Supporting Native American Heritage Month strengthens your culture and shows your commitment to diversity and inclusion. This guide provides Culture, Social Impact, and ERG leaders with steps for impactful initiatives that align with company values and foster workplace engagement.
Why celebrate Native American heritage?
- Cultural appreciation: Honoring Native American heritage fosters inclusivity and respect, enhancing employee morale and creating a sense of belonging.
- Employee engagement: Participating in this celebration attracts employees who value cultural recognition and equity, empowering ERGs to deepen engagement and awareness.
Benefits to companies
- Corporate culture: ERG-led initiatives that highlight Native American heritage foster understanding and respect, contributing to a culture of inclusivity within the company.
- Brand reputation: Actively supporting enhances your brand’s image, positioning your company as a leader in social responsibility and cultural awareness.
How your company can celebrate Native American heritage
The following initiatives were curated by our team of social impact experts that execute thoughtful social impact efforts for our customers every day. All of these initiatives will be more successful and engage more employees with a social impact platform that easily conducts campaigns, like Percent Pledge. Not to mention we will save you time and relieve the planning burden.
[1] Top-rated Native American-focused nonprofits
Supporting vetted nonprofits aligns with a company's social responsibility and boosts employee morale. But ERGs often face the challenge of vetting nonprofits, a process essential to ensuring their efforts align with the company’s values and truly impact the community.
Our team of Social Impact Managers have researched and vetted the following nonprofits to take the burden off you and your ERG leaders. Support these charities with trust and confidence.
Partnership with Native Americans
Partnership With Native Americans provides essential supplies like food and water, supports education and leadership development, and connects resources to reservations to foster sustainable progress.
7000 Languages
7000 Languages creates free online language-learning courses in collaboration with Indigenous, minority, and refugee communities to help preserve their languages.
First Nation Development Institute
First Nations Development Institute works to strengthen Native American economies and support healthy Native communities.
Association on American Indian Affairs
The Association on American Indian Affairs leads grassroots efforts to protect sovereignty, preserve culture, educate youth, and build capacity.
Percent Pledge allows all companies and employees to donate to these nonprofits simultaneously through its Workplace Giving Platform.
[2] Native American heritage workplace giving
Donating to worthy causes reflects a company’s values and resonates deeply with employees and ERGs, enhancing their sense of purpose and connection to their workplace.
Employee engagement in giving
When our customers launch their programs with giving incentives, they see a 50-89% employee engagement rate compared to 13-20% engagement launching without.
Matching donations
Amplify your employees‘ contributions by matching their donations, effectively doubling the support directed towards Native American nonprofits.
Gift donations
Ignite participation and impact by gifting employees Cause Credits—gifted donations—to support top-rated Native American nonprofits.
Corporate grants
Enhance your support by offering corporate grants to Native American-focused nonprofits, providing substantial backing for initiatives that make a lasting impact on local and national levels.
We understand your employees want to give back but you have limited time and budget. Our Giving Platform empowers employees with choice to donate globally, automates impact reporting, and hosts campaigns for your ERGs.
[3] Native American heritage volunteer events
Volunteering enriches the community, boosts employee morale, and fosters team cohesion. ERGs can lead these opportunities for your employees to give back, reflecting positively on your corporate values and enhancing the impact on the community.
Host a donation drive
Help build a healthy community with Native American Connections by hosting a donation drive. Encourage employees to bring in high-need items, then assemble hygiene or move-in kits.
Volunteer your skills
Whether organizing files or lending a hand at one of the Native American Connections' housing, gather a group of your employees to volunteer their various skills to change lives and build healthy communities.
We streamline corporate volunteering with our Volunteering Platform, and organize Volunteer Events for your ERGs to give them programming that’s translatable to your broader community.
Campaigns and bonus ideas
Campaigns and bonus ideas are located in our Native American Heritage Kit, the ultimate guide to engage employees while making a positive impact for Native American Heritage Month. The guide also contains additional context on the nonprofit vetting, giving, and volunteer event.
As always, our mission is to make your corporate social responsibility easy. Lean on us to save time and relieve the burden of planning and implementing successful campaigns.
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