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Donor-advised funds that power
your employee giving
Groundswell provides donor-advised funds as an employee benefit to companies who want to run donation matching and gifting programs with a modern built-in giving platform.
Trusted by modern companies
What was great about implementing Groundswell was it gave us a modern, easy-to-use program that immediately leveled the playing field between us and the largest financial institutions on the planet.
Chris Hughes
COO, Axonic Capital
I had explored employee giving software solutions in the past, but the price points and implementation timelines and costs just made them unjustifiable. How can I justify spending $40k per year on Benevity when we’re only giving away $100k? It seemed wildly inefficient.
David Bradley
COO, Hawk Ridge Capital
I felt like today’s hyper-polarized world left us exposed in both those scenarios. Employees don’t want me to know about their charitable business, and I imagine they simply may not have participated in our program if they had to disclose where they were donating. Groundswell solves for that.
Ian Malloch
Chief Risk & Operating Officer, One River Asset Management
Help employees lower their tax bill
Groundswell enables employees to contribute appreciated stock assets to their charitable giving account, allowing them to avoid paying taxes on capital gains while taking the full market value as a charitable deduction on their income taxes.
A corporate foundation at no extra charge
Companies can leverage Groundswell for all of its corporate grant making in addition to employee gifting and matching.
One single receipt for tax season
No more tracking down donation receipts and drowning in administration during tax season. Receive one tax receipt for all your company’s charitable contributions.
Reduce corporate brand risk
Groundswell eliminates a company’s affiliation with the nonprofits their employees choose to donate.
A new approach to employee giving
Groundswell’s Personal Giving Accounts are powered by Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) held by the Groundswell Charitable Foundation.
We think corporate philanthropy should be easier.
Our competition doesn’t.
Cost
1 week
Starts at $5,000*
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3-4 weeks
$25,000+
$20,000+
5%
20 weeks
$40,000+
$25,000+
2.90%
20+ weeks
$75,000+
$50,000+
2.90%
1 week
Starts at $5,000*
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1%
3-4 weeks
$25,000+
$20,000+
5%
20 weeks
$40,000+
$25,000+
2.90%
20+ weeks
$75,000+
$50,000+
2.90%
Platform capabilities
Schedule Gifting
Admin-Free Matching
Matching Privacy for Employee
Personal Employee Giving Accounts
Portability of Giving Account
Mobile-First Experience for Employees
Single Tax Receipt
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Corporate philanthropy resources
Easily find the information you need to make key decisions and stay on the pulse of corporate philanthropy.
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Blog Post
5 Benefits of Donor-Advised Funds for Corporations
Here are numerous reasons why donor-advised funds (DAFs) are the fastest growing charitable giving vehicle in the United States. They combine versatility, flexibility and simplicity when it comes to reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Their appeal is widening …
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Blog Post
Determining Your Corporate Donation Budget: How Much Should You Donate To Charity?
When a company donates to charitable causes, they benefit in several different ways beyond doing good for the community. Charitable donations pay off in goodwill and reputation, deeper community connections, better customer relations and increased employee engagement and retention. That’s …
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Blog Post
Donor-Advised Funds: Tax Benefits for Givers
Donor-Advised Funds’ tax benefits are widely known and well documented, and are one reason why the popularity of DAFs has surged in recent years. However, how do DAFs actually work, and what tax benefits do they create? Let’s get into …
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