Uses - 1% Pledge

Turn Your 1% Pledge into 100% Impact with Groundswell

Kick-start your corporate giving program and drive real change - we make it easy to honor your commitment and create lasting change.

Empower your 1% Pledge with:

Employee Giving Programs

Boost workplace giving with tax-smart giving accounts. Make tax-deductible contributions and inspire employee philanthropy. Maximize impact by combining donations with volunteering opportunities.

Instant Donation Matching

Inspire your team to make a difference with their own 1% pledge. Encourage employees to donate 1% of their salary to causes they care about, and amplify their impact with an instant and automated company match.

Tax-Advantaged Accounts

Pledge 1% of equity with ease. Groundswell's innovative platform transforms Donor-Advised Funds (DAFs) into an affordable, easy-to-administer solution for corporate equity pledges and employee giving programs.

Volunteer Management Tools

Fulfill your 1% time pledge with streamlined volunteer management. Whether it's hands-on, skills-based, or pro-bono, effortlessly track volunteer hours, organize events, and monitor giving campaigns—all in one place.

Corporate Grants

Stop writing checks and focus your grant-making efforts. Groundswell provides your company with the grant-making functionality of a corporate foundation, without the administrative burden or cost to run one.

Real-Time Reporting

With our real-time reporting, data API, and comprehensive social impact reporting, you’ll have a competitive edge for your ESG reports. Simplify your pledge reporting and maximize your impact visibility on one easy platform.

Maximize the impact of your 1% pledge

When a disaster strikes, every minute counts. Nonprofits can’t afford to wait 120 days for funds. Our distribution timelines are 100x faster than legacy competitors, ensuring your donations reach nonprofits when they’re needed most. Add our industry-leading low fees, and you have a new gold standard for efficient giving.

Drive change with software that's capable, not complicated

Whether you’re launching your first employee gift or setting up world-wide volunteering events, you’ll find it easy to do in Groundswell. Our platform automates complex workflows and event management, reducing administrative burden while boosting engagement. And you can manage it all straight from your Groundswell account.

Include your entire workforce in your giving efforts

With seamless functionality and full features on both mobile and desktop, employees can easily access your giving and volunteering campaigns from wherever they work - whether they spend all their time on the company intranet or don’t even have a corporate email. Contributions can be made via ACH, credit card, payroll, and stock.

See why our customers love us

"So simple to use and will make a huge difference."

I have worked for very large organizations of 50k down to 4k employees. They have always been hard to work with. I love that Groundswell is so super easy.

Jania Stout

Senior Vice President, OneDigital

"Great platform used by over 70% of our associates!"

This tool has allowed us to rapidly expand our employee matching and employee gifting programs and has been well received by the associates. Groundswell continues to add new features that make the platform even more valuable to us. The partnership with CAF America to include international NGOs allowed us to expand to our India-based associates which has been very well received.

Durward Ferland

Principle, Wipfli

"Easy, impactful and fulfilling!"

Not only does Groundswell let you put corporate giving into the hands of employees, the user experience is seamless and the customer support is A+. The Groundswell team is always proactive about finding new ways for our company to leverage the app and the holidays/awareness month toolkits are especially helpful.

Jaclyn Johnston

GHJ