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.

 

This Giving Tuesday, SurveyMonkey is partnering with Pledge 1% share a few stories from our long legacy of giving back. What began as a “good idea” has grown to $14.7M program supporting nonprofits across the globe. This article is part of a series highlighting the impact some of those donations have made. 

 

 SurveyMonkey for Good, a social impact and diversity, equity and inclusion program, is on a mission to use People Powered Data to improve our world and give everyone a voice. One of the ways we do this is through a program called SurveyMonkey Contribute.

 

When people sign up for Contribute, they become part of a survey panel. Companies can send you surveys about new products, their branding, or other market research topics. For every survey you take, SurveyMonkey donates $0.50 to the charity of your choice. With over 65 charities on the platform, survey-takers can raise money for their favorite causes including Doctors Without Borders, Boys & Girls Club of America, Guide Dogs for the Blind, Special Olympics and even small local organizations like Larkin Street Youth

 

Since 2014, GLIDE has received $155,500 through SurveyMonkey Contribute. That equates to 38,682 people receiving three meals per day—a total of 116,046 meals served. (Our employees also served some of those meals during our 2019 Week of Service.)

 

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There are more refugees and displaced people worldwide than any time on record. Contribute supports International Rescue Committee, an organization that supplies asylum-seekers from Syria to South Sudan and beyond with clean water, healthcare, education, economic empowerment, and protection programming. It operates in 40 countries, including supporting resettled refugees, survivors of trafficking, and other vulnerable populations in the United States.

 

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Since 2012, SurveyMonkey has donated more than $3.6M in general support to Humane Society of the United States. That support has translated into a wide variety of efforts from rescuing thousands of displaced animals after natural disasters to saving animals in crisis.

 

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sm4Clean Water Fund has been fighting climate change effects with the support of SurveyMonkey Contribute since 2011, raising over $842,000. Climate change impacts the most vulnerable, and Clean Water is working to ensure that communities of color and low-income areas have equitable access to water. As protections for water and health become more dire, Clean Water Fund will continue its fight for climate solutions and to provide clean, healthy water for all.

 

All SurveyMonkey Contribute grant funds are unrestricted. This means that our partners can use the money they receive from SurveyMonkey to work on the most pressing and urgent needs in their communities without artificial limits. SurveyMonkey looks forward to continued partnership and an expanding social impact, as we continue to support organizations doing the best work—both here in the United States and across the world—one survey at a time.