Welcome to the Charities Aid Foundation

We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work.

Personal giving From one-off donations to long-term giving, or designing your personal philanthropic strategy, we work together to help you realise your giving ambitions. Corporate giving You have the vision for making a difference. So do we. We help you plan how to give based on your goals. Services for charities Helping your charity or social enterprise become more resilient. Insights Discover the latest insights for donors and charitable organisations to help create a greater impact About us We are a leading charity, working at the centre of the giving world. We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work. Donate  
 
 
 

Personal giving

From one-off donations to long-term giving, or designing your personal philanthropic strategy, we work together to help you realise your giving ambitions.

DISCOVER OUR PERSONAL GIVING SOLUTIONS

Corporate giving

You have the vision for making a difference. So do we. We help you plan how to give based on your goals.

DISCOVER OUR CORPORATE GIVING SOLUTIONS

Services for charities

Helping your charity or social enterprise become more resilient.

DISCOVER HOW WE SUPPORT CHARITIES

Insights

Discover the latest insights for donors and charitable organisations to help create a greater impact

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About us

We are a leading charity, working at the centre of the giving world. We help donors to give more impactfully and charities to build their resilience so they can do more of their life-changing work.

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Corporate giving

Match your employees’ charity giving

Get people involved and encourage giving when you match your team’s fundraising.

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Boost your employees’ charitable activity


Show your people how much your company cares about social good with our Matched Giving scheme. You can match your employees’ donations on a pound-for-pound basis, or specify the amount you're prepared to match.

Matching the money and time your employees give to charity shows a commitment to the communities and causes your people care about.

Matching can be tailored to suit your needs. Company funds used for matched giving are tax-effective and can be deducted from your corporation tax.

What you can match

Employees’ payroll giving 

Match the charitable donations made by everyone in your business who gives directly from their pay using the Give As You Earn scheme. 

Personal donations

Match whatever your people donate to good causes – whether they do it by cheque, cash, Direct Debit, or a debit or credit card.

Individual & team efforts

Match money raised by employees who work together to fundraise or volunteer, as well as the amounts achieved by those who go solo to collect for charity.

Ways to offer matched giving

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Match your people’s payroll giving

You can set a limit on what you match through our payroll giving scheme, Give As You Earn. This could be a fixed match, a percentage, or a maximum amount.


Match from your Company Account

Use funds in your Company Account to match your people’s giving, and set caps and criteria for how much you match.

 

Bespoke matching scheme

We’ll process all matching requests from your staff against the limits you set, saving you time on administration.

Why offer our Matched Giving scheme

Encourage employees to give

Encourage employees to support and give to charity by matching their donations and activity. So, more funds are available for good causes.

Give effectively

Get access to charity sector insights and advice on how to make the most of the money you give.

Show you care

You can track and report on your company’s matched giving through your Company Account statements – so you can show others a real commitment to charity.

Account management

We're on hand to help share insights on the charity sector and advise on how to maximise the impact of your giving.

 

Why choose CAF

UK’s leading payroll giving provider 

We send over £60 million of employee donations to charities annually.

100 years’ experience

Over the last 100 years, we have led the way in developing innovative approaches to giving. 

£120 million

We help businesses and their employees distribute over £120 million to non-profits around the globe every year.

160,000 non-profits

We work with over 160,000 non-profits to find, access, and grow the funds needed to do more of the great work they do.

Global reach

We partner with membership bodies and other organisations to enable safe and effective cross-border giving and advocate for philanthropy around the world.

Safe and secure

Our robust charity verification and due diligence processes mean your donations reach their intended causes safely and securely.

Make matched giving part of your social impact

Set up matched giving for your employees

Talk to us about how matched giving could work for you.

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Not got a Company Account?

To run the Matched Giving scheme, you need a Company Account. It’s easy to apply, and it lets you manage all your corporate giving in one place. Your business donates funds into your account, then we hold these for you until you’re ready to use them for charitable purposes.

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Do you offer payroll giving?

We’ve run Give As You Earn since 1987 – we’re the UK’s largest Payroll Giving Agency.

Payroll giving lets your employees give to charity direct from their pay – before it’s taxed. This reduces the amount of tax they pay, so they’re able to give more to good causes.

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