Workplace Giving/Matching Gifts

Increase Your Boy Scout Support Through Your Time and Money!

Many corporations match gifts made by their employees to the Boy Scouts. Some companies even give financial contributions on behalf of the time you give as a volunteer.  Companies listed below have historically matched employee's generosity.  If you do not see your employer here, please don't assume they do not participate in the matching gifts program; check with your human resources department for more information. Please contact Britt Vincent at (713) 756-3318, if you're aware of another company that supports matching gifts.

Easy as 1-2-3

1. Make your gift to Sam Houston Area Council
2. Complete a Matching Gift form available from your employer.
3. Send in your Matching Gift Application to:

Sam Houston Area Council
Development Department
P.O. Box 924528
Houston, TX  77292-4528

Thank you for your dedication and commitment to Scouting.

Here is a listing of companies participating in the Council's Matching Gifts programs:

Accenture
ACE INA
Administaff
ADP Inc
Aetna
AIG
Air Liquide
Altria
American Express Financial Advisors
American Ref-Fuel
Aon
Apache
Archer Daniels Midland
Bank of America
Bearing Point
Beryl Oil & Gas LP
BHP Billiton
Boeing
BP
Celanese
CEMEX
Centennial Ventures
Champion International
Charles Schwab
Chubb & Son
Citicorp
Clorox
Cooper Industries
Cray Research
Dixie Carrier Inland
Dominion Foundation
Dynegy
EOG Resources
Equistar Chemicals
Equitable Life
Equiva Services
Ernst & Young
Exel Americas
First Data Corporation
First Union National Bank
FleetBoston
FMC Technologies
Freeport-McMoRan
GATX Corporation
GDF Suez Energy North America Inc
Geico
General Dynamics
Glaxo SmithKline
Goodrich Petroleum
Groundwater Services
Home Depot
Honeywell Aerospace
Houghton Mifflin
Houston Exploration
ICO Technology
Input/Output
ITT Industries
ITW
John Hancock
Kemper Group
Key Energy Services
Keystone International
Kirby Inland Marine
KPRC-TV
Landmark Graphics
Lubrizol Corporation
Lyondell Chemical
Maquire Oil
Marathon Petroleum - Marathon Pipeline
Massachusetts Mutual Life
McDonnell Douglas
Microsoft
Millipore
Mission Resources
Mony
Morgan Stanley
Murphy Oil
Mutual of America
Newfield Exploration
NGC Corporation
Northern Trust Company
Norton Company
Office Depot
Oiltanking Houston
Oracle
PC World / IDG Central Services
Penn Virginia
Pepsico
Pfizer, Inc.
Pitney Bowes
Pogo Producing
Pohlad Family Charities
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Progressive
Prudential
PTC
Puffer Sweiven
Quaker Oats
RBC Dain Rauscher
Rust International
Safeco Insurance
SAIC
Sara Lee Foundation
Seitel
Sherwin Williams
Simmons & Company
SimplexGrinnell
Southwest Wire Rope
St. Paul Companies
State Farm Companies
Stride Rite
Sun Microsystems
Sun Trust Bank
Tandy / Radio Shack
Teleflex
Temple Inland
Tenet Healthcare
Tetra Tech EM, Inc.
Texas National Bank
Thermon Manufacturing
Thomson Financial Services
Toshiba
Toys R Us
Tractebel Power
Transamerica Corporation
TurboCare
Tyco International
United States Fidelity & Guaranty
United Technologies
Unocal
US Bancorp
W.W. Grainger
Wachovia
Wal*Mart

Your Volunteer Time is Money
Numerous local companies recognize volunteer time through the donation of cash grants to non-profits in which their employees volunteer. This means that for each hour of your volunteer time, your employer may donate money to the Boy Scouts of America. Listed below are some companies who participate in this type of program.  Check with your HR department to find out the company requirements.  If you know of more companies who have a program, please, contact Britt Vincent, (713) 756-3318.

Adobe - Volunteer Request Program
AT&T Wireless - AT&T CARES
Bank of America  - Volunteer Grants Program
Booz Allen Hamilton- Volunteer Service Grant Program
BP
Chevron-Texaco (not Chevron Humankind?)
Citigroup - Volunteer Incentive Program
Conoco Phillips
Devon Energy
ExxonMobil- VIP and Team grants
FMC Technologies
Freddie Mac Foundation- Dollars for Doers Program
Halliburton
KPMG - KMPG CARES
Marathon Ashland
Medtronic, Inc.  - Volunteer Match Program
Motorola - Volunteer Grants Program
Nike  - Employee Involvement
Qwest  - Employee Matching Time
Reynolds & Reynolds
Safeco - Matching Time Program
Shell
St. Paul Travelers  - St. Paul's Travelers Foundation
State Farm Insurance  - Good Neighbor Grant Program
TGS Nopec
Wachovia Bank
Wachovia Securities
Washington Mutual  - Can! Cash Program
Williams (Grassroots Giving Grants up to $10,000)