The Grateful Blog

Read about amazing stories, organizations and causes.

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Grateful for Earth Day

By Kelly Nelson

Earth Day is coming up on April 22nd and that means it’s time to express our gratitude for our favorite planet!

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Three Rules to Make Your Own Luck

By Kelly Nelson

St. Patrick’s Day is an annual reminder of luck, but what does this actually mean? This article is focused on how to make more of your own luck, and the luckier you are the more you are likely to want to give back.

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Giving Support on International Women’s Day

By Kelly Nelson

March 8th is International Women’s Day. Learn how Grateful's software works to support female-forward nonprofits and charities by connecting with business and individual donors.

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5 Ways Company Giving Helps Make a Better World

By Kelly Nelson

Americans are seeking ways to improve their own lives and the lives of others around them. Companies know that their economic growth depends on putting the customer's goals first. Learn how your company can help make the world better today by delighting and exciting those engaged with your company's mission.

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Meaningful. Purposeful. Grateful Giving.

By Matt Ostanik

This year Grateful launched a call to action for socially good businesses and individuals to "Share in Grateful Giving." Discover what Grateful Giving is and how you can join in our social giving for social good.

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Grateful Spotlight: Meals from the Heartland

By Suman Sridhar

In this Grateful Spotlight edition, Grateful interviews Meals from the Heartland, a non-profit that delivers packaged meals to starving children and families all over the world.

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Feeling Disengaged at Work? Workplace Giving Unites Remote Employees

By Suman Sridhar

Given the challenges of remote work, charitable giving can be even more impactful than it would be in person. It’s a positive, unbiased way to improve employee engagement among virtual teams by empowering them to choose their own giving options. Read this blog post to guide you.

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Grateful Spotlight: Strides for Peace

By Suman Sridhar

Grateful interviews Strides for Peace, a Chicago-based non-profit organization that helps community organizations that are committed to ending gun violence.

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How Starting a Daily Gratitude Practice Can Transform Your Day

By Allyson Lambert

As we look more at the research, we often find that it’s not the grand moments of life that bring us the most fulfillment or meaning.

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Grateful Spotlight: Puppy Jake Foundation

By Suman Sridhar

In the Grateful Spotlight series, we interview some of the amazing non-profits we work with. The Puppy Jake Foundation provides service dogs to wounded veterans to help improve their physical and emotional well-being. This is an interview with a representative of Puppy Jake.

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Why Now Is the Time to Prioritize Workplace Giving

By Suman Sridhar

Empower your employees to help causes in need. The following are reasons why you need to prioritize workplace giving right now as we get through and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How Workplace Giving Can Elevate your Brand Equity

By Allyson Lambert

Workplace giving can do wonders for your brand equity in areas like talent acquisition, boosting brand loyalty, and improving your connection to your community. Employees value socially conscious employers now more than ever.

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6 Recent Trends in Online Charitable Giving

By Suman Sridhar

Since the pandemic's onset, many felt compelled to help through digital means. This post discusses new research about online charitable giving trends in 2020, like which subsectors donated the most and data about giving through mobile devices.

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Fostering a Culture of Giving at Work In 3 Simple Steps

By Allyson Lambert

In our current business climate, more teams now are working remote than ever before. With a distributed workforce, it has become even more important to find ways to create a culture that helps attract and retain employees, keeping them engaged and happy in their work.

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How Workplace Giving Can Boost Employee Engagement in Remote Teams

By Suman Sridhar

Whether working remotely is a temporary reality or permanent change for your organization, you have a chance to redouble your focus on building and strengthening relationships across your organization. Creating a culture of giving helps boost employee engagement and fosters community even within a distributed workforce.

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Given Changes Name to Grateful

By Allyson Lambert

Gratitude and gratefulness lead to name change and announcement of the Grateful Card™

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The Perfect Last Minute Holiday Gift for Your Company

By Allyson Lambert

Virtual Giving Cards are a creative and sustainable gift option that doesn’t add to all of the holiday hustle and bustle.

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Celebrate Giving Tuesday with the Dollar a Day Campaign

By Allyson Lambert

Beginning on Giving Tuesday, December 1st, we would like to invite our community to participate in Grateful’s Dollar A Day campaign by giving $1 per day for 31 days in December.

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A Behind the Scene Look at the Grateful Brand

By Allyson Lambert

Grateful is much more than just an ordinary charitable giving app. We are a way to connect businesses and individuals with thousands of specific causes in need. Grateful offers a personalized experience that allows you to donate to the nonprofits that fit your unique interests.

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Grateful: The Story Behind Our Brand

By Allyson Lambert

Heart. Connection. Giving. This is where it all starts with Given. Given matches givers with causes in need. It’s a simple concept with a big mission.

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Iowa Business Record

Donor-matching app Given becomes Grateful and eyes expansion

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The Greater Des Moines Partnership

Three-time Startup Owner Creates New Startup to Connect Nonprofit Givers

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