Answers.Body: <p>This is highly dependent on your development department's workflow - but I'd say what you described is the most popular approach.</p>
  
  <p>If you do go this route, you may want to consider installing an extension I wrote called <a href="https://github.com/MegaphoneJon/com.megaphonetech.automatchinggift" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Auto Matching Gift</a>.  It's mostly a labor-saver: When you enter the original gift, you select the Matching Gift organization from a list.  A pending contribution will be created on their record, and it will be soft-credited to the original donor.</p>
  
  <p>Note that this was developed for an organization that pays for a service of all organizations that match gifts - so if you have to create the organization first, it's not much of a time-saver.  Hopefully one day I (or someone else) will improve it to allow adding organizations on the fly.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: I second that this is probably the popular approach. It is very helpful to have a record of all the employers that are awarding matching gifts while also being able to see what individual is responsible for prompting the gift.
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Body: <p>We often receive annual appeal donations that include a matching gift from the donor's employer.  Is there a better way to handle these other than creating a record for the employer, and soft-crediting the match to the donor?</p>
  
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Title: What's the best way to handle a matching donation?
ThreadText: # What's the best way to handle a matching donation?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-26)
  
  We often receive annual appeal donations that include a matching gift from the donor's employer. Is there a better way to handle these other than creating a record for the employer, and soft-crediting the match to the donor?
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-26. Score: 4
  
  This is highly dependent on your development department's workflow - but I'd say what you described is the most popular approach.
  
  If you do go this route, you may want to consider installing an extension I wrote called [Auto Matching Gift](https://github.com/MegaphoneJon/com.megaphonetech.automatchinggift). It's mostly a labor-saver: When you enter the original gift, you select the Matching Gift organization from a list. A pending contribution will be created on their record, and it will be soft-credited to the original donor.
  
  Note that this was developed for an organization that pays for a service of all organizations that match gifts - so if you have to create the organization first, it's not much of a time-saver. Hopefully one day I (or someone else) will improve it to allow adding organizations on the fly.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: I second that this is probably the popular approach. It is very helpful to have a record of all the employers that are awarding matching gifts while also being able to see what individual is responsible for prompting the gift.  
  
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