Givable

We Give Where We Live

St Louis, MO   |  www.givable.org

Mission

It is our mission to create an engaged and informed community of lifelong givers. We empower individuals, families and businesses to weave a giving rhythm into their lifestyle that positively impacts local nonprofits.

Ruling year info

2017

Principal Officer

Jared Opsal

Main address

2127 Innerbelt Business Center Drive Suite 200

St Louis, MO 63114 USA

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EIN

81-4595266

NTEE code info

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (T12)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Giving to 501(c)(3) nonprofits by individuals has decreased in recent years led by changing giving habits paired with changing demographics. Givable works to reinvigorate the philanthropic arena by engaging new donors and donors who have fallen off the giving landscape with our innovative giving platform. Using the tenants of crowd-funding and micro-giving, our platform gives donors the ability to donate to dozens of nonprofits every month through our affordable monthly donation plans. Givable members are given the opportunity to learn about all of the nonprofits working to improve their community, presented with opportunities to become more involved in charities they care about, and donate as little as 25¢/weekday to the nonprofits of their choosing.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Employer Program

Givable provides a program for employers to encourage their employees to learn about and donate to local nonprofits.

Population(s) Served

We provide a program for individuals to learn about and donate to nonprofits near them.

Population(s) Served

We provide a program for schools to encourage their students to learn about and donate to local nonprofits.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Our goal is to create a larger community of givers in the cities we serve that in turn supports the nonprofits working to improve those cities.

This is accomplished through our giving programs: employer giving program, individual giving program, and school giving program.

Each program educates people about the nonprofit organizations in their community while also giving them the opportunity to donate their time and money to the causes those charities are working on.

The employer giving program gives workplaces the ability to engage more of their employees in giving by encouraging them to become Givable members as a group, sponsoring their employees allowing them to decide where a portion of their company's philanthropic spending goes, or matching their employees contributions through the Givable platform.

The individual giving program is available to anyone interested in learning more about local nonprofits and joining others in donating to their efforts.

The school giving program provides students the ability to learn about the nonprofits working in their community while also instilling the value of giving in them at a young age by allowing them to donate real dollars to the causes of their choice.

We have developed a proprietary system to provide these services to employers, individuals, and schools.

We also have an experienced and dedicated group of staff, contractors, and volunteer board members working to expand our reach in the cities we serve.

We currently serve over 1,000 students every year in our school program and hundreds of individuals and employees in our other programs. This has led to over $100,000 in donations to local nonprofits since our programs began in January 2017.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?

    Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person),

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve,

  • What significant change resulted from feedback?

    Due to feedback we have added new features to our giving programs that will allow more people to participate and retain more current members.

  • With whom is the organization sharing feedback?

    The people we serve, Our staff, Our board,

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback,

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Givable

Board of directors
as of 11/15/2019
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Michael Staenberg

Kathy Osborn

Regional Business Council

Brian Matthews

Cultivation Capital

Erika Zoll

KIPP

Brad Bishop

Matter Family Office

Jeff Cohen

Capes Sokol

Sarah Luem

Capes Sokol

Lena Dyer

Barry Wehmiller

Rob Bertman

Family Budget Expert

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 11/15/2019

Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? GuideStar partnered on this section with CHANGE Philanthropy and Equity in the Center.

Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Male, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability