A system and method for providing private stable matchings is presented. At least one set of matcher preferences for an active participant and at least one set of matchee preferences for a passive participant are accumulated. Private stable matched bids from the at least one matcher preferences set and the at least one matchee preferences set are privately generated. At least one of the private matched bids is decrypted as a stable matching, which is presented to one of the passive participant and the active participant identified in the decrypted stable matching.