Become a Matching Donor Partner!

Support Nanaimo’s non-profit community radio station! Matching Donors Partners offer a dollar-for-dollar match up to a pre-determined limit to encourage our listeners to step up and make a donation! All while getting on-air recognition for it during our fund drives! Make an impact on our ability to deliver local programming to our listeners and sign up to be a matching donor today!

Why become a Matching Donor Partner?

  • You motivate our small-dollar donors: Listeners love to know that their support will be doubled!

  • You encourage bigger gifts: Listeners are inspired to give more knowing it will have an even greater impact on us.

  • You’ll feel good knowing that you’ve supported independent non-profit media that focuses on local stories, music, arts and culture, and supports the local community!

Why support non-profit media? All money invested goes back into our mission!

This year’s fundraising target and timeline!

You can help us hit our $70,000+ goal before our financial year ends on April 30th, 2025.

  • Fall Fund Drive (November 25th to December 13th 2024)

  • Spring Fund Drive (April 1st to April 30th 2025)

You make an impact!

Your support will fund:

  • Cultural enrichment for our listeners at CHLY 101.7FM via our eclectic mix of programs focusing on music, arts & culture. We are the Nanaimo station to find music not heard on commercial radio! Jazz, blues, classical, folk, reggae, punk, electronic, independent rock, pop, and more, all selected and curated by volunteer hosts!

  • Local news and information through our Nonprofit Newsroom Project. Money invested goes directly into hiring local journalists, to report credible on important civic issues in Nanaimo and on the Salish Sea to our listeners. 

  • Our Summer Radio Camp for Youth, and allow us to reduce costs for participants from low-income families. Participants ages 10-14 learn the basics of audio production and more.

  • Necessary equipment upgrades at the station for our non-profit staff, journalists, and volunteers.

  • Emergency broadcast equipment so that we can broadcast critical information when the power grid goes down.

  • Our PSA program. We air PSAs free of charge for local and national non-profits to help them promote their missions and programs.

  • And our other non-profit programs!

Can Matching Donor Partners get a tax receipt?

Matching Donor Partners can elect to receive a charitable tax receipt through our Foundation Partner, instead of a business receipt.

Those receiving a charitable tax receipt are ineligible for a Matching Donor Partner message!

Matching Donor Partner message

As a thank you and incentive for your support for non-profit community media, we recognize you in our fundraising messaging on the air, and in our fund drive emails.

Example Matching Partner Sponsorship message

This hour of CHLY’s 101.FM’s Fall Fund Drive is brought to you by our Matching Donor Partner [PARTNER NAME]. Donations made during this hour will be matched dollar for dollar up to [MATCHING AMOUNT]. Funding our non-profit station brings you and other local news, stories, conversations, and an eclectic mix of music not heard elsewhere on-air! 

Donating is easy! Call us at 1-250-716-3410 to make a donation over the phone, or at chly.ca/donate to donate online via credit card, pre-authorized debit, or by eTransfer! 

Help us hit our $70,000 annual community funding goal by having your donation matched today up to [MATCHING AMOUNT] by [PARTNER NAME] at chly.ca/donate.

What donations count?

All one-time donations, and NEW or upgraded monthly Sustaining Donations (calculated to financial year end) made during the days of the Fund Drive count towards your dollar-to-dollar match up to the specified amount you select.

Sign up

Please fill in the form so we can reach out to you and formalize an agreement.