Charity vetting
We do nonprofit vetting for you, so you and your employees can donate and volunteer with trust.
We vet nonprofits so you don't have to
Our charity evaluation process
Top-tier ratings from evidence-based charity evaluators, like Charity Navigator, GuideStar, and GiveWell.
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.
We go even further—introducing Cause Portfolios
What is a Cause Portfolio?
Cause Portfolios let employees support multiple vetted charities at once, making giving easier and more impactful. Donations are evenly split among charities focused on a specific cause or community.
Most employees are passionate about a cause but unsure where to give. They love portfolios because they make a holistic impact to the causes that matter most to them.
Cause Portfolios examples
Each portfolio consists of charities that are carefully vetted and support a specific cause or community in a unique and innovative way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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DRW
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Head of People & Culture
Feedonomics
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Director of Communications
DRW
Percent Pledge saves us so much time. From their platform to working with the nonprofits directly - great investment!
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Employee Experience
Via
Organizing volunteer events was a pain point because we have a small DEI team, and evaluating nonprofits is very time-consuming. We turned to Percent Pledge because we trusted the burden would be taken off our internal team!
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Grow Financial
Percent Pledge has been wonderful to work with the ability to align the causes that our employees care about with the company, but also to react to global events in almost real-time. The team has been incredible from contract and onboarding to being in touch with our team about special events.!
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Chief People Officer
Suzy
Folks are lucky to work with Percent Pledge. You all are unbelievably organized with several recommendations in your back pocket at all times. And the monthly communications are really, really, really great, making our jobs much easier.
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Employee Experience
Via
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Director of Experience
Suzy
Betterment completed our first-ever Volunteer Week with Percent Pledge - employees had several opportunities to volunteer their time, knowledge, skills, and expertise to support Tech Education, Financial Literacy, and Climate Change.
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Employee Engagement
Betterment
User-friendly volunteering platform. I like the virtual opportunities and the diversity of organizations and projects available.
Home
User
Adding a competitive element to the Giving Challenge through the leaderboards really amped up participation. It’s incredible how a bit of friendly competition can turn up the dial on engagement and results.
Campaign
Communications
DRW
The ability to view campaign progress in real-time was not just a feature; it was a strategic tool that allowed us to pivot and push harder where needed. This real-time feedback loop was essential for maximizing our impact.
Campaign
Communications
DRW
The flexibility to tailor the campaign to meet our unique needs was critical. Percent Pledge branded and customized our efforts, which made a significant difference in how our employees connected with the initiative.
Campaign
Communications
DRW
I wanted to expand our social impact program globally, but our existing platform, Benevity, was too expensive. I did a cost-benefit analysis and found Percent Pledge at a significantly lower cost.
Comparison-3 (Vimeo)
Social Impact Program Manager
Vimeo
Having donations, volunteering, and reporting available on a single platform is amazing for me – other services only offered partial solutions.
Comparison-2 (Customer.io)
People & Culture
Customer.io
Other workplace giving vendors required six to eight weeks of implementation. Percent Pledge was simple and smooth, only taking two weeks.
Comparison-1 (CB insights)
People Ops
CB Insights
I highly recommend Percent Pledge for its implementation, simplicity, and beauty of the platform.
Giving Platform
People Ops
CB Insights
Running our matching program through Percent Pledge saves us so much time. It takes just 10 minutes per week to check our dashboard.
CSR - comprehensive solution feature
Social Responsibility
CB Insights
Percent Pledge's bonus is the data-driven insights that employees and admins can access via dashboards. Seeing the numbers of charities we’ve impacted, engaged employees, and much more tells us an incredible story.
DEI - user groups
People Ops
CB Insights
We added our social impact program to job descriptions and we've had candidates say, "That's cool, I've never seen that before."
Employer branding - Job descriptions feature
People Operations
Feedonomics
Percent Pledge shattered our goal with 90% participation! There's no way we would have accomplished this ourselves. You exceeded our goals with more to come!
Employee engagement - global feature
People & Culture
Customer.io
With the Passion Report, we strategically aligned our CSR efforts with our DEI initiatives. Percent Pledge layered DEI into volunteer events by allowing us to serve underrepresented communities.
DEI - Passion Report feature
I love Percent Pledge for it's most UX-friendly way to donate. I honestly feel like every company should have this partnership to encourage easy donations and matching.
Giving Platform
User
The Passion Report is utilized in multiple ways. We shared it with our Foundation President, Executive Team, and Board of Directors to develop a strategy that intertwines with how we should and where our team wants to make an impact.
Passion Assessment
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Grow Financial
Percent Pledge allows us to make an impact in every way through global volunteering and charitable giving. It's authentic and affordable, so we are able to make an effective, meaningful impact.
CSR/ESG - global feature
Social Impact Program Manager
Vimeo
Percent Pledge saves us so much time. Companies hire FTEs for social impact, but Percent Pledge does more than a person or team could. From their platform to working with the nonprofits directly - great investment!
