Amid the darkness of the pandemic, employees have responded by contributing more money to non-profits. Benevity, an online platform that administers company donations, reported that \u201c51 percent more people donated through its platform from January through October 2020, giving 41 percent more dollars per donation, and culminating in an average of $64 per donation compared to $46 the year prior\u2026As of October 31, 2020, more than $1.6 billion had been donated through the Benevity platform, $200 million more than all of 2019.\u201d (1)<\/p>\n
With the biggest donation months of November and December still to be counted, Benevity\u2019s already record year will get even bigger.<\/p>\n
In addition, \u201cmany companies are foregoing holiday parties and gifts, and instead providing employees, vendors, customers and suppliers with charitable gift cards or donation matching dollars that they can give to any cause they feel passionate about, or are making grants with the savings from in-person events.\u201d (1)<\/p>\n
And finally, \u201cBenevity\u2019s data shows that employees who give time or money through a workplace charitable program are 57% less likely to leave the company.\u201d (2) \u00a0If your company does not have a \u201cMatching Gift\u201d program, now is the time to consider adding one.\u00a0 The following site describes the basics of setting up a Matching Gift program.\u00a0 The one step I would add is to regularly publicize the program with employees. https:\/\/donorbox.org\/nonprofit-blog\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-matching-gift-programs\/<\/a><\/p>\n