Indianapolis Tech Companies Team Up to Raise $61,000 for Charities

Eight firms took half within the 2022 Indy Tech Offers marketing campaign, rallying the group and interesting staff

INDIANAPOLIS, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The fourth annual Indy Tech Offers social and company fundraising problem, hosted by OneCause, raised $61,000 for eight nonprofits over a six-week marketing campaign. Since its inception in 2019, Indy Tech Offers has engaged greater than 20 Indianapolis-area tech firms in fundraising for mission-driven organizations, with roughly 700 know-how professionals elevating greater than $215,000 for native charities. The annual marketing campaign gives a enjoyable and simple path for members of the Indianapolis tech group to start and/or increase their company social accountability efforts whereas creating significant influence for native and regional nonprofits and their missions.

This yr’s social fundraising problem ran from June 1 to July 15 in assist of eight nonprofit organizations: American Basis for Suicide Prevention, AthLead Indy, Dayspring Middle, Firefly Kids & Household Alliance, Indy Humane, Make-A-Want Basis, Nextech, and TechPoint Basis for Youth.

With powerful financial circumstances affecting many, 283 contributors got down to defy odds and lift funds for the benefiting charities chosen by their firms. Fundraisers used the OneCause peer-to-peer social fundraising platform, with private and group challenges and reside leaderboards to foster pleasant competitors, participation raffles to interact their networks in giving, and social sharing to drive worker participation. Inside every firm, staff arrange private fundraising pages and joined groups—usually with colleagues of their departments—to gather donations.

“We’re extremely happy with the passionate and dedicated group of execs who joined Indy Tech Offers this yr. We knew it was going to be a tricky ask with basic financial uncertainty. Nonprofits should not immune to those challenges, which made it paramount to unite the Indy Tech group in assist of organizations which might be altering lives for the higher,” mentioned Steve Johns, chief govt officer for OneCause. “Over the previous 4 years, the Fearless Fundraisers which have taken half in Indy Tech Offers have raised over $215,000 in complete for charities. This yr’s group was past resilient — I am in awe of their creativity and grit.”

The eight Indianapolis-area firms that participated in 2022 Indy Tech Offers have been:

• Boardable
• Demandwell
• Greenlight Guru
• Leaf Software program Options
• OneCause
• Salesforce
• SIM Indy
• Webex Occasions (previously Socio)

2022 Indy Tech Offers Highlights

• 283 tech professionals shaped 41 groups and raised over $61,000 for benefiting charities.
• Distributed staff across the nation and social sharing helped Indy Tech Offers stretch past the Central Indiana group, leading to 887 donations from 40 completely different states.
• Leaf Software program Options averaged $500 raised per collaborating worker.
• The highest 4 particular person fundraisers every secured donations totaling $1,000 or extra.
• Groups received artistic with their fundraising, recording movies and internet hosting exercise challenges, line dancing lessons, digital bake gross sales, and a yoga occasion to boost funds.
• The 15 collaborating groups from OneCause raised 108% of their fundraising objective — over $21,000— for Make-A-Want Basis.
• Demandwell, Leaf Software program Options, Salesforce, and SIM Indy all exceeded their fundraising objectives.
• The Webex Occasions groups went past the fundraising problem, volunteering their time at IndyHumane by refreshing the canine path with new mulch and strolling resident shelter canines.

Indy Tech Offers and the distinctive fundraising ways and occasions hosted by contributors every year organically unite staff, groups, and departments.

“Indy Tech Offers has been a good way to deliver collectively our workforce to do good!” mentioned Kara Gladish, supervisor of buyer expertise for Webex Occasions. “We love the possibility to present again, the camaraderie, the assist from OneCause, and the pleasant competitors — each amongst our groups and towards different Indy tech firms. It is win-win-win!”

For extra details about becoming a member of the 2023 marketing campaign, please go to the Indy Tech Offers curiosity type. 

About OneCause
OneCause is driving the way forward for fundraising with easy-to-use occasion and on-line fundraising options that assist nonprofits enhance the giving expertise and lift extra money. OneCause builds know-how that optimizes on a regular basis generosity, making it simpler for nonprofit organizations to fundraise and for nonprofit supporters to present. Since 2008, OneCause has helped over 10,000 nonprofits increase greater than $4 billion for his or her missions. Headquartered in Indianapolis, OneCause is dedicated to driving innovation within the charitable sector, bringing collectively nonprofit professionals the world over for the annual Increase Convention to alternate concepts that additional fundraising. For extra data, go to www.onecause.com  or observe us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Fb.

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