How do Pledging Members choose which Nonprofit Partner(s) to recommend for a grant?

How do Pledging Members choose which Nonprofit Partner(s) to recommend for a grant?

All of our Members have options when fulfilling their annual pledges:

  1. Our Nonprofit Partners in good standing are featured on our website alongside a searchable database. We encourage our Members to login for access to our full Nonprofit Partner Profiles, which they can review at their leisure. We invite Members to advise us as to the Partner(s) they wish to support.
  2. We’re always delighted to connect with our Members to discuss their philanthropic preferences, answer questions and advise on which Partners best meet their criteria.
  3. Our Members have the additional option of simply fulfilling their pledge. Our team will do the rest. We determine the Nonprofit Partner(s) that best match the Member’s profile while also accounting for equity and data-driven factors in our grantmaking.

Across all options, we make it easy for our Members to make informed choices and give with confidence to create positive change.

Members fulfill their pledges through our online donation portal, via check to us, stock transfer or other accepted contribution modality as specified on our donate page.

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A Note from our Board Chair

With great sadness, we regret to inform you that the Board of Directors has decided to wind down and dissolve OnePercent for Education; and the organization has initiated the dissolution process. One of our primary goals was to galvanize members of the business community who had not participated or had not fully participated in social engagement. Another goal was to engage individuals and families in our work for educational equity.

We continue to believe that there are people who care deeply about the issue and that there are significant financial resources that can be generated to support this movement. Despite our efforts, OnePercent for Education was unsuccessful in generating enough funding to achieve financial sustainability at this difficult time.

Every decision made was through the lens of how we can best bring support for the kids who need it the most. This is the work that our Nonprofit Partners deliver every day and will continue to do. Our Board of Directors will individually continue to promote their efforts and encourage support of their work. As we wind down, we are distributing as much of our remaining assets as possible to our Nonprofit Partners. While each Nonprofit Partner has received modest funding, this is far less than we had hoped, given the importance of their activities.

We urge each of you to support our Nonprofit Partners in the fulfillment of their missions as it so deeply impacts the communities they serve.

Finally, we thank you for your support of OnePercent for Education.