Since 2008, we’ve supported over 15,000 charity projects, helping a wide range of inspirational charities raise money for their causes. We know that raising money can be challenging, and that’s why we’re here. Match funding is a proven method to encourage more people to give, and people to give more.
Why fundraise with Big Give?
Boost your resilience
Match funding is an excellent way to diversify your income streams, engage your supporters and unlock funding. 76% of charities report receiving more donations through match funding than any comparable fundraising.
Build your profile
Match funding can help you increase your reach and build morale. 92% of charities report that we’ve helped them develop relationships with new supporters.
Grow your skills
Match funding with us is a great way to test something new and access training and resources. 88% of charities increased their confidence in digital fundraising.
Double your impact
Match funding is an excellent way to encourage more people to give to charities and causes that they are passionate about. 87% of charities are satisfied with the return on investment and feel they would participate in a campaign again.
Explore our campaigns
The Christmas Challenge is the UK’s biggest collaborative fundraising campaign, which supports a wide range of charitable organisations in all cause-areas. It is our flagship, annual, 7-day online match funding campaign, which raised over £28.6m for 1,021 charities and facilitated 81,000 donations in 2022.
2023 Campaign Dates: 28th November – 5th December
2024 Key Dates: Applications Open: May 13th | Campaign: 3rd – 10th December
The Christmas Challenge utilises our ‘Pledge Model’ of match funding – it works on a double-matching principle. Charities receive up to 25% of their match funding target from their Champion funder, provided they have another 25% secured from their own major donor ‘Pledges’. This 50% is then unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the week of the Christmas Challenge campaign.
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The Green Match Fund is a 7-day online match funding campaign is designed specifically for charities working on environmental issues. This is an opportunity to make an extraordinary difference to some of the biggest challenges facing our planet today.
2024 Key dates: Applications Open: November 1st | Campaign: 18th – 25th April
The Green Match Fund utilises our ‘multi’ model of match funding. Environmental charities apply to Big Give and can select either the 1:1 or pledge model of match funding. Their application is assessed by Big Give and our partners, Environmental Funders Network (EFN). Successful charities are awarded a sum of match funding which is ring-fenced for their organisation. This match funding is unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the week of the campaign.
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The Arts for Impact Fund is our latest 7-day online match funding campaign, focused on arts and culture charities with social impact. We are partnering with New Philanthropy for Arts & Culture (NPAC), a network of arts supporters who are passionate about increasing philanthropic support of the arts and culture sector.
2024 Key dates: Applications open: 2nd October | Campaign: 19th – 26th March
The Arts for Impact Fund utilises our ‘1:1’ model of match funding. Arts and culture charities apply to Big Give, and their application is assessed by Big Give and our partners, NPAC. Successful charities are awarded a sum of match funding which is ring-fenced for their organisation. This match funding is unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the week of the campaign.
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A 7-day online match funding campaign, focused on charities improving mental health as part of their work. The UK is experiencing a mental health crisis. In a recent survey, 78% of people said the cost of living crisis is impacting their mental health – with increasing problems for those with existing mental health issues. Accessing mental health support can have a huge, meaningful impact on individuals, and their families.
2024 Key Dates: Applications open: January 8th | Campaign: 14th – 28th May
Kind²Mind utilises our ‘multi’ model of match funding. Mental Health charities apply to Big Give and can select either the 1:1 or pledge model of match funding. The application is assessed by Big Give. Successful charities are awarded a sum of match funding which is ring-fenced for their organisation. This match funding is unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the week of the campaign.
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Champions for Children provides unrestricted funding to charities working to alleviate the impact of poverty on children across London. With 39% of London children living in poverty, The Childhood Trust aim to break the cycle of poverty so that every child experiences the healthy, happy and safe childhood which prepares them well for life.
2024 Key Dates: Applications open: January 2nd | Campaign: 4th – 18th June
Champions for Children utilises our ‘Pledge Model’ of match funding – it works on a double-matching principle. Charities receive up to 25% of their match funding target from The Childhood Trust, provided they have another 25% secured from their own major donor ‘Pledges’. This 50% is then unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the week of the campaign.
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Our Woman and Girl’s match fund supports high impact, women and girls charities. The Women and Girls Match Fund is here to multiply generosity, tackle gender inequality and stop discrimination.
2024 Key dates: Applications open: 8th March | Campaign: 10th – 17th October 2024
The Women and Girls Match Fund utilises our ‘1:1’ model of match funding. Women and Girls’ charities apply to Big Give, and their application is assessed by Big Give. Successful charities are awarded a sum of match funding which is ring-fenced for their organisation. This match funding is unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the week of the campaign.
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We rely on the generosity of the public to help us cover the costs of running and managing our match funding campaigns. Thanks to the kindness of donors, Big Give has been able to use additional funds raised from our voluntary tips to support charities as a ‘champion’ in our own right, doubling the difference back to help them in their efforts to raise money for good causes.
2023 Key dates: Applications open: 1st July – 31st December 2023. Campaigns must launch or close between these dates.
The Anchor Match Fund utilises our ‘pledge’ model of match funding. Big Give will contribute £1k of match funds for every £4k that charities raise from pledges (match funds from their own supporters), up to a maximum of £10k per charity.
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Our bespoke campaign setup is perfect for charities interested in creating their own match funding campaign on Big Give. With match funds secured from your own supporters, a match-funded campaign is a great way to get more people involved and interested in what you’re doing.
Key Dates: Charities can apply to run their own campaign at anytime
Running your own campaign utilises our ‘1:1’ model of match funding. Charities receive a set amount of money raised from their own supporters (pledges), that matches all of their donations.
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Simple fees,
powerful match funding
Fundraising with Big Give is free, and we work with Stripe to keep the cost of donation processing as low as possible. That means we rely on the generosity of people who donate on the platform to leave a voluntary tip, which we use to cover the costs of running our platform. These tips also enable us to double the difference onwards by providing match funding to charities to help launch their campaigns.
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Register your charity
It’s completely free to create an account!
Click the ‘Charity login’ button in the top corner of the page. Select ‘Not a member’, and you’ll go straight to our registration page so you can start entering your details.
Create your account
Next, we’ll ask you to tell us your important charity information, like your website URL and address. You’ll also be able to add team members to finish creating your account.
Get started
We’re so excited to have you on board! Once you’ve created your account, you’ll be able to log in and see all of our charity resources, access match funding opportunities and boost your fundraising efforts.
We’ve been honoured to support thousands of charities through match-funding campaigns, helping to double donations to make double the difference. Check out a few of those amazing organisations:
Our platform supports all UK-registered charity with a Charity Commission, OSCR or NI Charity Commission number, or charities with tax-exempt status. For most of our campaigns, we require charities to have an annual income of at least £25,000 (as per last filed accounts on the Charity Commission).
Please click the ‘charity login’ button in the top right corner of the webpage. From there, you will see different login options (Champion, charities and the public). Please choose the login link which relates to you. When you get to the login page, you’ll see an option that says ‘forgotten password’ which will allow you to update your login details. If you’re having issues accessing your account, please get in touch directly at hello@biggive.org
Funders, who we call Champions and pledgers.
A Champion is a partner of the Big Give. A Champion can include high-net-worth individuals, foundations, philanthropists, trusts, statutory bodies, companies and corporations. A pledger can be anyone in the charity’s network. This may include a trustee, foundation, trust, company, volunteer, high-net-worth individual and others.
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