All worldwide Gap Inc., full and part time employees can participate in the matching gift program through www.gapincglobalgiving.com.

Gap Inc., will match, dollar for dollar, employee contributions to eligible not for profit/non governmental organizations or projects that are posted on www. gapincglobalgiving.com. (Contributions must be at least US $25.) All full and part time employees are eligible for an annual donation match, up to the following limits:

• Part time US $1,000
• Full time up to a Director level US $2,500
• Directors to Vice Presidents US $5,000
• Senior Vice Presidents US $10,000

All projects posted on the GapIncGlobalGiving.com website are eligible to receive a matching gift based upon the due diligence done prior to the project being posted on the website. Learn more about the due diligence process.

All matching gifts will be distributed to the projects quarterly.

When you make your donation through GapIncGlobalGiving, you will be asked to create an account, and in doing so, you must provide your Gap Employee ID number, your name as it appears on your Gap Inc. paycheck, email address, and city and country of employment. This information is essential in order to make sure your donation is matched! Learn more about matching your donation.

Email: , or call +1-202-232-5784.

GlobalGiving was founded by two former World Bank executives who decided to use the Internet to create a highly-efficient marketplace that enables more funding to reach projects throughout the globe, and, at the same time, provides a more transparent, engaging way for donors to give. GlobalGiving enables donors to give directly to projects, so they know exactly where their money is going. Donors can see progress updates on most projects as funding is received and goals are met.

Learn more about GlobalGiving.

GlobalGiving is partnering with Gap Inc. to provide Gap Inc. employees with a portal for making direct contributions to projects all over the world, including to those nominated by Gap Inc. employees.

Corporate partners include eBay, Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo!, Applied Materials, and The North Face, among others. Major funding partners include Omidyar Network, the Hewlett Foundation, the Skoll Foundation, USAID, and the Sall Family Foundation. Additional funding has been provided by the WK Kellogg Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and HP.

GlobalGiving's mission is to build an efficient, open, thriving marketplace that connects people who have community and world-changing ideas with people who can support them.

GlobalGiving works with partners—established, reputable, nongovernmental organizations—to vet projects to ensure they are high quality, well run, and satisfy IRS guidelines for international grantmaking as well as the new voluntary guidelines for anti-terrorism set forth in the USA PATRIOT Act. As part of the posting process, GlobalGiving requires detailed background information on the project leader, the project's objectives, and expected outcomes once the project receives funding. Learn more about GlobalGiving's due diligence process.

All credit card donations are collected through VeriSign, a secure third party with whom we contract for this purpose, or PayPal, also a highly secure third-party payment system. Because all transactions go through third parties, neither Gap Inc. nor GlobalGiving receives or retains credit card numbers. Furthermore, we will never release your personal information to any outside party unless you authorize us to do so.

When you make a contribution to a project on GapIncGlobalGiving, your name, billing address, email address, and credit card information are collected by a third-party credit card vendor (VeriSign or PayPal). If you elect to sign up for GlobalGiving's mailing list, they will collect your name and email address. In addition, while donors are encouraged to share their name and address with the project itself in order to foster long-term relationships, at time of check-out, donors may elect to remain anonymous. In this case, your complete privacy will be maintained.

For individuals who are taxpayers in the U.S., donations to projects featured on GapIncGlobalGiving go through the GlobalGiving Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, and thus all donations are tax deductible for U.S. taxpayers to the full extent permitted by law. Employees in other countries should consult with their local tax regulations for applicable rules.

GapIncGlobalGiving currently accepts credit/debit cards, checks, bank drafts, PayPal, and stock transfers. Payment is made through the GlobalGiving Foundation, in US dollars only.

To pay by credit/debit card or PayPal, click "Give Now" and we will process your transaction through our secure server. For more details about hot the Paypal service works and countries in which the service is available, see www.paypal.com.

Checks or bank drafts to projects featured on GapIncGlobalGiving should be in US dollars made payable to The GlobalGiving Foundation. The project ID should be written in the memo field. Mail all checks to:

The GlobalGiving Foundation
1816 12th Street NW - 3rd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
USA

Administrative fees associated with donations made through GapIncGlobalGiving have been underwritten by Gap Inc., so 100% of the money you contribute goes directly to the project you choose to support. Because funds go directly to the project level, your contribution goes much further than most other international giving options.

When you give through the GapIncGlobalGiving website, you will be asked for a minimal amount of information in order to create a user profile. This profile will allow you to keep track of your giving history, and to access project updates. In addition, all contributions made to projects through the GapIncGlobalGiving web site will be acknowledged with a receipt.

Projects on the GapIncGlobalGiving website are a combination of projects sourced by GlobalGiving, and projects nominated by Gap Inc. employees. All projects have been reviewed and vetted through GlobalGiving's due diligence process. Learn more about the Gap Inc. project nomination process. Once a year, Gap Inc. will offer employees the opportunity to nominate projects. Please check back in 2007 to learn more about the application process.

After looking through the GapIncGlobalGiving website, you may identify a project in which you have a particular interest—geographically, thematically, or perhaps because it was nominated by one of your fellow Gap Inc. employees. See the full list of projects.

Each month, the contributions from all donors are pooled by GlobalGiving, which transfers the money either to the group sponsoring the project or the implementing project leader at the local country level. If the money is transferred to a sponsoring organization, we then wire the funds directly to the project leader. If the funds are directed to the implementing organization in a different country, bank wire transfer charges may apply.

There may be some instances in which projects receive more funding than the project leaders had requested. If so, GlobalGiving will contact those donors who have contributed to projects that have exceeded the funding amount and work with them to reallocate funding to a similar type of project.

Occasionally, there will be projects that receive only a small percentage of their requested funding. If a project is pledged less than the requested amount, GlobalGiving will either work with the project to see if a subset of the project goals can be met through that funding, or work with those donors who contributed to that project to identify an appropriate project to which funds can be reallocated.

Each donor is added to a mailing list specific to the project to which he/she has given. Whenever a project leader posts an update to that project, you will automatically receive notification of that progress report.

In addition, every donor has a choice of becoming known to the project leader or remaining anonymous. For donors who choose to become known to the project leader, the donor's contact information is provided to the project leader, so you may receive updates directly from the project. In addition, each project includes the contact information of the project leader, which allows donors to establish a relationship with those running the project and to follow its progress.

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