The idea is that if I have $200,000 to give to a charity and I give $200,000, my $200,000 yields $200,000 for the charity. If I say I’m going to match other pe

The idea is that if I have $200,000 to give to a charity and I give $200,000, my $200,000 yields $200,000 for the charity. If I say I’m going to match other people’s money 2:1 and that convinces people donate $90,000, my $180,000 yields $270,000 for the charity. I’d probably have written off the 200k anyway and just toss in the rest after, or throw it at another good cause.