Charity vetting
Give with trust. Find an abundance of nonprofits that have undergone a thorough evaluation process. We do charity vetting for you, so you and your employees can donate and volunteer with confidence.
Benefits of charity vetting
Your challenge:
Finding reputable nonprofit partners that align with your company and serve your communities is time-consuming.
Huge time commitment to vet the effectiveness of a nonprofit's work.
You’re not sure who to speak to at charities nor what questions to ask them when vetting on your own.
Employees care about a highly diverse array of causes and you have no way to ensure everyone’s voice is heard.
Our solution:
Our social impact experts spend time vetting new charities so that you can spend your time focused on your main job.
We do all the heavy lifting for you, saving you time and energy.
We match your company with top-rated nonprofit partners that align with your values, culture, and existing commitments.
Our searchable database of more than 1.5 million verified charities empowers employees with choice.
Our charity evaluation process
Top-tier ratings from evidence-based charity evaluations.
A unique and innovative approach to solve long-standing issues.
Diverse leadership that is representative of the communities served.
Clear and consistent impact transparency of positive outcomes.
Transparent financials when reviewed by our trusted partners.
Customer-specific criteria, such as alignment with DEI commitments.
What is a Cause Portfolio?
Cause Portfolios allow your employees to give to multiple charities at once, simplifying the giving experience and diversifying impact. Employees and companies can support pre-vetted Cause Portfolios on our platform, and/or compose their own.
Donations are evenly distributed to each vetted charity in the portfolio, maximizing the impact of your employees and company in an easy and accessible way.
How will this help me make an impact?
Saves you and your employees time.
Maximizes your collective impact.
Delivers continuous transparency.
Employees support vetted charities in the areas they care about most.
Vetted Cause Portfolios
We’ve composed several curated, complementary Cause Portfolios. Each consists of charities that are carefully vetted and support a specific cause or community in a unique and innovative way.
Animals
Our Animals Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits creating mutually beneficial relationships between people and animals, in homes, for children and veterans with disabilities and in our food supply.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
4 Paws for Ability
Providing canine miracles to children and veterans with disabilities worldwide.
RedRover
Bringing animals and their people from crisis to care.
Good Food Institute
Creating a healthy, humane, and sustainable food supply.
Environment
Our Environment Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits supporting environmental sustainability and combating climate change.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
CATF
Catalyzing resilient solutions, scaled to meet the climate challenge.
re:wild
Conserving the diversity of life on Earth by safeguarding wildlands, protecting wildlife, and supporting guardians.
Captain Planet Foundation
Engaging and empowering young people to be problem solvers for the planet.
One Tree Planted
We plant trees.
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Plastic Oceans
An end to plastic pollution.
Healthcare
Our Healthcare Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits working to find a cure for some of our most challenging diseases and empowering students to make healthy decisions.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
Peer Health Exchange
Empowering young people to make healthy decisions.
Team Gleason
No white flags.
PCRF
Give every child a cancer-free future.
Leukemia Research Foundation
Dedicated to conquering all blood cancers.
Hunger
Our Food Insecurity Portfolio strives to help end hunger globally.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
Rise Against Hunger
Hunger doesn’t have to exist — let’s end it together.
Blessings in a Backpack
Who will feed the kids when schools are closed?
Vivery
Equalizing Food Access. For Everyone.
Feeding America
America’s nationwide network of food banks.
LGBTQ+
Our LGBTQ+ Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits fighting discrimination and empowering and improving LGBTQ+ youth, adult, and elder lives by providing resources, mental health and legal aid.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
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SAGE
Ensuring that LGBT seniors age with respect and dignity.
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NBJC
A civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
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TLDEF
Fighting discrimination and achieving equality for transgender people.
PFLAG
First and largest organization for LGBTQ+ people, their parents and families, and allies.
The Trevor Project
Saving young LGBTQ lives.
Mental Health
Our Mental Health Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits that are actively committed to reducing mental health stigma, providing mental healthcare, and preventing suicides.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
The Trevor Project
Saving young LGBTQ lives.
Child Mind Institute
Transforming the lives of children struggling with mental health and learning disorders.
Hope for the Day
It's ok not to be ok.
Reproductive Rights
This portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits fighting for reproductive health, rights and justice for all women and girls, queer, trans, nonbinary, indigenous people, people of color and of low-income.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
Center for Reproductive Rights
Our Rights! Our Fight!
SisterSong
Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
URGE
Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity
National Network of Abortion Funds
Fund Abortion, Build Power!
