In the Community 

Through its Matching Gifts Program, Wellmark will match personal contributions for eligible employees to qualified, nonprofit organizations. The Matching Gifts Program is designed to encourage employee support for charitable organizations that enhance both personal and corporate priorities throughout Iowa and South Dakota. Under the Matching Gifts Program, all regular benefit-eligible staff of Wellmark may request a matching gift. Wellmark will match each dollar donated to qualifying organizations with a ratio of 1:1 up to a $5,000 maximum match amount per employee per year.

Eligible contributions:

• Gifts must be personal contributions (not pledges) made directly to eligible organizations in cash, check, credit card, or marketable securities having a quoted market value.
• Each gift must be a minimum of $25 in order to be matched, and the maximum amount matched per donor per calendar year is $5,000.

Recipient organizations must meet all of these five requirements:

1. Be physically located or have a local chapter within the state boundaries of Iowa or South Dakota,

2. Be recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code,

3. Must not be a “private foundation” or a “private operating foundation” as defined under Section 509(a),

4. Organizations must be eligible to receive tax-deductible gifts under Section 170(c)of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, and

5. Must include a copy of their tax determination with the matching gift request.

Wellmark employees who wish to request a matching gift must complete a Matching Gift Program Request Form.

If you have questions about Wellmark’s Employee Matching Gifts Program, please send an e-mail to matchinggiftsprogram@wellmark.com or call Andrea Smith at 515-245-4862 or Chris Verlengia at 515-245-4583.

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