Statuses of a matched donation

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• Review Statuses
  • Awaiting Approval
  • Awaiting transfer from your company
  • Not Eligible for Matching
• Donation Disbursement Statuses
  • Scheduled
  • Disbursed

If your company offers matching, you can check to see if it's matched.

To see if your donation made on Bright Funds was matched:

1. Click into your My Donations page from your Dashboard.
2. A "Matching Donation" box should appear above or below your Credit Card, PayPal or Outside Transaction to indicate the match:

You can then click into the Matching Donation to view its details.

Review Statuses for Match Requests

Awaiting Approval

This means your company has yet to review your match on their end:

Awaiting transfer from your company

This means that your company has approved the match. At this point, this means that Bright Funds is waiting to receive the matching funds from your company in order for the donation to be disbursed to the nonprofit:

Note: While your matching donation was approved, matching donations follow a two-month timeline for the funds to be sent to the nonprofit. Bright Funds must receive the matching funds from your company first before the funds can be disbursed. 

Not Eligible for Matching

If you received an email in which your outside matching donation was not approved, you will see this status appear, as well as the reason why. Please note, all reviewed matches are done by your company, not Bright Funds.

Donation Disbursement Statuses

Once the funds that are paid for by your company and received by Bright Funds, the status will change to "Matched" and be batched into a reconciliation process.

Scheduled

This new status will appear within the donation details box after your match is approved.

Disbursed

This status will update once your donation is confirmed as sent to your nonprofit.

For details on timelines, please visit our help articles below for U.S. and outside U.S. nonprofits:

• Donation Disbursement Timelines for U.S. Nonprofits
• Donation Disbursement Timelines for Nonprofits Outside the U.S.

Questions about the status of a donation? Please reach out to [e-mail] and our team can assist!