Support Gaza Communities
Our Support Gaza Communities Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits providing immediate humanitarian aid to civilians affected by the Israeli-Hamas war.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
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Anera
Where hope finds a way.
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PCRF
Healing the wounds of war.
Doctors without Borders
Providing independent, impartial medical humanitarian assistance to the people who need it most.
Support Israeli Communities
Our Support Israeli Communities Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits providing immediate relief to all civilians impacted by the terrorist attacks on October 7, 2023 and resulting conflict.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
IsraAID
Wherever we’re needed. As long as it takes.
Soroka Medical Center
Tomorrow's Health Today
Magen David Adom
Saving lives. It's in our blood.
Support Ukraine
Our Support Ukraine Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits immediately helping the millions of civilians affected by the conflict.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
UNICEF
Relentlessly Pursuing a Better World for Every Child.
IRC
Helping people to survive, recover and reclaim control of their future.
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Direct Relief
Relief Done Right.
Uplifting Black Communities
The portfolio containing highly impactful, vetted charities supports the success of the black community through leadership development, mental health and wellness, tech education and career readiness, and ensures the stories of African Americans are documented, shared and celebrated!
Nonprofits in this portfolio
Braven
Empower promising, underrepresented young people to transition from college to strong first jobs.
GirlTrek
Walking towards healing and liberation.
NPower
Launching Tech Careers. Transforming Lives.
ASALH
Carrying forth the work of the Father of Black History.
Surge Institute
A sudden powerful forward or upward movement.
Veterans
Our Veterans Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits supporting veterans by providing resources for civilian life and jobs training for life after service.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
Bunker Labs
Inspire, equip, and connect veterans through their journey of entrepreneurship.
Blue Star Families
Empowering families to thrive as they serve
TAPS
Caring for the families of America's fallen heroes
Operation First Response
Serving wounded heroes and their families.
Women’s Empowerment
This portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits empowering women and girls by creating equal opportunities for education, financial independence, and economic empowerment, elevating women leaders and combatting gender-based violence.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
Vital Voices
Invest in Women. Improve the World.
Malala Fund
Working for a world where every girl can learn and lead.
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Girls Incorporated
Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart & bold.
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Project Glimmer
Inspire every girl to envision and realize her empowered future.
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Girls Who Code
Building the future of female engineers.
Youth & Education
Our Youth & Education Cause Portfolio contains highly strategic nonprofits using innovative tutoring and mentorship programs to support youth of all learning abilities and providing tech education to build the next generation of tech innovators.
Nonprofits in this portfolio
Eye to Eye
Unlocking greatness in the 1 in 5 who learn differently.
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Learn Fresh
Empower Educators. Inspire Students.
UPchieve
Academic urgent care for low-income students.
i.c.stars
We find talent, train talent, and put talent to work.
What our customers say
See all 95 testimonialsHighly recommend for donation management and volunteering! Since moving to remote/hybrid work, organizing volunteering was a challenge, and I’m so glad we partnered with Percent Pledge to keep it thriving.
Volunteering platform
SVP, People
Yello
The Percent Pledge platform makes planning, creating, and managing volunteer events and campaigns so easy that we host both on a monthly basis!
Volunteering platform
Communications Coordinator
Proctorio
It was nice to see my team outside of work, it was a great bonding experience. We served at a local shelter and I'll remember it forever!
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Candid
Naturally, employees loved giving back and felt grateful for the opportunity. The fact that the employees were doing this together with their employer really brought a deep sense of fulfillment that we felt throughout the day. It was simply incredible!
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Solutions Advisor
AuditBoard
I loved this volunteer event because my team was able to focus on creating something special for a group in need and take a break from the normalcy of our day to be truly present! Together We Rise was a great fit.
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DRW
I love that Candid is helping us give back. It's something I have always wanted to do.
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Candid
I really love how easy this was, but also that by adding this information I learned about folks I didn't know about - which was amazing.
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It has a great UI. Has most of the charities one would want to donate to and it is easy to use.
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User
It was an absolute pleasure to partner with Percent Pledge for our Bike Build Team Event. Percent Pledge took care of the logistics of the event right down to giving bikes to the children. It was such an incredible experience.
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Solutions Advisor
AuditBoard
Thanks for starting this initiative:)
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Love seeing more consistent volunteering opportunities that don't feel like one-off experiences.
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Plus, giving employees the choice in where their contributions go has been revolutionary. Percent Pledge enabled us to empower our employees, enhancing their connection to our community and the causes they care about.
