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3M Volunteer Match Guidelines
Who Can Participate?
•Regular full-time and regular part-time U.S. employees of 3M (on the3M payroll at the time the matching gift is requested)•U.S. retirees of 3M

Matching Gift Designation*•

A volunteer may include a designation for the 3M Volunteer Match•

Designations may not benefit an individual, i.e., tuition or student
participation account, memberships, or personal pledge obligations•Recipient organizations will be instructed not to follow any
designation that would not qualify as a deductible donation andinstead allocate the donation to the charitable purpose that is closest
to the original designation•

Undesignated gifts will be utilized at the organization’s discretion

Volunteer Match Benefit•$20 per hour volunteered up to a maximum benefit of $500 for 25
hours volunteered•

Volunteer hours may be logged with up to 25 different organizations•

Matching gifts are processed and paid in the order received. A
volunteer who volunteers with multiple organizations but wishes toallocate their matching benefit to just one organization isencouraged to log all hours with the organization they wish toreceive the match prior to logging hours with any otherorganization(s)Eligible Organizations*• U.S. public charities that are tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) ofthe Internal Revenue Service Code• U.S. public schools, public school districts, and private schools• Public serving, independent, non-religious affiliated programs ofhouses of worship/churches (examples include food shelves or
private schools). Please note that these organizations may require
additional vetting to confirm eligibility and a notation of the publicserving program must be made on the organization record or grant
designation*To have an organization reviewed for eligibility, the requestor of the 3M
Volunteer Match can click “nominate your organization for inclusion” on
the organization search page in the employee engagement portal. 3M
will review and make a final eligibility determination.

Ineligible Organizations*• Organizations that do not qualify as a 501(c)(3) public charity and/or
cannot be paid by CAF America, the vendor payment processor forthe 3M matching gift programs (this includes some 501(c)3organizations, organizations that do not have a 501(c)3 tax exempt
letter of determination from the IRS, and organizations that have losttheir 501(c)3 tax exempt status)• Houses of worship/churches, except as permitted under “EligibleOrganizations” above• Units or bodies of government (other than schools and educationalinstitutions) including related entities such as volunteer police and firedepartments• 3M associated nonprofits (including but not limited to 3M Club, 3M
Open Fund, 3M PAC)
• Organizations that are inconsistent with 3M’s values*3M reserves the right to reject a 3M Volunteer Match gift for anyreason. Additional requirements may apply to organizational eligibility.
3M
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www.3Mgives.com/match
3Mgives@mmm.com
Last updated 1/02/2024*3M is not responsible for ensuring organizations follow the volunteer’s
designation

Administrative Conditions• The volunteer hours must be contributed by the individual employee
or retiree, hours cannot be aggregated from the volunteer service ofa collection of employees, retirees, friends or family• Organizations do not need to confirm volunteer hours; however, 3M
staff assesses a sample of entries to verify volunteerism and ensurecompliance with program rules• Volunteers may not receive goods, services or benefits in return forvolunteer services or the 3M Volunteer Match (e.g. tickets,memberships, services, subscriptions, dues, dinners, auction items,raffles, etc.)• Matching gifts are batched and paid monthly (most volunteer matchgifts will pay out to the nonprofits the month after request by thevolunteer). The match will be sent directly to the eligible organization• Organization tax status is reviewed and monitored on an ongoingbasis. Should an organization lose its charitable status, go out ofbusiness, or otherwise be unable to receive donated funds,volunteers will be contacted by CyberGrants, 3M’s grants
administrator, to redirect previous gifts to a different eligible
organization. If CyberGrants cannot reach the volunteer within 10
business days of initial outreach, all gifts will be redirected to United
Way Worldwide, the default recipient for 3M matching gift programs• Volunteers must submit their hours through the employee
engagement portal by December 31. Volunteer hours must becompleted and submitted in the same calendar year. 3M will notmatch volunteer hours from a previous year. All matching gifts willaccrue towards the match balance of the year in which the matchinggift was entered in the system• 3M may modify, suspend or end this program at any time. 3Minterprets program guidelines and administers the program underpolicies and procedures governed by the 3Mgives Advisory Board• While 3M aims to match all employee volunteer hours, it cannot
guarantee that it will be able to do so. As with all 3M programs, the3M Volunteer Match program will be limited by the amount of its
annual budget• All 3M investments are subject to 3M Terms & Conditions.
Acceptance of 3M funds constitutes agreement
For additional questions, please contact 3Mgives@mmm.com.