Uncommon Giving

Pros

One of the key benefits of using Uncommon Giving is how easy it is for our admins to create volunteer events for our employees and how easy it is for them to use the tool to volunteer their time! Within minutes, we can create an event that brings everyone together for a worthy cause. This tool is truly remarkable and demonstrates a tangible impact on the communities we live in.

Cons

While I cannot think of any drawbacks, we eagerly anticipate the release of additional features and functions from Uncommon Giving. So far all of our suggested improvements have been quickly implemented!

Pros

user-friendly platform
really easy to implement
employees love the giving wallet
easy for employees to sign up for volunteer events they care about
cost-effective
allowed us to promote our program which drove participation

Cons

The uncommon giving platform us unique. There are zero negatives that I can think at the moment.

Alternatives Considered

Reasons for Switching to Uncommon Giving

Pros

The platform is very straightforward and user friendly. Our org donates a LOT more now that we have Uncommon Giving to help us out.

Cons

I'd love some more sophisticated insights! For example, you can't look at your stats from previous years, only the current year. I also wish our dashboard included stats like which causes are most popular among employees and things like that.

Pros

UG is super easy to make a donation to fund my DAF account. From there, I search from over a million IRS approved nonprofits to make donations to. Those that I select become my "favorites" and their activity becomes part of my splash page so they are easily tracked. Making donations from my DAF is super easy. Love the entire experience!

Cons

Searching a million nonprofits is a bit clunky.

Pros

It's so easy to make giving time and money to those organization who you align with. It also automates company matching and volunteer reporting. This is one of the biggest innovations in the charitable world in decades!

Cons

There are continuous enhancements to the app. I can't to see what comes out next!

Pros

I love the personal impact reporting. I never knew this was possible

Cons

Gosh, I don't really have anything that I would even think to mention

Pros

We love how Uncommon Giving allows us to use photos and videos to show the real impact of our work. We also love the "Thank You" video functionality.

Cons

We love all aspects of the platform but would like to see some enhancements to the ability to offer team fundraising goals.

Pros

We set up an account with Uncommon Giving for our nonprofit to accept donations from companies through their employee giving capabilities. The platform is very user-friendly and so simple to set up for our organization. It allows us to connect with more companies and employees who have a passion for our mission.

Cons

Uncommon Giving continues to role out new features. I can't wait to see what else they're able to build for companies to mobilize their employees even more to give back in their communities.

Pros

Uncommon Giving is an easy to use platform that allows us to deliver on our corporate mission of building a world inspired by giving. Our employees love using it - as soon as we contribute to our employees' accounts, we see an immediate spike in usage with everyone sharing the causes they're contributing too.

Cons

Uncommon Giving is a start up, which means they don't have everything today but they're shipping updates fast and often. We've been able to provide input and are treated like a partner.

Pros

Uncommon Giving has solved many of the problems we hear from companies who are vetting CSR technologies. Here are a few examples: 1. Resource restrictions: You don't need a full-time position to manage the program because the technology is so easy and intuitive. 2. Implementation time: It can be implemented overnight 3. Implementation ease: Implementation is SIMPLE, so you and your colleagues aren't burdened with long meetings and decisions.4. Cost: The price makes it accessible to companies of all sizes and industries. 5. Reach: The mobile app makes it easy to employees who don't sit at a computer every day. 6. Clean: Some technologies try and add too many bells and whistles which I'd argue takes away from the user experience. Uncommon Giving prioritized the most important features. 6. The team: The Uncommon Giving team is knowledgeable and truly cares about this work.

Cons

I don't have anything worth noting for this section.

Pros

I love Uncommon Giving. The software makes it very easy to set up and monitor your events. I've never used anything as intuitive. The donation piece is also amazing in the fact that you can keep using it forever! The team at Uncommom Giving is also very helpful and knowledgable. Definitely give them a try!

Cons

I don't have any complaints whatsoever.

Pros

As someone in HR, a lot of my role is juggling different employee facing softwares and tools. Uncommon Giving is by far the easiest People platform I've ever used. The design and user experience is clean and simple.

Cons

I'm not sure I have any "cons", I'm just excited to see how the platform continues to expand and the new features they role out.

Pros

Set up was a breeze, allows so many options for giving and the record keeping is breeze.

Cons

Nothing that we have experienced yet, I look forward to the continued develop of the service.

Pros

We rolled out Uncommon Giving to our entire company and I love how easy it is to empower generosity. You can quickly find a nonprofit or cause you are passionate about. In just a couple of clicks, you are off and giving!

Cons

I'm sure this is on the roadmap but analytics or metrics that show the social impact a company is having as a result of these contributions.

Pros

Uncommon Giving so intuitive and easy to use - we were able to launch our program in less than a day. Volunteer events are easy to set up in the platform and employees can sign up right from our program landing page. When employees log their time, they post stories and photos with it, so we can use those to tell our impact story. And the more we tell stories of our impact, the more motivated employees are to participate. And the team loves the digital wallet and giving experience, too.

Cons

No cons in our experience with it thus far

Pros

The UG is very accessible and always prepared to assist with any questions we have. In addition, when we identified a capability that mattered to our employees however did not yet exist within the UG platform, their team put their heads together to make it a common feature.

Cons

The only feature that we found was lacking has sense been remedied.

Pros

Provides a database for managing and tracking our Pledge 1% Program across the company. The most valuable feature is time-tracking for volunteer events and the ability to deposit money in an employee's Account so they can fund the charity of their choice.

Cons

Not a negative but would love if it integrated with Slack to communicate positive news across the company.

Pros

We've used this platform a number of times since first starting with them a few months ago. It has been a great way to connect certain holidays with philanthropy and with employee giving. It's brought a lot more meaning to a way to engage an employee and has caused me to give additional dollars to nonprofits I've found in their portal outside of these particular days.

Cons

Not any major ones that come to mind for me for now.