Volunteering Platform backup
Employee Experience
Via
Percent Pledge requires minimal effort - their solution is flawless. We couldn't have executed our Volunteer Week successfully on our own—now employees keep asking for more!
Employer branding - CVE feature
Employee Engagement
Betterment
Launching Percent Pledge required minimal effort while delivering immediate results and the impact reports deliver transparency and insights into our giving.
CSR - impact report feature
CEO
Cultivate Labs
You all are unbelievably organized with proactive recommendations for each month. The campaigns and communications are really, really great, making our jobs much easier.
DEI - heritage months feature
Employee Experience
Via
The ability to view Campaign progress in real-time is a strategic tool that allows us to maximize our impact.
CSR/ESG - campaign feature
Director of Communications
DRW
Great event - was fun and everyone embraced the opportunity to support a good cause as a team. Loved it and want more for the 1) team bonding event and 2) giving back to such a good charity!
Volunteer Events
Armis
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!
Charity vetting
CTO
Cultivate Labs
First time volunteering with Percent Pledge. Was very pleased with how easy it was to learn the activity. Enjoyed the speaker encouraging group interaction. Loved that I could help right from my computer!
CVEs
Organizing volunteer events is a pain point as we have a small DEI team, and it's very time-consuming. Percent Pledge took the burden off our internal team!
DEI - CVE feature
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Grow Financial
I love seeing the impact. Percent Pledge is so easy to set up and my impact reports and data show my impact firsthand.
ESG - impact report feature
Visibly
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.
Volunteer Events
Solutions Advisor
AuditBoard
Leaving Benevity, the transition and implementation process was easier than expected. Very frictionless. The Percent Pledge team is so supportive.
Home
Social Impact Manager
Vimeo
Percent Pledge planned volunteer events with charities that aligned with our DEI goals, boosting employee engagement and community impact!
DEI - charity vetting feature
DEI
Grow Financial
The Beluga event was a huge hit! So fun. I’m really loving these virtual Community Volunteer Events!
Employee engagement - CVE feature
Sr Manager, Benefits
BioMarin
I really liked the Passion Report. It tailored our program to our employees' interests and showed all employees value social impact - amazing to see.
Employee engagement - PA feature
People Operations
Via
Personally, the volunteer event with Percent Pledge was one of my favorite days at Auditboard. It was amazing and met with resoundingly positive feedback from leadership. Employees shared the event was a wholesome experience that validated their decision to join AuditBoard.
Employee retention/CSR - Volunteer Events feature
Solutions Advisor
AuditBoard
The service at Percent Pledge is outstanding. Their Passion Assessment structured our giving and volunteering program to align to both our employee interests and corporate mission.
ESG - PA feature
People SVP
Yello
Percent Pledge strategically our DEI initiatives into their nonprofit vetting services to help us partner with organizations that support the underrepresented communities we serve.
Employer branding/CSR/ESG - Charity vetting feature
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Grow Financial
Today's talent is intentional about values-alignment. With impact reports, we can promote our CSR benefits - the more impact, the more talent we attract!
Employer branding - Impact report feature
Employer Branding
Customer.io
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.
Employee engagement - charity vetting feature
People Operations
Via
I wanted our social impact platform global, but it was expensive to get employees on our existing platform, Benevity. After a cost-benefit analysis, I found Percent Pledge accomplishes the same thing at a significantly lower cost.
Volunteering Platform backup
Social Impact Program Manager
Vimeo
Percent Pledge is easy to implement and use. The support for vetting charities is responsive, and the reporting is excellent. It took the admin burden off us and grew employee engagement.
Employee engagement - integration feature
Chief People Officer
GoGuardian
I was worried about the confusion around a new system (moving from Benevity), but I'm now able to openly advocate for our social impact platform.
Giving Platform
Social Impact Program Manager
Vimeo
We've been able to use our Campaign impact data effectively in recruitment. It's more than just numbers; it's a narrative about our commitment that attracts top talent.
Employer branding - Campaigns feature
Director of Communications
DRW
Betterment partnered with Percent Pledge for our 1st Volunteer Week. I cannot fault any aspect of their solution. No way we could have executed this program so successfully internally - and now employees keep asking for more!
Volunteer Events
Employee Engagement
Betterment
Percent Pledge Team was great. Questions answered. Cause communicated. Fun group event. Great way to spend my lunch break.
CVEs
I love seeing the impact. Our Company Impact Reports get shared on Slack, sparking amazing org-wide recognition and conversations about giving.
Employee engagement/retention - impact report feature
CTO
Visibly
User-friendly Volunteering Platform. I like the virtual opportunities and the diversity of organizations and projects available.
Volunteering Platform
We are big on feedback, so the Passion Assessment was huge for us. It was built for us, not just another pulse survey.
Employee retention - PA feature
People Empowerment
Feedonomics
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!
Chantel
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