On the 25th & 26th of October, we celebrated reaching this milestone with our Pledge 1% Boardroom Allies, who were featured on the Nasdaq Tower. Scroll down below to see some of the day’s highlights! Working closely with Boardroom Allies to help top companies set aside equity for social impact prior to liquidity events, Pledge [...]
Originally published at Inside Philanthropy. Written by Ade Adeniji. Fellow tech donor Marc Andreessen once called him “the human router.” Others call him the Godfather of Silicon Valley. Ron Conway, 70, has invested in hundreds of internet companies since the early 1990s, including PayPal, Google, Twitter and Airbnb. He founded SV Angel, the San Francisco-based [...]
Equity pledges from Pledge 1% companies like Remitly, Sprinklr, and Toast contribute to $2 billion benchmark in just four months (San Francisco, Calif. – October 25, 2021) — Pledge 1%, a global movement to inspire, educate, and empower all companies to leverage their assets for good, today announces $2 billion in new philanthropy has been [...]
Pledge 1%'s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united in their efforts to promote equality for all women in the workplace. We’ve asked them to share a bit about their journey to success, [...]
Pledge Expands Study.com Impact Efforts focused on Education Originally published on PR Newswire. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Study.com announced today that it has joined Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business. Pledge 1% continues the company's commitment to Making Education Accessible through social impact programs [...]
Kicking off our two-part series on Employee Engagement, this session highlighted the opportunities for engagement strategies in the new hybrid work environment, as well as critical initiatives to foster community and support employees remotely. Read the recap below and access the session resources here. The continued uncertainty around in-person gatherings has improved our tactics of [...]
Originally published at AvidXchange Newsroom. AvidXchange recently joined Pledge 1% as part of its transition to become a public company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Pledge 1% is a global movement that encourages and empowers companies of all sizes and stages to donate 1% of their staff time, product, profit, or equity, or [...]
Pledge 1%'s #WomenWhoLead series celebrates female leaders who are paving the way for the next generation. While our featured leaders come from a variety of backgrounds and industries, they are united in their efforts to promote equality for all women in the workplace. We’ve asked them to share a bit about their journey to success, [...]
Originally published at airSlate.com. In joining the Pledge 1% network, airSlate commits to providing all interested nonprofits with a 10% discount for each of its products on the Salesforce AppExchange BOSTON, MA — October 7, 2021 — airSlate, a leader in document workflow automation solutions, announced today that it has joined Pledge 1%, a global corporate philanthropic community that empowers positive social impact at the local level. airSlate is joining over 12,000 [...]
Originally published at PR Newswire. NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Justworks, the software platform that gives small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to benefits, payroll, HR, and compliance support—all in one place, announced today that it is launching Justworks.org. The charter of Justworks.org is to create equitable access to entrepreneurship. To realize this charter, Justworks [...]