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Work-life balance continues to be a priority for Lexmark. With busy work schedules and lives, it can be difficult for people to find the extra hours to volunteer their time and talents to organizations they feel strongly about. Lexmark’s unique Volunteer Time Off Program addresses that problem with up to three days of paid time off a year for volunteer work. In 2004, this program generated 3,400 hours of volunteer work for more than 150 organizations and schools in the United States.
Lexmark Make It Happen Fund encourages volunteerism by making it possible for employees to help financially support their favorite charities. Employees who volunteer a minimum of 40 hours a year with an organization qualify for a cash grant to that organization or school.
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.
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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.
Corporate giving restrictions also apply to the Make It Happen Fund.
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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.
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Lexmark Make It Happen Fund Grants will be paid directly to the parent organization and cannot be directed to specific committees, units or groups.
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To qualify for a Lexmark Make It Happen Fund Grant an employee must volunteer a minimum of 40 hours with the organization during the calendar year in which the request is made.
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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 further contributions will be made.
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)
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.
The total amount of gifts in any calendar year will be limited by budget availability, with all gift requests considered in the order in which they are received. When each year's funds are exhausted, no further contributions will be made.
Matching Gifts Form (22 KB)
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