Corporate Philanthropy Report Companies with employee giving campaigns have a new option to offer their workers that provides the advantages of a donor-advised fund without some of the drawbacks. Growfund, a program offering by Global Impact, allows workers to contribute to personal accounts that can be invested, saved or donated anytime, just like a typical […]
Best practice employee engagement and donation tools now offered affordably to mid-market companies – Global Impact, whose mission is to build partnerships and resources for the world’s most vulnerable people, today announced a new partnership with CEO Connection to make Growfund available to its members. CEO Connection is the only membership organization in the world […]
Partnership Provides the Growfund Community with Access to a New Fund and Save the Children Donors Access to a New Way to Give – Global Impact, the leader in growing global philanthropy, announced today a new addition to its partnership with Save the Children. Utilizing Global Impact’s innovative charitable giving tool, Growfund, Save the Children’s new Breakthrough […]
Devex Private sector players are at a “critical nexus,” with a greater role to play in global development efforts than ever previously thought possible. “We’ve thought normally of generosity and philanthropy as being tax deductible … but what it’s really about is private sector philanthropy, investments, business solutions,” said Global Impact CEO and President Scott Jackson. “And […]
Enhanced Search Capabilities and Charity Reports Powered by GuideStar Help Donors Make Informed Investment Decisions – Global Impact, whose mission is to build partnerships and resources for the world’s most vulnerable people, today announced new search capabilities for Growfund users to find current information about more than 800,000 charities, which greatly expands and informs donation opportunities. Donors […]
Philanthropy News Journal Global Impact has put a lot of energy into answering several important questions: How can we democratize philanthropy and put the same tools that major philanthropists have into the hands of every person? And how do we develop more strategic donors specifically in the U.S.? As the strategist tasked with bringing a […]
Devex Today, more than 300 organizations will gather at The Mead Center for American Theater in Washington, D.C., for Devex World. Organizations from xPrize to Uber, Cordaid to Oxfam, Malala Fund to Omidyar Network will be there, along with some of development’s leading voices — Ben Rhodes, Gayle Smith, Ellen Stofan, Pam Scott and Michael […]
LinkedIn Article by Global Impact President and CEO Scott Jackson The Devex World conference is just around the corner on June 14, 2016, in Washington, DC. I’m honored to be a part of the luminaries panel talking about new funding models. I hope to see many of you there since this is a great platform for […]
Devex On Tuesday, Global Impact launched Growfund, a new platform aimed at “democratizing” philanthropy by giving donors of any income level access to a tool commonly used by foundations and wealthy givers: the donor-advised fund. The new tool allows anyone to put money into their own Growfund account and begin giving donations as they choose, […]
A Donor-Advised Fund with No Minimum for Investment – Global Impact, whose mission is to build partnerships and resources for the world’s most vulnerable people, today announced the launch of Growfund—an online, community-based charitable giving platform. Growfund is a donor-advised fund that operates like a personal foundation or a 401(k) plan. Contributions can be saved […]
I can turn to my Growfund and give from that.
Global Impact Growfund on YouTube.
I made donations in their honor…to impact causes that matter to my family and friends as well.
I love to be able to teach her about philanthropy, about giving back, about taking care of others.
How I created something that I thought represented her and her legacy.