All contributions made through The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever go directly to the organizations. In addition, if you see the 2X symbol on an organizations page, that means that any contribution made through the gift catalog - online, by telephone, through the mail or by gift card direction - will be matched dollar for dollar by a company, organization or individual listed in the catalog. Some matches have been listed anonymously because that entity does not wish to be recognized. We respect their choice and appreciate their contribution.

Once a contribution is made, the matching entity is notified of the contribution and the original contribution is matched. Each organization that has a matching funds program, has limits which are listed below. The matching entity has agreed to match up to that limit. Once the limit is reached no additional matching funds will be available for this program. For any questions about the program please feel free to contact Elisha Addamz at 817-922-8297.

The following are the organizations and the match limits:

Gill Children's Services - $5,000,
Union Gospel Mission - $5,000,
Boys & Girls Clubs - $5,000,
ACH Child and Family Services - $5,000,
Rocky Top Therapy Center - $10,000,
Ronald McDonald House - $5,000,
Mental Health Association - $5,000,
Catholic Charities - $10,000,
Meals on Wheels - $5,000,
Alzheimer's Association - $15,000,
Child Study Center - $5,000

The following organizations do not have a donor matching their funds: Tarrant Area Food Bank, SafeHaven, Cancer Care Services, Kids Who Care

In addition to the matching funds contributions listed above, all OmniAmerican Bank customers who make a contribution through the catalog will have their contributions matched dollar for dollar, up to a total of $5,000. Complete program information is available on our web site or at your OmniAmerican Bank branch. We would like to thank OmniAmerican Bank for their continued support of The Greatest Gift Catalog Ever.

When requesting the OmniAmerican bank match online, please type the words "OMNI" in the comments box. If making a contribution by phone, please indicate you are an Omni customer. If you write a check for your contribution, it will automatically be matched because it will be written on an OmniAmerican Bank check.

What happened to my favorite organizations, the Lena Pope Home and The Art Station?

There has been tremendous interest by the nonprofit community to be featured in the gift catalog. Tarrant County alone has 1,100 nonprofits. We currently have more than 30 organizations on a waiting list to be considered for the catalog. To be featured, organizations must go through an extremely rigorous process, and some consider the organizations in the catalog to be among the "best of the best" in the community.

That said, there are many amazing organizations that have not had a chance to be featured in the catalog, and we would love to do so. The catalog is capped at 15 spaces, and in order to accommodate new entries we have decided to rotate two new organizations in and two existing organizations out this year.

When the Lena Pope Home heard that we were going to ask two organizations to sit out and then reapply to the catalog, they graciously volunteered to give up their spot, allowing another organization in our community to have a turn. This is just one more example of the generous community focused spirit that embodies everything the Lena Pope Home does. It is easy to see why they were chosen to receive the 2010 Greatest Gift Catalog Ever Spirit of Community Founders' Award.

In late March a random drawing was conducted for the remaining organizations and The Art Station was selected as the second organization to sit out of the catalog this year. We are very proud to have had The Art Station in the catalog for the past two years and we appreciate the work they do for this community.

We hope to see both of these wonderful organizations in the catalog again in the years to come!