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GivePulse

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General Information

Product Name: GivePulse

Description: GivePulse enables everyone to engage, organize and understand the impact of positive social change. They believe it takes one person to build a movement that can change the world. GivePulse’s mission is to enable everyone in the world to participate and engage in lifting their community to new heights. They do this by providing a platform to list, find, organize and measure the impact of service-learning, community engagement, philanthropy and volunteerism in the community. From day one their goal has been to solve tough social problems through the use of technology. Keeping true to that original mission, today their civic engagement platform supports thousands of nonprofits, associations, institutions, businesses and organizations. In addition to the GivePulse functionality for volunteering, giving and grants, a few unique features include mobile check in from a qr code or phone scan and a gamification point system where volunteers can win prizes for all their giving and volunteer hours. Additionally, nonprofits can also use the platform complimentary including a dedicated online giving page. GivePulse currently has over 300 universities using their functionality in addition corporations, nonprofits and municipalities.

Headquarters: Austin, United States

Number of Employees: 11 to 50

Size of Client Base: 101 to 1,000

Size of Organization: Medium

Year Founded: 2012

R&D Investment: 500k to 999k USD

Fee Structure: Annual payment, Monthly payment, Multi-year payment, Subscription, Volume or usage

Volunteering TECHNOLOGY Reviews

Propietary Database Of Volunteer Opportunities:

1

Real-Time Database:

1

Nonprofit Access:

1

Opportunity Database Integration:

1

Volunteer Opportunity & Event Search:

1

Nonprofit Partner Request:

1

Volunteer Event Creation:

1

Volunteer Event Types:

1

Volunteer Event Sign Up:

1

Native Volunteering:

1

Work Products:

1

Automatic Time Tracking:

1

Self-Reporting Volunteer Hours:

1

Log Hours by Proxy:

1

NPO Validation:

1

PTO Tracking (Individual):

1

PTO Tracking (Team):

1

Dollars for Doers Bank:

1

System Recommendations:

1

Competitions:

1

Volunteer Communities:

1

Volunteer Profile:

1

Recognition & Reward:

1

Content:

1

Hours Logged:

1

Post-Event Surveys:

1

Dashboards:

1

Data & Exports:

1

Real-Time Reporting:

1

Mapping to UN SDGs:

1

Workflows:

1

Giving & Matching TECHNOLOGY Reviews

Nonprofit Database:

1

Nonprofit Profile Overview:

1

Nonprofit Partner Request:

1

Nonprofit Search:

1

Nonprofit Access:

1

Company Foundation:

1

In-Kind Donations:

1

Gift Cards:

1

Payroll Deductions:

1

International Giving & Matching:

1

Disaster Response – External:

1

Disaster Response – Internal:

1

Automatic Matches:

1

Match Optimization:

1

Thresholds:

1

Processing & Distribution:

1

Vetting:

1

Fundraising Pages:

1

Funding Status Notifications:

1

Giving Profile:

1

Recognition and Reward:

1

Checks and EFT Deposits:

0.25

Direct Payment:

1

Fees:

1

Disbursement Cadence:

1

Payment Options:

1

Admin Self-Service:

1

Crypto:

0.25

Dashboards:

1

Data & Exports:

1

Future Forecasting:

0.5

Real-Time Reporting:

1

Tax Information:

1

Mapping to UN SDGs:

1

Workflows:

1

Grants Management TECHNOLOGY Reviews

Applicant Database:

1

Grant Eligibility:

1

Forms:

1

Metadata:

1

Grant Application Templates:

1

Collaboration:

1

Grant Evaluation:

1

Applicant Vetting:

1

Applicant De-Duplication:

1

Review and Approval Workflow:

1

Approval Thresholds:

1

Grants Agreement Templates:

1

Grants Disbursement:

0.25

Volunteer Grants:

1

Status Notifications:

1

Email Records:

1

Nonprofit Access:

1

Recognition and Reward:

1

Direct Payment:

0.5

Checks and EFT Deposits:

0

Dashboards:

1

Data & Exports:

1

Real-Time Reporting:

1

Workflows:

1

Technology Specifications

Comms (Internal): One-Way, Two-Way

Comms (External): One-Way, Two-Way

Sharing (Internal): Available

Sharing (External): Available

Access: Mobile-Friendly, SSO, URL, Username & Password

Automation: Form Auto-Population, Notifications, Workflows

Error Identification: Field Completion, Format Validation, Native Error Support, Rules & Alerts, Submission Warnings & Blocks

Look & Feel: Colors, Layout, Localizations, Logo, Social Media Tags, White Label

Search: Event/Opportunity, Keyword, Nonprofit/Association

Compatibility: Linux, macOS, Windows

Deployment: Cloud (SaaS), Multi-Tenant

Global Configuration: Global, Multi-Country, Multi-Site, Single Entity

Global Localization: Capitalization, Language or Locale-Specific Characters, National Conventions, Pluralization, Punctuation, Text Layout, Text Sorting

Global Languages: English, French, Spanish

Integration: Custom Integration, Out-of-the-box APIs

Admin Levels: Global Admin, Sub-Group Admin, Event Manager, Gift Matching Admin, Volunteer Matching Admin, Check-in Attendant

GDPR: Compliant

CPPA (Consumer Privacy Protection Act): Compliant

Privacy – Other: None

Vendor Support

Number of Support Centres: (3)

Support Centre Locations: United States

Server Locations: United States

Support Levels: Client Admin, External, User

Support Languages: English, Spanish

SLA: within 3 business hours

Administrator Support Methods: Online (Email), Online (Forum), Online (Live Chat), Online (Ticket System), Phone (Toll)

Customer Service Support Methods: Online (Email), Online (Forum), Online (Live Chat), Online (Ticket System), Phone (Toll)

Training Methods: Classroom (Offsite), Classroom (Onsite), Online (Self-paced), Online (Synchronous)

Value-Add Services: Ghost CSR Professional Program for clients who don’t have a CSR leader

Implementation Time: 1-3 months

Evaluation Key for Technology Reviews

☆☆☆☆ Not available: The solution provider does not offer this feature or functionality within the featured platform.
★☆☆☆ Partially available: The feature or functionality is not available in the platform but can be made partially or wholly available through customization.
★★☆☆ Basic functionality available: The feature or functionality is available at a basic level relative to what is available in the market.* The capability is available out-of-the-box and/or with configuration only (i.e. no customization required).
★★★☆ Advanced functionality available (customization): The feature or functionality is available at an advanced level relative to what is available in the market.* The capability is available at a basic level out-of-the-box and/or with configuration only and requires some customization to enhance.
★★★★ Advanced functionality available (configuration): The feature or functionality is available at an advanced level relative to what is available in the market.* The capability is available out-of-the-box and/or with configuration only (i.e. no customization required).

*RWI analyst discretion.

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