INDIANAPOLIS, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In its third year,
the 2021 Indy Tech Givesā¢ social fundraising challenge
raised $90,308 for Central
Indiana nonprofits over the six-week campaign. Since 2019,
Indy Tech Gives has grown from four participating companies to 12,
engaging nearly 700 Indianapolis technology professionals and
raising more than $155,000 for local
charities.
The 2021 fundraising challenge ran from June 7 to July
16 benefiting 10 Central Indiana nonprofits: American
Foundation for Suicide Foundation Indiana, Bosma Visionary
Opportunities Foundation, Dayspring Center, Eleven Fifty Academy,
Hope Center Indy, IHSAA Foundation, Indianapolis Public Schools Equity Fund, Riley
Children's Foundation, Shepherd Community Center, and TechPoint
Foundation for Youth.
Access the Indy Tech Gives campaign site here:
https://p2p.onecause.com/indytechgives/.
"When we started Indy Tech Gives in 2019, our goal was to
unite the Indy Tech Community in a fun competition to create
positive impact here in Central
Indiana," said Steve Johns, chief executive officer for
OneCause. "Three years later, we could have never imagined the
exponential growth of the program, raising more than $155,000 for 15 local charities. We are inspired
by the passion, creativity, and commitment from this year's
participating companies and look forward to 2022 and beyond."
The 2021 participating companies include:
- Boardable
- CSpring
- DeveloperTown
- Fire Starters, Inc.
- Indy CIO Network
- Leaf Software Solutions
- OneCause
- Salesforce
- Socio
- Springbuk
- SIM Indy
- Zylo
Over the campaign, 325 challenge participants raised funds
through the OneCause Peer-to-Peer Social Fundraising platform,
with live leaderboards, personal and group challenges,
participation raffles, and social sharing to drive employee
participation. Participants competed as individuals and teams,
collecting donations for the benefiting charity selected by their
company.
2021 Indy Tech Gives Highlights
- The 2021 Indy Tech Gives campaign surpassed
the collective $75,000 fundraising
goal and raised $90,308 in six weeks.
- Social sharing helped the campaign stretch beyond the
local Central Indiana community, inspiring 1,308
donations from 44 different states.
- Leaf Software Solutions, averaged $394.23 raised per participating employee, and
secured an additional $2,500 donation
for the Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation.
- The overall top fundraiser, Eric
Christopher, co-founder and chief executive officer for
Zylo, raised $1,890 for the TechPoint
Foundation for Youth, directing a large donation from their Zylo on
the Streets Campaign Funds. Zylo also surpassed its total company
fundraising goal, raising $11,210.
- The 15 participating teams from OneCause got creative with
their fundraising, hosting activity challenges, matching gift
campaigns, happy hours, and a yoga event to double their original
fundraising goal and raise $35,956
for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Indiana.
- The support from the Socio teams went beyond the fundraising
challenge, as they volunteered their time last week at the
Dayspring Center kids camp, while also more than doubling their
fundraising goal to raise $10,119.
- DeveloperTown hosted an evening of Beer & Bots recruiting
teams for a robot battle competition with all proceeds going
towards their Indy Tech Gives campaign for TechPoint Foundation for
Youth.
"We are so pleased to have participated in the Indy Tech Gives
fundraising program," said Chad
Hankinson, president of Leaf Software Solutions. "Our
involvement not only provided us with a platform to raise awareness
for the Bosma Visionary Opportunities Foundation, but it also
motivated our employees to develop creative methods to support a
cause in their own community. Our staff's enthusiasm to meet and
exceed our goals was exemplary."
Additional Media
For more information about joining the 2022 Indy Tech Gives,
please visit: https://bit.ly/36OaXNX.
About OneCause
OneCause creates
user-friendly fundraising software that helps nonprofits engage
donors, raise more money and save valuable time and resources. Our
full suite of cloud-based fundraising solutions has powered 6,000
organizations, well over 20,000 fundraising events, and helped
nonprofits raise more than $3
billion. OneCause has been recognized by Inc. Best in
Business, is a TechPoint MIRA award winner for Pandemic Pivot of
the Year, Mobile Technology Excellence & Innovation, and a
StevieĀ® Award winner for excellence and innovation in Customer
Service.
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