Articles from Groundswell

Honorees Yinka Bode-George, Scott Hamilton, and Mark Trahant demonstrate how local voices can lead decisions about energy, land, and development in the places they call home.

Groundswell, the innovative platform transforming corporate philanthropy, is thrilled to announce Wipfli as the winner of the inaugural Groundswell Give Better Challenge. Held from Giving Tuesday, November 28th, through December 4th, this challenge inspired companies to ignite a spirit of giving and community involvement among their employees.

UCLA quarterback Chase Griffin has been named an athlete ambassador for Groundswell and has launched the Chase Griffin Foundation on its donor-advised-fund platform. As part of the partnership, Griffin will donate $11 for every point UCLA scores during the 2023 season to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Backpack program and is inviting college football fans to participate.

Utilizing the Groundswell platform, Wisconsin-based Wipfli LLP has launched a new charitable program that provides each employee $150 and matches an additional $500 that can be distributed to charity how, when and where the employee chooses. To power this program, Wipfli chose Groundswell, a venture-backed company founded by former University of Wisconsin football player Jake Wood, that is aiming to disrupt corporate philanthropy by shifting power to employees. Since Wipfli’s Groundswell launch, the new program has already seen the number of associates participating in charitable giving increase more than fourfold.

Groundswell, the Philanthropy-as-a-Service platform that’s empowering employees with their own personal donor-advised funds (DAFs), today announced that they have raised a total of $15M in seed investment funding. The round was led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from Human Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Core Innovation Capital.

Groundswell today announced the upcoming launch of its platform aimed at disrupting charitable giving. Groundswell will revolutionize how companies approach employee compensation and corporate philanthropy by empowering employees with their own personal donor-advised funds. Like the 401k did for retirement, Groundswell puts employees in the driver's seat of corporate philanthropy and empowers them to create worldwide impact. Groundswell will also provide all donors with the tools historically reserved for the ultra-rich, including personalized matching services, frictionless donation options, tax-free investment opportunities, and impact reporting. The company intends to make its platform a ubiquitous component of employee benefits packages and charitable giving.