Best Practices for Workplace and Employee Giving

Corporate giving continues to evolve, and at Benevity we’re excited about everything that’s new: new ways for companies to give back and optimize the returns on their social investments, new opportunities for businesses to learn about the impacts nonprofits are making, and new approaches to getting people involved in Goodness Programs. This blog series digs into the latest trends in corporate giving, with plenty of best practices for creating workplace giving opportunities that engage employees and connect companies with their communities.

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Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Volunteering and Employee Engagement
In today's episode of the Social Impact Show, we discuss how employee volunteering can positively impact your employee engagement programs. We explore how volunteering can be the gateway to increased workplace giving participation, the rise of virtual volunteering, how to encourage employee volunteering and partnerships with non-profit organizations.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Year in Review: 6 Significant Moments That Shifted Business From “For Profit” to “For Purpose”
More businesses are becoming a force for good in society. Sound like an alternate reality? Check out the notable moments from the last year that brought us here.

Social Impact & Volunteering

How Employee Data Can Be Grantmaking's Most Valuable Resource
When Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was faced with a time of change and uncertainty, they discovered that an employee-nominated grants program wasapowerful catalyst for boosting morale and forging meaningful connections between the company, its employees and the community. Hear from Kathy Gu, Program Manager, Living Progress, HPE, as she shares how they revolutionized their grantmaking program by leveraging data from their strongest group of potential advocates: their own people.

Diversity & Inclusion

Are You Building an Inclusive Employee Experience Through Your Corporate Giving Program?
Whether through aging or injury, any of us can lose our ability to interact with the world around us, either temporarily or permanently. That’s why it’s important to remember that accessibility is for everyone. Director of Product Design at Benevity, Jim Olson, shares a personal story in this blog - showing the human impact that often takes a back seat to data and metrics when discussing diversity and inclusion.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Shares Why More Companies Are Joining the #GivingTuesday Movement
New data points to an increase in companies participating in the #GivingTuesday movement. The growth represents a terrific opportunity for companies to put empathy, service and generosity at the top of the agenda. However, Benevity sees greater potential for the occasion as the world needs to embrace a culture of Goodness now more than ever.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Disaster Relief Solutions for the Long Run
In the past months, many Benevity clients stepped up their disaster relief efforts to mobilize rapid response from their consumers, vendors, partners, the personal networks of their people and the public at large. These companies raised half a million dollars through the portals in the first two days alone, bringing much-needed funds to communities in distress. As usual, more dollars and hands are required, but where and, perhaps more importantly, when?

Diversity & Inclusion

Benevity Delivers the Industry’s Most Inclusive Corporate Giving and Volunteering Solution
As more corporate Goodness programs are being leveraged for employee engagement, their success will depend on their ability to foster inclusion and belonging in authentic and actionable ways. Offering accessible technology solutions ensures that enterprises not only meet legislative requirements and help engage employees, but that companies walk the talk on diversity & inclusion. Learn how meeting WCAG 2.0 AA standards provide equal opportunity for employees to participate in corporate giving programs.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Benevity Maintains Leadership in Data Accuracy and Security for its Employee Engagement Software
Benevity, Inc., the global leader in workplace giving, volunteering and community investment software, announces the completion of two independent audit reports demonstrating full compliance with SSAE 18, an authoritative reporting standard for service organizations in the U.S.

"Meeting these robust standards allows us to provide assurance of second-to-none processes and controls to the world’s most iconic companies, in a technological climate where vigilance is vital,” says Bryan de Lottinville, Founder and CEO of Benevity.

Receipt of these independent reports demonstrate the maturity of Benevity’s financial processes and controls, and positions the company as one of the only solutions of its kind that can offer enterprise clients world-class operational and governance practices.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

How We Can Take #GivingTuesday to the Next Level
Giving Tuesday’s success consistently shows that people are hungry for opportunities to give back. Wouldn’t it be great if we could harness the enthusiasm for giving that we see during Giving Tuesday, and make it a natural part of everyone’s everyday life? Put another way: How can we turn #GivingTuesday into #GivingEveryDay?

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Grants, Matches, Impact!
In the ramp-up to the Fall giving season, one way that progressive CSR teams are creating more impact in their employee programs is by using their grant budgets. Here’s how...
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