Background
Donating Cashback to charitable causes has proven to be important to many employees who use the Reward Gateway Platform. This article offers an overview of how donating Cashback to Charity via Global Giving works. You can find some of the frequently asked questions on this topic linked to the bottom of this article.
Introductory Video
What GlobalGiving Is
GlobalGiving is the first and largest crowdfunding community connecting nonprofits, companies, and donors around the world. GlobalGiving makes it possible for local organizations to access the tools, training, and support they need to become more effective. To learn more about how your nonprofit or company can partner with GlobalGiving, please visit www.globalgiving.org.
What Makes Charitable Giving a Significant Employee Engagement Factor
A study by Global Tolerance has found that 84% of millennials consider it their duty to make a positive difference through their lifestyle. So not surprisingly in relation to their careers, 62% of millennials want their work to have a positive impact on the world. And 53% would work harder if their organization was making a difference to others.
This growing intrinsic need of making a difference is something – we in Reward Gateway easily relate to. At the end of the day our mission is to make the world a better place to work.
Reasons Reward Gateway Is Partnering With GlobalGiving
Our enhanced and extended Charity Donation feature (in partnership with GlobalGiving) is focused precisely on the needs of the growing philanthropic workforce.
- Employees can easily donate part or all of their earned Cashback to diverse range of charity causes. More than 5,000, in fact.
- There are charity causes available in almost every country in the world. So no restriction on which part of the world the donor could support.
- The donation happens conveniently and instantly online.
- The employee can decide to be kept up to date with how their donation is progressing.
The benefits for employers:
- It will demonstrate that the employer understands the needs of their workforce and provides a meaningful extension to an existing benefit.
- No additional cost or administration attached to this feature.
How Donating Cashback Through Global Giving Works
Donating to a Global Giving charity is just like buying a gift card on the Reward Gateway site. Employees can select the amount they want to donate by using employee-awarded funds, or earned Cashback. Please note: there is a minimum of £5 for UK, $10 for US, or $10 AUS for the donations.
Once an employee has purchased a voucher, they will get the gift card on the RG site and go to the retailer site (Global Giving) to redeem it. Once there they will:
Enter gift card code in the box and click “redeem”
Find and select a project to support and check out
Get a personal email receipt for their donation and receive regular updates on the impact of their donation
The Options for Using Global Giving on Reward Gateway
Global Giving will be the default option for newly launching clients, so all new clients will have it on. However, if they decide they'd rather have a single charity supported they can switch to that at any point during implementation or later. They cannot have both.
Employees can select Global Giving from the list of SmartSpending™ Cashback options. If they use this, they will use their funds to purchase a Global Giving gift card and redeem those dollars on the GG website (where they can select any project/charity they wish)
If a company would like to highlight specific charities -- for instance, support for Breast Cancer Awareness as an organization - we recommend creating a custom tile on the homepage that links to a page explaining your company’s dedication to the cause. There clients can explain the ways employees can donate (see options above) and suggest certain Global Giving projects they could donate to, in order to stay with the company’s mission. You can list a few from the Global Giving website.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is GlobalGiving available?
How many charities or causes are available?
How do we know the charities are legitimate?
How much of an employee’s donation goes to the charity?
What kind of reporting is available for client companies?
What reporting data is tracked?
Do employees call/contact Reward Gateway or GlobalGiving if there’s a problem with the process?
Does the GlobalGiving Voucher/Gift Card expire?