EDISON BIO Takes the Pledge 1%
Originally posted on edisonbio.com EDISON BIO is proud to announce that it is joining the Pledge 1% movement, promising to commit 1% of employee working time, company equity, and product toward achiev...
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Amplifying Global Social Impact through the Pledge 1% Community
In October, 2021, Pledge 1% launched the Pledge 1% Community to create a space for members to connect with tools and resources, as well as each other, in an effort to build and amplify their social im...
Rock Content raises $30M Series B funding to consolidate content marketing leadership
Content marketing company plans to build a "category-defining" organization and enhance social impact initiatives Published: Oct. 25, 2021 at 10:00 AM EDT MIAMI, Oct. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Rock Con...
Pledge 1% Members Unlock $2 Billion in New Philanthropy with Support from our Boardroom Allies
On the 25th & 26th of October, we celebrated reaching this milestone with our Pledge 1% Boardroom Allies, who were featured on the Nasdaq Tower. Scroll down below to see some of the day’s highlights! ...
Study.com Joins the Pledge 1% Movement
Pledge Expands Study.com Impact Efforts focused on Education Originally published on PR Newswire. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Study.com announced today that it has joined Pledg...
AvidXchange Joins Pledge 1%, Reaffirms Its Commitment to Social Responsibility as a Public Company
Originally published at AvidXchange Newsroom. AvidXchange recently joined Pledge 1% as part of its transition to become a public company listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Pledge 1% is a globa...
airSlate Joins the Pledge 1% Movement
Originally published at airSlate.com. In joining the Pledge 1% network, airSlate commits to providing all interested nonprofits with a 10% discount for each of its products on the Salesforce AppExchan...
Announcing Justworks.org to Create Equitable Access to Entrepreneurship
Originally published at PR Newswire. NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Justworks, the software platform that gives small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) access to benefits, payroll, HR, and co...
Xometry Celebrates Manufacturing Day by Establishing the Xometry Scholars Program
Originally published in Yahoo! Finance. The Xometry Scholars Program is part of the company’s commitment to support sustainability and educational initiatives through Xometry.org ROCKVILLE, Md., Oct. ...
Day of Shecurity: A two-day virtual conference advocating the inclusion of women & diversification o
With such a strong response from the March 2021 Day of Shecurity event and the high demand for jobs in the cybersecurity field, Secure Diversity and the Lookout Foundation will host its next virtual D...
Maven Mule Joins the Pledge 1% Movement and Pledges to Donate 1% of Time, Product and Profit to the
We are excited to announce today that we have joined Pledge 1%, a global movement to create a new normal for companies of all sizes and stages to have a positive social impact through their business. ...
Canva founders to give $16.5b fortune away
Originally published at Australian Financial Review. Written by Michael Bailey. The married couple behind Canva are worth $16.5 billion after the visual communication platform hit a $55 billion valuat...
Matchstick Ventures Announces $55 Million Fund III
Originally published at Tech.mn. With our newest $55 million Fund III, we are thrilled to announce Matchstick Ventures will continue our investments in pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups with...
Canva Raises At $40 Billion Valuation — Its Founders Are Pledging Away Most Of Their Wealth
Originally published at Forbes. Written by Alex Konrad. Canva is now one of the world’s most valuable startups after raising $200 million in new funding at a $40 billion valuation. The round, led by T...
Zing Health Aligns Corporate Mission and Philanthropy With Pledge 1%
CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Zing Health, a physician-founded-and-led provider of Medicare Advantage health plans, has made official its Pledge 1% program, raising its commitment to corporate...
Airbnb: Serving our stakeholders
Originally published on Airbnb. Airbnb is committed to building a 21st century company that serves all stakeholders, and that includes sharing our success and benefits with the Hosts, guests, communit...
Singapore-Based Accelerator VC Accelerating Asia Launches US$20 Million Fund ll
Originally published at Future Startup. Following the success of Accelerating Asia Fund I, Accelerating Asia has now opened its US$20 million Accelerating Asia Fund II to a wider investor community. F...
Banking on building an equitable ecosystem, together
Originally published on Blend. Written by Nima Ghamsari, Head of Blend. One of Blend’s core beliefs is that there’s a future that includes “better banking, for all.” When we say “all,” we truly mean a...
The Nextep Charitable Foundation Donates $30,000 to the Virtue Center
Originally published at PRNewswire. NORMAN, Okla., July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Nextep Charitable Foundation supports The Virtue Center with a $30,000 donation toward their effort to build a new f...
Making Money and Doing Good Are Not Contradictory
Originally published at Uprise Partners. Written by Malinda Gagnon. Contrary to popular belief, money is a neutral entity. Whether a business or entrepreneur does good has less to do with how much mon...
Supporting Automation for Good – UiPath Joins Pledge 1%
Originally pubished on uipath.com. On Our Path to Automation for Good Daniel Dines The UiPath journey began with 10 people in an apartment in Romania. As our company has grown into a multinational bus...
Coinbase Giving: how we are operationalizing our commitment to Pledge 1%
Originally published on The Coinbase Blog. Prior to our recent direct listing, in April 2020, we partnered with Pledge 1% to build a corporate giving program that would commit 1% of Coinbase profits, ...
Social Champ Joins the Pledge 1% Movement
Originally published on socialchamp.io. Written by Marium Fahim Khan. Social Champ Joins the Pledge 1% Movement and Pledges to Donate 1% of Time and Product to the Community Today we joined Pledge 1%,...
Cruise Joins the Pledge 1% Movement, Introducing Cruise for Good
Written by Dan Ammann for Pledge 1%. Sometimes terrible events can be clarifying. Last fall I wrote about the spike in auto fatality rates and the record-breaking wildfires, and how both situations fu...
Lob launches Lob.org, Joins the Pledge 1% Movement
Originally published on Lob.org. Written by Christina Louie Dyer. Lob Launches Lob.org to Leverage Our Direct Mail Platform for Good Today, we are excited to share that Lob has launched Lob.org, our d...
Zuora.org Opens Its First-Ever Public Grants Cycle
Originally published on businessswire.com Zuora, Inc., the leading cloud-based subscription management platform provider, today announced that the Zuora Impact Fund, through Zuora.org, the company’s p...
Canva: Creating a Force For Good
Originally published on TechRound. One of the key factors behind starting Canva was that we wanted to create a business *our* way. That means not only thinking about the product (which millions of peo...
RightRice Donates 1% Equity Stake to Support No Kid Hungry to Help Fight Childhood Hunger
Innovative brand joins Pledge 1% Movement and kicks-off “Right Mission” Campaign SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 6, 2019) – RightRice® the delicious breakthrough vegetable rice announced today it joins Pledge...
Code42 Expands its Corporate Philanthropy Program
Originally published in the Citizen Tribune. MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 27, 2018–Code42, the leader in data loss protection, visibility and recovery solutions, announced that it has expanded its ...
Crunchbase Joins the Pledge 1% Movement, Makes Commitment to Integrated Philanthropy
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Crunchbase announced today that it has joined Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every busi...
