This story was submitted as part of the #Pledge1Gives GivingTuesday campaign, which celebrates the many ways our member companies are having an impact around the world. Gwinnett County, Georgia-based nonprofit HoPe (Hispanic Organization Promoting Education) was the recent recipient of an in-kind technology contribution that will help them grow their mission and better serve their [...]
This story was submitted as part of the #Pledge1Gives GivingTuesday campaign, which celebrates the many ways our member companies are having an impact around the world. Empower your employees to give back at the individual level by downloading our new Virtual Volunteering Playbook, which includes ideas and best practices on how to excite and inspire [...]
Originally published on mumbrella.com Quiip has achieved carbon neutral status and joined Pledge 1%, a corporate social responsibility model to commit one per cent of the company’s time, product, profit, and/or equity to charity. The announcement: Reflecting its commitment to meeting the highest standards of social and environmental responsibility, Australia’s leading social media and online [...]
Originally published on Goodtoday.medium.com Businesses now more than ever understand the deep benefits of social responsibility. It’s been well documented that positive social impact leads to better employee retention, happiness and meaning in the workplace. We’ve seen studies with powerful data, showing that companies with giving programs have 2.3X the employee retention rate. While the [...]
Originally published on Solunus.com Solunus Inc. is glad to announce it has joined the 1% Pledge movement, a country-wide not-for-profit initiative, encouraging businesses to actively contribute to noble causes. The employees and the leadership team of one of the fastest-growing Salesforce partners in North America will now join hands with the movement and spend 1% of their time [...]
Written by Julie Maples. Originally published on LinkedIn.com Today, FYRFLY Venture Partners officially joined Coach K’s Dream Team. No, Philipp Stauffer and I have not been drafted to play basketball for Duke. Rather, we are making a significant donation to the V Foundation for Cancer Research Endowment, which enables the organization to mobilize 100% of direct [...]
Originally posted on BusinessWire.com. (Graphic: Business Wire) VENICE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pledgeling, a leading charitable donations and crowdfunding platform, is teaming up with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. on charitable giving, becoming the first to launch a charitable donations application in the Zoom App Marketplace, called Donations by Pledgeling. This move ushers in the next evolution of philanthropy by [...]
Written by Jessica Lindl, Amy Lesnick and Elyse Cohen. Originally published on unity3d.com. We’re thrilled to be joining forces in our shared commitment to social responsibility. You may already have heard about Unity’s exciting news at the opening of the Unity for Humanity Summit yesterday, and we hope you tune in for Day 2. Unity announced [...]
Written by Afdhel Aziz. Originally published on Forbes.com. Salesforce has announced its second Impact Fund from Salesforce Ventures, its global strategic investment arm. The new $100 million fund will accelerate the growth of cloud companies addressing some of today’s most pressing needs including access to education and reskilling, climate action, diversity, equity and inclusion, and [...]
Written by Stephanie Palmer-Derrien. Originally published on SmartCompany.com Adelaide startup Good Thnx just took part in Startmate’s 10th anniversary demo day event. But, already, this business is racking up wins, including building an integrated Slack app and hitting the milestone of $1 million in donations. Founded back in 2015, Good Thnx allows users to send [...]