About Us - GivingForce
We're on a mission to maximise the positive impact of charitable giving programmes on the environment, society and the world in which we live.
We help purpose driven businesses and enterprises around the world to manage their giving programmes and accelerate their positive impact on society and the environment. We give companies and employees the tools they need and to shape, deliver and report on their company's CSR programmes as part of their Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).
Our story
Our founder & CEO Ejaz Rashid started out as a software developer working with a variety of organisations to help solve business problems. These were all laudable projects but Ejaz wanted to follow his passion for social justice.
In 2000, Ejaz decided to channel his knowledge and skills in problem-solving and technology to help charities and other causes. This became a mission to help businesses understand what “CSR” is and why they should be paying attention and get involved. It soon also became how to do it and why they needed technology to succeed. The initial solution was sold to a US company in 2008 with Ejaz expecting to move on to address other challenges. After some time, however, he realised there was still much more to do in this space and that a different approach was required. And so GivingForce was created in 2011.
With investment and keen interest from multi-national enterprises, we have shaped and developed the amazing multifaceted and feature rich Portal we have today.
From the early days as a pioneer of payroll giving technology, we have created modules for company matching, volunteering, corporate giving and charity grants. We underpin all activities with a comprehensive charity due diligence service and an integrated charity payment service so that our customers don’t have to look for multiple providers. We continue to invest in all aspects of GivingForce so that we can adapt to meet the changing needs and interests of our customers.
Since our launch, GivingForce has helped more than 800k employees in 76 countries to give over £221m to charities and good causes across the world.
Our Mission
Our mission is to maximise the positive impact of charitable giving on the environment, society and the world in which we live, by helping purpose driven businesses unlock their giving programmes and deliver against their ESG goals.
Our aim is to continually meet the needs of businesses and their employees by giving them the tools and resources they need to be successful.
Our People
It’s the great people at GivingForce that make it all possible.
We are a team of 35 people and work remotely first. We balance our work and private lives equally.
Our team is truly global. Between us, we are gender balanced, age diverse, multilingual, have different nationalities, backgrounds and beliefs and work across countries, continents and time zones. We are friendly, talented, diverse, inclusive and truly world-class.
We share a passion to deliver the best outcomes for our customers, their employees and the charities they support.
Our Values
We are proud of the values that unite us:
We are innovative we are driven to help purpose driven businesses have a greater positive impact on society.
We are independent thinkers we think creatively and turn our ideas into reality.
We are expressive we bring our whole self to work and share our interests and passions with our colleagues and clients.
We are committed team players we enjoy being part of a friendly and diverse team where we help each other to grow professionally and personally.
Where we operate
United Kingdom
6th Floor, Charlotte Building
17 Gresse Street
London
W1T 1QL
United Kingdom
India
B- 6, Ghodake Classic, Third floor
Prabhat Road
Near Kamala Nehru Park
Pune 411004
India
Bulgaria
Ovcha Kupel 1
bl 504, en 3, ap 17
Post Code 1618
Sofia
Bulgaria
GivingForce is headquartered in London and operates in the UK, USA, Canada, India and Bulgaria.
We work closely with the GivingForce Foundation so that we can make payments direct to charities.
Work with us
We are always looking for talented people to join us. Visit our Careers page for information about our current vacancies.
“We have never had a relationship with any other supplier like the one we have with GivingForce”
– Vice President Citizenship Lead, Barclays