Incentive Programs
Leverage your generosity to LSU through incentives such as challenge gifts, corporate
matching gift programs, and Louisiana's technology tax credit.
Challenge Gifts
A challenge gift made by a donor can encourage others to make contributions that are then matched by the challenge fund, leveraging the gifts of both the person who establishes the fund and those whose gifts are matched through it.
Corporate Matching Gifts
Many corporations offer dollar-for-dollar (or more) matching gift programs to support
employees’ charitable giving. These programs allow our donors to leverage their generosity
to make a greater impact in the areas of LSU that are most meaningful to them.
For example, through a 2-to-1 matching program and the LSU Foundation's current endowment
spending rate (4 percent of the average five-year market value of the account), a
$10,000 donor contribution combined with a $20,000 company contribution could create
a $30,000 endowed scholarship with a $1,200 estimated annual distribution in perpetuity.
A searchable database of matching gift programs is available at giveLSU.org/matchinggifts.
Top Matching Gift Donors to LSU
Selected highlights of corporate matching gift programs are included below. Please consult the linked text for specific guidelines on eligibility.
Through its 1:1 matching gift program, Chevron's employees and retirees have supported academics across LSU's campus in areas important to them. Beneficiaries of their generosity include the colleges of Agriculture, Art + Design, Engineering, Human Sciences & Education, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music and Dramatic Arts, and Art; the E. J. Ourso College of Business; LSU AgCenter; Facility Services; Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College; LSU Libraries; LSU Museum of Natural Science; Manship School of Mass Communication; School of Veterinary Medicine; Student Life; University College; and University Lab School.
Dow Chemical employees' generous gifts to support LSU are matched 1:1 by the company. The corporation's impact spans the campus, with gifts going to the areas of LSU that are most meaningful to the donors. These have included: Continuing Education, Facility Services; LSU Libraries; LSU Museum of Natural Science; the Rural Life Museum; Student Life; University College; University Lab School; School of Veterinary Medicine; the E. J. Ourso College of Business; the Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College; the Paul M. Hebert Law Center; the Manship School of Mass Communication; and the colleges of Agriculture, Art + Design, Engineering, Human Sciences & Education, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music & Dramatic Arts, and Science.
KPMG employees' gifts through the LSU Foundation are doubled when they leverage the company's 1:1 matching gift program. Their generosity has impacted the E. J. Ourso College of Business, the Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Student Life and the University Laboratory School.
Shell employees and retirees are able to increase their support of the areas of LSU's campus most meaningful to them by leveraging the company's 1:1 matching gift program. The impact of their generosity has benefited: Auxiliary and Facility Services; LSU Libraries; LSU Museum of Natural Science; LSU Press; Student Life; University College; University Lab School; schools of the Coast & Environment and Veterinary Medicine; the E. J. Ourso College of Business; the Roger H. Ogden Honors College; the Paul M. Hebert Law Center; the Manship School of Mass Communication; and the colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, Human Sciences & Education, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music & Dramatic Arts, and Science.