America's Charities acquires Causecast

• Published date: 01 October 2019
• Date: 01 October 2019
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30659

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increased by almost 8% in 2018, the second year in a

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America’s Charities

acquires Causecast

America’s Charities, a membership-based non-

prot that works to enable employees and orga-

nizations to support causes they care about, has

acquired the Causecast giving platform. According

to America’s Charities, the acquisition, which was

completed in July, is a natural next step for the

organization and helps expand its suite of giving

and engagement solutions offered to social change

groups and their supporters in the business world.

America’s Charities has a long history in em-

ployee giving and engagement, with its platform

having raised some $700 million for more than

20,000 nonprots addressing a range of charitable

causes. The group has partnered with Causecast

since 2015, and spent the past four years servicing

clients using the Causecast software-as-a-service

technology.

According to Ryan Scott, founder and CEO of

Causecast, “America’s Charities’ extensive giving

and engagement experience, combined with its

commitment to philanthropy and social impact,

makes them an ideal long-term partner for the

philanthropic sector.”

With the Causecast services under its umbrella,

America’s Charities now offers what it says is a true

all-in-one giving platform that can help businesses

of any shape and size scale their giving programs

and achieve their giving, volunteering and social

impact goals.

For more information, visit https://www.chari-

ties.org. ■

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• 37% are dissatised or very dissatised with op-

portunities for advancement.

• 32% are dissatised or very dissatised with their

compensation and benets package.