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Employee gifting
with purpose
Provide a corporate gift that gives back. Give employees a donor-advised fund where you can send charitable stipends to for employee recognition.
Trusted by modern companies
A new approach to employee giving
Send a gift that’s actually meaningful and recognizes employees at key moments that matter, like receiving a promotion or celebrating a birthday. Send charitable stipends to a tax-advantaged Personal Giving Account created for each employee that’s powered by a donor-advised fund.
Quick set up
Choose your gift program limits and recipients in minutes.
Easy administration
Since Groundswell provides a charitable stipend directly into an employee’s Personal Giving Account, there’s no need to collect donation receipts. Receive one tax receipt for all your company’s charitable contributions to employee’s when it’s time for tax season.
Multiple gift programs
There are many different reasons to celebrate and recognize employees. Easily set up multiple gift programs with Groundswell.
Understand your giving utilization
Real-time data helps you understand your program utilization and the causes employees support.
…this was the best way to connect a diverse team with causes that matter most to each of them. I want to be a part of running a company that is creating a give-back culture, and my hope is that others who want to be a part of that will join us and those who are already here will be inspired to stay.
Garland Harwood
Cofounder & PR strategist, Confidant.
Our workforce is socially conscious. When I joined the team, it was a priority to figure out how Convergent can encourage and empower its staff to give to the causes they care deeply about while building a culture that values being generous. Convergent wanted a giving program that was simple and transparent. Groundswell was able to give us exactly what we needed.
Ivy Gilbert
Sr. Associate, ESG & Inclusion
Groundswell’s customer success team made implementation really easy. In just a few calls we were able to get up and running quickly—just in time for giving season
Kendra Larsen
Sr. Director of Human Resources, ESS, Inc.
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
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
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2.90%
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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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