects that are located in Japan, but not working on Tohoku-related issues, are not eligible for this matching campaign.
• Online donations will be accepted through November 30, 2012 23:59:59 PM EST (GMT-4). Checks received by November 27, 2012 will be included in the matching and will count towards the number of unique donors for each project. Checks received after November 27, 2012 will be applied to the indicated project, but will not count towards the matching. Checks should be made payable to the GlobalGiving Foundation and should clearly indicate the project to which the funds should be applied. Unfortunately, we are not able to accept cash donations.
• Only donations made at www.globalgiving.org are eligible for this match. Donations made on www.globalgiving.co.uk or any GlobalGiving corporate sites (including Nike, Eli Lilly, Global Action Atlas, etc) are NOT eligible for matching.
• Unique donors are determined using numerous criteria, including name, email address, credit card number, mailing address, and IP address. We are monitoring these and other parameters in our system to ensure that only unique, distinct donors are counted towards the donor bonus award.

Please note that GlobalGiving maintains the right to make a final decision on all matters concerning the adjudication of unique donors and final results of Japan Matching and will adjust results accordingly.

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