The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) is expanding it’s annual Match Day event into Match Week, taking place from Monday, November 10 through Friday, November 14, 2025! Match Week is an exciting fundraising campaign to help provide matching funds for community contributions to participating charitable funds.
Match Week basics
It’s a powerful week where your generosity can have an even greater impact in supporting our community by amplifying your donations. GACF is offering $25,000 in matching funds this year, plus some timed “Challenges” that will offer another $5,000 to boost your donations!
How we calculate match amounts
Each participating fund will receive 100% of the community donations made to it (less processing fees charged by Stripe for online donations). In addition, each fund will receive a prorated match out of the $25,000 match pool that is proportionate to the fund’s share of all community donations during Match Week, subject to a 20% max.
For example, if a fund receives 10% of community contributions during Match Week, it will also receive 10% of the match pool, which is $2,500. But if 25% of community contributions go to one fund, that fund will only receive 20% of the match pool, which is $5,000.
How you can give during Match Week
You can give during Match Week in person, online, or through the mail.
- In person. Bring your donation, along with a completed GACF Match Day 2025 donation form (downloads PDF) to GNBank North in Girard, 100 E. Forest. Deadline: November 14
- Online. Starting on Monday, November 10, we’ll feature all the funds participating in Match Week on our donations page. Deadline: November 14.
- Mail. You can mail your check to GACF, PO Box 65, Girard, KS 66743. Please include a completed GACF Match Day 2025 donation form (downloads PDF) so we know which funds you’d like your donation to benefit. So long as your gift is postmarked by Friday, November 14, it’ll count for Match Week! Deadline: November 14
If you pay by check, please make your check payable to Girard Area Community Foundation. If you aren’t using a GACF Match Day 2025 donation form (downloads PDF) with your check, please write the fund name(s) you want to donate to on the memo line.
Funds participating in Match Week
- Carly Carnes – A Different Type of Marathon Foundation
- Friends of Crawford State Park Fund
- GACF General Endowment Fund
- Girard History Museum Endowment Fund
- Girard Medical Center Foundation Endowed Fund
- Girard Public Library Endowment Fund
- Girard Youth Activities Endowment Fund
- Herman & Ailene and Terry & Marian Parsons Family Legacy Fund
- Raymond Community Home Endowment
- United Methodist Church of Girard Endowed Fund
Carly Carnes – A Different Type of Marathon Foundation
The Carly Carnes – A Different Type of Marathon Foundation is a non-endowed fund that honors the memory of Carly Carnes and focuses on grants related to cancer, education, and health & wellness.
Friends of Crawford State Park Fund
The Friends of Crawford State Park Fund is a non-endowed field-of-interest fund support improvements at Crawford State Park.
Girard Area Community Foundation General Endowment Fund
The GACF General Endowment produces annual income that is distributed through a competitive-grant process to local nonprofit organizations. Your gift to the General Endowment will increase the amount available for future granting.
Girard History Museum Endowment Fund
The net income from the Girard History Museum Endowment Fund supports the continued operations of and improvements to the Girard History Museum.
Girard Medical Center Foundation Endowed Fund
The Girard Medical Center Foundation Endowed Fund produces annual income that is available to the Girard Medical Center for its unrestricted use to build or provide medical services and care in Southeast Kansas. Your gift to the Girard Medical Center Fund will increase the amount available to the Girard Medical Center in the future.
Girard Public Library Endowment Fund
The Girard Public Library Endowment Fund produces annual income that is available to the Girard Public Library for its unrestricted use. The Girard Public Library provides a professionally selected and well-organized collection of books and multimedia materials for the community’s residents. Your gift to the Girard Public Library Endowment will increase the amount available to the Library in the future.
Girard Youth Activities Endowment Fund
The Girard Youth Activities Fund produces annual income to support the work of the organization, including their programs, and services.
Herman & Ailene and Terry & Marian Parsons Family Legacy Fund
The Herman & Ailene and Terry & Marian Parsons Family Legacy Fund produces annual income that is distributed through GACF’s competitive-grant process to local nonprofit organizations. Your gift to the Parsons Family Legacy Fund will honor the Parsons and increase the amount available for future granting.
Raymond Community Home Endowment
The Raymond Community Home Endowment produces annual income that supports the preservation of the Raymond Community Home and other historic properties in Girard. Your gift to the Raymond Community Home Endowment will increase the amount available for those purposes in the future.
United Methodist Church of Girard Endowed Fund
The United Methodist Church of Girard Endowed Fund produces annual income that supports the United Methodist Church of Girard, including its church-related activities, outreach, services, and overall mission. Your gift to the United Methodist Church of Girard Endowed Fund will increase the amount available to the Church in the future.
Even more SEK Match Week events!
We aren’t the only ones hosting Match Week events! Our friends at the Community Foundation of Southeast Kansas, Columbus Area Community Foundation, and Fort Scott Area Community Foundation are each running their own Match Week events! You can find links to all four SEK Match Week pages at SEKMatchWeek.org.