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Director of Communications
DRW
I'm grateful Betterment values supporting our communities. Taking a relatively small amount of time from our work week to collectively create a big impact is incredibly rewarding.
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Betterment
Volunteered alongside very friendly and giving people. Wonderful experience and the time went by fast!
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B Capital Group
I made the pledge because I believe it is important to give financial resources to those organizations that strive to help less fortunate people in our communities.
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I made the pledge to empower the people and organizations who fight every day to change the ratio.
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During the volunteer event, I enjoyed the virtual interactive presentation put on by Metropolitan Ministries. I learned that they not only provide food and housing to people, but they also assist people in danger of becoming homeless.
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Grow Financial
We distributed boxes of food and I had the best time meeting the customers coming to pick up the food. It was a great feeling to be able to spend time serving people in need. I would definitely volunteer again.
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PS Business Parks
It was such a pleasure working with Percent Pledge and Dexcom on this skills-based project. Because of all of your hard work, our patients (of all ages) will have some excellent new health educational materials.
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UCLA Health
It would be great if we had volunteer events during the year local to our home office that could include families/children
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It was easy for me to track how much I've donated and see how much my company is willing to match. It was also great to be able to donate to organizations directly from the site instead of having to go to other websites to donate.
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User
We created Black History Month educational materials. This experience was filled with so much learning, community, and joy. Truly so fulfilling to be able to meaningfully give back and contribute to such an important topic for such an amazing organization! It was so amazing to also learn more about Black History!
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This has been an asbolutely phenomenal experience. I'm always inspired to see young leaders stepping up and sharing their voice and vision with adults. This was a great way to hear both perspectives!
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Yello
My teammates and I identified animals (mostly red-headed woodpeckers) on the Woodpecker Captivity Cam. We had a great time and had great partners. Everyone got really excited about finding different animals and getting fun screengrabs.
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SeatGeek
I made the pledge because when everyone contributes to helping others, no one is alone in the world. We're all one change away from needing others and I'm dedicated to being the change I want to see in my county.
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Via
Benevity was too expensive to expand globally. I did a cost-benefit analysis and discovered Percent Pledge accomplishes the same thing at a significantly lower cost.
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Social Impact Program Manager
Vimeo
Percent Pledge found charities that met our philanthropic and DEI goals. We had a big goal of involving more employees in our DEI initiatives - we did just that and increased community engagement too.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Grow Financial
Love this program!
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I got to know my coworkers better and learn about a shelter here in Philly. I loved working with animals and how grateful the staff was for our help.
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Candid
The highlights for me were painting the wall, hearing the story of WeNeedBooks, meeting the people behind it, and getting a sense of their impact in their community. Really grateful that Percent Pledge helped set up the opportunity.
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Customer.io
We saw an opportunity to help the thousands of students in New York who can't access their schools' remote learning classes. We're excited to join forces with Percent Pledge to fill this need within our community.
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CEO & Founder
Suzy
I really enjoyed learning how to map areas of the world where communities live but are unfortunately not yet mapped. I think this project made sense for Via since mapping is one of our core business skills, and doing it for these kind of purposes is amazing.
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Via
It was an enjoyable experience using Zooniverse for a virtual volunteering event. We each picked different projects to work on and were connected via Zoom to chat and share.
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Customer.io
Volunteering was extremely fulfilling. I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the Per Scholas learners and conducting the mock interviews with them. The program is fantastic.
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Betterment
It was a blast to meet the organizers who are pouring their hearts into supporting their community. Was great to work with team members I don't usually work with on something that helped the org.
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Customer.io
I learned that there are so many different reasons why people become homeless. The local Mission allows people to work through homelessness with dignity. Wonderful volunteer event overall.!
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Grow Financial
I love seeing the impact. Percent Pledge is so easy to set up that you almost forget about it, but my Pledge Reports show my impact firsthand and remind me how a little bit really adds up each month.
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Visibly
My experience at LOR was very rewarding. While filling care packages for kids, it was heartwarming to know this organization was helping kids of all ages. I will definitely be back to volunteer again!
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Grow Financial
It was just an overall good experience where we got to all spend a chill afternoon together while doing something helpful for the community.
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Candid
Percent Pledge allowed me to: Give easily. Give confidently.
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I made the pledge because Percent Pledge has helped us be part of making a difference and bringing about positive change in the world.
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I am very happy that Betterment is working on finding ways for its employees to give back under challenging circumstances. The volunteer event was very accessible for all Betterment employees.
