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Community development through employee volunteerism
Special emphasis is placed on programs utilizing the time and talents of Lexmark employees as volunteers. Lexmark encourages all employees to actively participate in the life of their communities and supports volunteering time, talents and resources.
The Lexmark Make It Happen Fund Grant enables employees who volunteer with a not-for-profit organization or school to apply for a cash grant to support that organization.
Eligibility
- Volunteers must be current, U.S.-based, regular Lexmark employees.
- Organizations that fall within the following categories qualify for consideration of a grant through the Lexmark Make it Happen Fund Grant:
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Schools - properly accredited education institutions, including public or private elementary, middle or high schools; located in the United States and recognized as tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code.
- Community service organizations - not-for-profit organizations that provide services to the community (subject to Lexmark's stated restrictions) and that are classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Non-Eligibility
The fund does not provide contributions to:
- organizations that practice discrimination by race, color, creed, sex, age, sexual orientation or national origin
- individuals (scholarships, stipends, fellowships, travel, etc.)
- political, labor, fraternal, churches or other religious organizations
- athletic teams or sporting events
- recreational programs
- sponsorship of performances, charitable or fund-raising events (dinners, races, walk-a-thons, etc.), or
- organizations run out of private homes
Program policies
- An employee may obtain a Lexmark Make It Happen Fund Grant of $250 per calendar year for any one organization, with a limit of one grant per employee per year and a limit of $2,500 in total gifts per calendar year for any one organization.
- Lexmark Make It Happen Fund Grants will be paid directly to the parent organization and cannot be directed to specific committees, units or groups.
- To qualify for a Lexmark Make It Happen Fund Grant an employee must volunteer at least 40 hours with the organization during the calendar year in which the request is made.
- The total amount of grants in any calendar year will be limited by budget availability, with all grant requests considered in the order in which they are received. When each year's funds are exhausted, no additional grant applications will be accepted.
Application procedure
The Lexmark employee and agency executive director or school principal must complete a Lexmark Make It Happen Fund Grant Application and mail the completed form to the address listed.
 Make It Happen Fund Grant Application (84 KB)
Community volunteer service
Community volunteer service is encouraged. Lexmark supports the free on-line VolunteerMatch service. Not-for-profits seeking volunteers are encouraged to register and post their available opportunities at www.volunteermatch.org. Potential volunteers using the service can contact organizations directly through an e-mail notification system. Lexmark employees seeking volunteer opportunities in their communities can use this award-winning service to link their interests with local community needs.
While Lexmark is committed to promoting volunteerism and encourages all of its employees to participate in a volunteer program of their choice, the company does not necessarily endorse all of the activities of any particular volunteer organization. Lexmark is not responsible for its employees while they participate in such volunteer activities.
Matching gifts program
The Lexmark Matching Gifts Program provides a dollar-for-dollar match for personal contributions made by regular Lexmark employees, retirees or eligible spouses to U.S.-based higher education institutions, hospitals, and cultural institutions such as museums, libraries and the performing arts. The maximum match is $5,000 per participating employee, per institution, per year. There is a maximum match of $10,000 per participating employee to all institutions per calendar year.
Matching Gifts Form (22 KB)
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