Growfund Updates

Growfund’s director, Brandolon Barnett, will be at the Philanthropy NEXT Conference connecting with fellow fundraising leaders to discuss the next best donor engagement tools, which include the Growfund giving platform. The conference is being held at the FHI 360 Conference Center in Washington, DC on Thursday, September 14th.  

The second anniversary of the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is Sept. 25, 2017. To celebrate and share progress being made on the goals,  Global Impact is presenting excerpts from  CEO Scott Jackson’s book, Take Me with You, which features charities working to attain these goals by 2030. Take Me with You is […]

We are curating issues and causes that are important to our game-changing Growfund community. Today we shine a spotlight on The Hunger Relief Fund, an initiative of The Global Emergency Response Coalition (GERC), a collaborative of eight of the leading U.S.-based international relief organizations. The Hunger Relief Fund: GERC In Yemen, a child under five dies […]

In this moving address at the Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) 30th Anniversary Symposium in April 2017, Global Impact’s President and CEO, Scott Jackson, presents the state of philanthropy today, describing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for the way all individuals can change the world through everyday giving and volunteerism. Along the […]

Growfund’s director, Brandolon Barnett, was recently featured in an episode of the Champions for Social Good Podcast. In a conversation with Jamie Serino of the Corporate Foundations Solutions division at Blackbaud, Brandolon tells the story of how Global Impact’s goal to democratize philanthropy led to the launch of Growfund. He then draws a parallel between the […]

Employee Benefits News, Amanda Eisenberg, One new benefit offering is aiming to help employees with their charitable giving. Global Impact, a nonprofit organization that works with international charities, has partnered with public benefit corporation Charity Charge to offer a donor-advised fund (DAF) and cashback credit card as an employer-sponsored benefit. Global Impact is offering employers […]

We’re looking forward to attending the SHRM (Society for Human Resource Professionals) Annual Conference June 18-21 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Growfund’s Amanda Meyer will represent the team at this conference, which brings together business leaders to discuss innovative new practices that will change how the world does business. Growfund was recently […]

In this Q&A series, we’re chatting with inspiring individuals who are innovating ways to make a difference in the world. Meet Stephen Garten, Founder and CEO of Charity Charge, a Public Benefit Corporation based in Austin, Texas that has teamed up with MasterCard and Commerce Bank to launch a no-annual-fee credit card that automatically earns […]

By Austen Brower Earlier this week, Brandolon, Emily and I had the opportunity to represent Growfund at MCON 2017, which was held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.  Over the two-day event, we were thrilled to engage with leaders, activists and social entrepreneurs from all over the country. We heard from  leaders in social change […]

Special Growfund Charity Charge credit card earns cashback rewards as tax-deductible charitable donations to cardholder’s Growfund Donor Advised Fund, allowing individual donors to incorporate saving, investing, and giving into their everyday purchases. ALEXANDRIA, VA, and AUSTIN, TX, June 6, 2017 – Global Impact, a world leader in growing global philanthropy, has joined forces with Charity […]