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Betterment
I loved volunteering at the ATL Community Bank. I think the partnership was professional and amazing. I felt very grateful and happy to be giving back.
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Candid
Great product, even better team to work with. The Percent Pledge team is incredible.
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Head of People & Culture
Feedonomics
It was great working with Percent Pledge in coordinating and setting up the volunteer opportunity.! The process went very smoothly.
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PS Business Parks
The volunteer experience overall was positive! The learners were unsurprisingly shy, but warmed up over the 30 minutes. They were both super receptive to my thoughts, and willing to share their experiences.
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Betterment
VidMob Gives has been a motivator for many employees to join the company, keeping it going is very important to us. Thank you!
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VidMob
Percent Pledge is easy to use and lets me keep track of my annual donations and employer matching, so I get a clear picture of my impact.
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User
The success of our 2023 Giving Challenge has set a new benchmark. We're excited to explore how we can push the boundaries further with Percent Pledge, making our future campaigns even more impactful and meaningful for our community and beyond.
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Director of Communications
DRW
It was wonderful voluteering at a place where it felt like we were tangibly helping. Some volunteer experiences feel tailored to making volunteers feel good, rather helping the non-profit in need. Instead, this experience seemed to make a tangible difference!
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Customer.io
Volunteering was a well-needed break from our everyday routine.
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Candid
Most efficient / UX-friendly way to donate and get matched. I've loved using Percent Pledge at my employer and make my contributions go further.
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User
Very positive volunteering experience. The unbelievably kind folks at The Bowery Mission created an environment that was so positive and uplifting --the hours flew by! I learned that there's not just a worker shortage today, but also a huge volunteer shortage.
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B Capital Group
Percent Pledge was incredibly easy to implement. The tool is extremely easy to use, support is incredibly responsive to vetting and adding new organizations, and the tracking and reporting it offers means that we can responsibly manage giving campaigns without dedicated staff to support.
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Chief People Officer
GoGuardian
The overall experience was incredibly easy and collaborative. We had roughly 30 volunteers that worked on different stations including inventory and folding clothes. It not only felt like a team building event but we had the opportunity to support a great cause.
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Magnite
I'm always amazed by the variety of organizations to support when something happens in the world. I really like that Percent Pledge makes it easy for employees and Via to get involved.
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People Operations
Via
It was a great experience to bond together outside of the studio. It was also a workout! Which was a nice change of pace to the every day flow.
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Candid
Easy to use and straightforward in the reporting.
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User
Percent Pledge allowed us to build a workplace philanthropy program that was grassroots and data-driven instead of us speaking for employees.
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Head of People & Culture
Feedonomics
Percent Pledge's bonus is the data-driven insights that employees and admins can access via our dashboards. Opening the dashboard to see the numbers of charities we’ve impacted, engaged employees, and much more tells us a story that is much appreciated.
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People Ops
CB Insights
If your company prioritizes social impact, I would recommend partnering with Percent Pledge. From the passion of their employees to their commitment to exceeding your philanthropy goals, Percent Pledge will help you make a genuine impact.
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Grow Financial
Love that y'all ask and engage us employees with this Passion Assessment :)
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The team loved volunteering at Saved Me Animal Adoption Shelter and helping the dogs. We walked, fed, and cleaned the dogs and felt great to make an impact. It was amazing!
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Candid
Big thanks to Percent Pledge and Betterment team for inspiring our children - and many of the adults in the session, including me. The volunteers were simply brilliant and the Newark Tech scholars will never forget their words of encouragement.
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National CARES Mentoring
What I like best about Percent Pledge is how seamlessly it integrates into my routine of giving back. The user-friendly platform makes donating and volunteering a breeze, and the personalized experience enhances my sense of purpose at work.
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This was amazing! Thank you for sharing your story and your amazing insights
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Feedonomics
I love seeing the impact. Our Company Pledge Reports feature employee spotlights and they get shared on Slack, sparking amazing org-wide recognition and conversations about giving.
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CTO
Visibly
I made the pledge because I believe in what the Catcade does and I want to support their efforts in saving cats.
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Yello
This software makes it really easy to donate a portion of my paycheck to causes I support.
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From a user standpoint, the product was very straightforward for managing online donations.
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I made the pledge because I value LGBT rights and mental health resources
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Percent Pledge Team was great. Questions answered. Cause communicated. Fun group event. Great way to spend my lunch break.
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One of the core foundations that Aclaimant was built on was helping people. Percent Pledge helps us live that value by enabling our employees to easily support the charities that are important to them and important to our company!
