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.

 

Pledgeling’s purpose is to build technology that allows companies of all sizes to integrate social impact into their core business. We joined Pledge 1% because we believe that giving back can and should be an integral part of every business.

 

We also believe that real change can happen if we put resources in the hands of nonprofits by making it as easy as possible for companies to give back and support their missions.

 

We’ve found a like-minded community in Pledge 1%, and are excited to be part of such an inspirational network of companies harnessing the power of business to create positive change in the world.

The Pledge 1% ethos is essential to Pledgeling, and below are some of the ways that we are actively giving back our time, products, and profit back to communities around the world.

 

While employee and customer engagement are essential, we fundamentally believe that a company can also give a portion of their equity, time, product, or profit to nonprofits who are working on causes around the world that matter most.

 

Giving Through Time & Product

 

We are first and foremost a technology company, and we feel strongly about giving back through our technology. We made the commitment early on in our company journey to provide our fundraising technology for free to nonprofits.

 

Our impact so far in 2019:

 

  • Funding: Pledgeling’s technology platform has powered over $10MM in new funding sources to our nonprofit partners enabling them to further their mission. These resources have helped to accomplish the following outputs, including planting 325,678 trees, providing 1,735,160 meals to families in need, providing over 545,700 people with access to clean water and removing over 6,126 pounds of trash from the ocean.
  • In-Kind: We have provided over $283K in-kind to support over 3,000 nonprofits, including text to donate technology, fundraiser pages, and access to our digital Impact Hub to track donations in real-time.
  • Time & Training: We have invested over 4,000 hours of time, including allocating 2 full-time employees, to training and supporting our nonprofit partners on the best practices in fundraising and how to quantify their impact to improve their storytelling and ability to increase funding for their missions.

 

 

Giving Through Collaboration with Pledge 1% Members

 

Through the Pledge 1% network, we’ve partnered with other Pledge 1% Builders, including Box.org and DocuSign, to engage 178,000 attendees at the BoxWorks and Dreamforce to support nonprofit organizations including NetHope, PATH, Friends of the Urban Forest, The Wilderness Society, and Rainforest Trust through mobile donations. This is the potential of the Pledge 1% network, sparking collaboration between members to multiply our individual efforts into a cohesive collective impact.

 

DocuSign used Pledgeling’s Text to Donate product to increase donations to Friends of the Urban Forest, The Wilderness Society, and Rainforest Trust at Dreamforce ‘19.DocuSign used Pledgeling’s Text to Donate product to increase donations to Friends of the Urban Forest, The Wilderness Society, and Rainforest Trust at Dreamforce ‘19.

 

Box’s Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel making a donation via Apple Pay to NetHope and PATH using Pledgeling’s Text to Donate product on the main stage of BoxWorks ‘19.Box’s Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel making a donation via Apple Pay to NetHope and PATH using Pledgeling’s Text to Donate product on the main stage of BoxWorks ‘19.

Giving Through Our Customer Network

 

In the spirit of Giving Tuesday, here are a few holiday partnerships that Pledgeling forged through our network of mission-driven businesses and nonprofits:

 

Cost Plus World Market launched a donation at checkout program with Rebuilding Together to ensure that people across the United States have a safe place to call home. All 276 Cost Plus World Market stores nationwide, consumers are able to make a donation benefiting their local community and see the real-time impact of their donations printed out on every receipt.

 

Warner Music Group is donating ten trees for every employee towards replanting projects in the Amazon Rainforest as an end-of-year holiday gift. This will be approximately 40,000 trees planted with the help of One Tree Planted.

 

The Erdington spirits portfolio, including brands such as Macallan, Highland Park, Brugal and Partida Spirits are supporting eight nonprofits that align with each brand and their core values. Each of their bottles will be #WrappedInGood with hangtags on every bottle sold empowering their customers to select a nonprofit that Edrington will make a donation to on their behalf.

 

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Thank you to Pledge 1% for creating a community for companies around the world to meaningfully give back throughout the year. We look forward to the impact that will be achieved together!

Happy Holidays & Happy Giving from Team Pledgeling!