Show HN: Patronage – donation matching for small businesses

Hey everyone, founder here.

We've always done work in the social good sphere, primarily working with non-profits directly. Once we reached the point as a company where we started offering benefits, we wanted to do offer something that would stand out and attract people who value impact and giving back.

We actually tried to run a program on our own, but found that even with just 4 employees, it was surprisingly difficult. When we looked at existing software solutions, they were all expensive and aimed at enterprise companies.

From that Patronage was born, and our employees are now able to give up to $100 a month, which we match with a single credit card transaction at month's end.

Happy to answer any questions about Patronage, or about what it's like running a donation matching program.

Also curious to hear from others who've either had experience with these programs at current or past jobs, or considered starting them as a startup/small business.

Not having to be the one to separately keep track of receipts between me and the HR folks sounds much saner. Just adding a charity, seeing the breakdown of how much the company would match, and then just snapping and uploading receipts as I give or a set amount to auto-deduct, then logging in and seeing breakdowns of what was given each month and totals makes it easier to see just how much I'm helping out the cause. Looks nice.

Love the idea of this being a new perk for recruits/employees.