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CEO
Aclaimant
I made the pledge because I don't want to continue to let giving back fall by the wayside!
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I made the pledge because I believe giving is at the heart of the community and the human experience: we need to both give and receive to experience life to its fullest.
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Couchbase
Packing food boxes at the LA Food Bank was a fulfilling experience! Loved being able to help my local community while also spending quality time with my team.!
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GoGuardian
I really enjoyed this volunteer experience. My mock interviewee did exceptionally well and it was really interesting to hear about her background and interests.
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Betterment
The virtual volunteering we did previously was great. I would love to see us do something like that again.
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It was a great volunteer experience. The meals on wheels staff provided thorough instructions and an efficient route. The people we served were polite and appreciative.
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TigerConnect
Launching Percent Pledge required minimal effort while delivering immediate results: our team impacts the causes that matter most to them, and the Pledge Reports deliver transparency and insights into our giving. And, we're making a difference!
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CEO
Cultivate Labs
The experience was great. I was a little scared I wouldn't be able to contribute much in the time allowed, mostly afraid I couldn't figure out how to make the product. Appreciate the ease of it and that additional time after the meeting is allowed. Also, I suspect much of the value is that the material was educational to myself and other volunteers. I learned a great deal just in being given the list of great figures in black history. I now have a new SciFi author to read! I think this is a great platform and partner organization. Thank you for the wonderful and critically important work you do!
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Thank you for giving us the opportunity us to volunteer/donate.
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We volunteered at the Food Bank of NYC, serving people in upper Manhattan. Everyone received plenty of quality, fresh produce various other items for a balanced diet. I would recommend Food Bank of NYC for future Yello volunteer events!
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Yello
I made the pledge because I've had too many friends affected by cancer. Let's kick cancer's butt!
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Yello
The volunteering experience helped us learn a lot about each other. It was nice to connect on a different level.
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Candid
The organization was a great partner in my opinion! Coming from an immigration background myself I understand and value the place they're building to support their community!
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Customer.io
What a wonderful experience--there was a lot of team work! It felt so good to help out others in need--we all were in great spirits. Everyone went after it with full force. I look forward to doing it again!!
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PS Business Parks
Great experience volunteering with PS Business Parks.
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PS Business Parks
It was fun an informative. I learned what volunteer mapping is, and how it helps, and how to do it on my own. Everyone was kind and helpful.
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Feedonomics
In our London office, we've been able to use our Campaign impact data effectively in recruitment conversations. It's more than just numbers; it's a narrative about our commitment that really attracts top talent.
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Director of Communications
DRW
It was very rewarding to know that the hard work we put in volunteering at the Giving Farm would help feed those in need. Great camaraderie with our SoCal team!
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PS Business Parks
We packed meals (close to 400!) for critically ill, food insecure clients. The organization, Community Servings runs like a well oiled machine. they are also used to volunteer groups. They put us right to work, completing meaningful tasks!
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Hercules Capital
I really appreciated the historical aspect with citing racial injustices against the AAPI community and also citing resources that people can look to.
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Via
The volunteer service day was really rewarding, and great way to give back and bond with colleagues.
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Integral Ad Science
My volunteer experience was great. I learned about generational poverty and what it could mean to go without.
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Grow Financial
We had a great session! At first, we picked projects that seemed the most interesting, but then we started to pick projects that were more suited to our abilities. For example, I had difficulties reading cursive so I switched to a project that had me scanning aerial pictures for Iguanas!
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Customer.io
It was an amazing experience working in the garden harvesting veggies, pulling weeds and putting mulch down. It was great working with a team in-person again. The organization was great to work with and I would highly consider going again.
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Grow Financial
Thank you so much for sharing Sheryl! You are courageous and inspiring!
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Feedonomics
I made the pledge because I believe this is a great approach to giving!
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It felt nice to have a connection with the community and the team itself. We all had good moments of laughter and enjoyed a nice meal after!
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Candid
I feel confident because the causes are pre-vetted, so I know our donations are put to good use. And the giving's automated, so we sit back and watch our impact grow - incredible feeling!
Ben
CTO
Cultivate Labs
Percent Pledge planned volunteer events with charities that aligned with our DEI goals, boosting employee engagement and community impact!
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DEI
Grow Financial
Percent Pledge researches nonprofit partners thoroughly to ensure our program aligns with our values and their flexible solution allows us to engage different offices too.
Sarah
People Operations
Via