Donation?

Yeah, this is exactly it. I know there was some activities on rewards a while back that also gave you some points for making donations. But now it just seems that Microsoft will match whatever you donate i.e. donate $5, Microsoft donate $5 making it a
$10 donation.

They aren't interested in the donation. They are interested in people buying points, whether they donate them or not. Some people may buy MSP just to donate.

How about this incredible idea that will blow your mind:

You "donate" some of your time to helping your neighbors to mow the lawn, or do some yardwork (if applicable), or donate some time to distribute newspapers or flyers.

Then the person who recieved your donation of time, will then donate some money to you.

And after enough people donated money in exchange for your donated time, you then exchange that money for a shiny new Xbox console.

Yeah, this is exactly it. I know there was some activities on rewards a while back that also gave you some points for making donations. But now it just seems that Microsoft will match whatever you donate i.e. donate $5, Microsoft donate $5 making
it a $10 donation.

In either case, the double donation is a win for everyone (huzzah!), but I didn't know about that first bit until you mentioned it, thanks for clearing that up.

I might be completely deluded myself, but I'd seen is as when Microsoft was matching donations, they'd double what you'd donated to whatever charity you'd donated to, so if it was me donating £1 to WE they'd double how much I donated without costing me
double the points. Am I going on the right lines, or have I missed something?