gf.essentials helps purpose driven companies to re-shape, deliver and measure the impact of their charitable giving programmes.

In this unique package from GivingForce, gf.essentials gives companies the tools they need to enhance and manage giving programmes in the workplace as well as report on the impact they have as part of their company’s ESG commitments.

With gf.essentials you have everything you need to successfully deliver, manage and report on your company’s giving programmes.

The gf.essentials package includes:

Employee Giving

Employees can set up and manage Payroll Giving instructions - tax-free charity deductions from their salaries as part of your company’s Payroll Giving Programme.

They can also participate in GivingPennies, whereby they can choose to round their salary down to the nearest pound, and donate the pennies portion to company charity partners.

Employee Volunteering

Employees can record the valuable time they’ve spent volunteering and share the benefits and impacts of their actions.

They can also share photos and stories of their voluntary activities for the internal ‘story wall’ to help inspire colleagues to volunteer.

Company Matching

Administrators can set up company matching rules and limits and control what gets matched based on designated budget and company goals.

Employees can clearly see what is available to them and request that their donations, fundraising and volunteering time are matched in accordance with the rules set out.

GivingForce Charity Database

Access to a database of more than 55,000 global charities and nonprofits that have been pre-vetted by our in-house Charity Due Diligence Team, so your employees and you can donate, volunteer and match with confidence.

New organisations can also be investigated, checked and introduced.

GivingForce Charity Payments

Processing charitable payments for your company is simplified with the need to send just one payment each month to our partner agency, the GivingForce Foundation, a registered charity and authorised payment agency.

The GivingForce Foundation will then make payments to beneficiary charities on your company’s behalf, taking away the need for your company to make multiple payments.

Impact Reports & Control

Administrators can access reports on all aspects of your company’s giving programmes, to track employee engagement and donations made; develop strategies for giving programmes; and report on their impact for ESG purposes.

They can also manage all aspects of your giving programmes, including rule setting and reviewing applications in a few clicks, saving them time and resources.

gf.essentials has been created to meet your needs and your company’s needs.

Here’s what you can benefit from:

• reduced administration for your giving programmes

• employee self serve and increased engagement

• streamlined donations and charity payments

• simplified and impactful ESG reporting

• a portal configured for your company

• going live within 10 working days

• access via Single Sign On (SSO)

• assisted set up, onboarding and success

• prices that are transparent and affordable

gf.essentials is easy to access. There’s nothing to download or install. And no fuss with logins and passwords.

gf.essentials is accessible via SSO or Single Sign-On. This means your employees can use their usual digital authentication system to access it.

We can add your logo to the gf.essentials platform and you will be given a unique URL.

Ask for our gf.essentials Provisioning Guide to answer the questions your IT team might have.

gf.essentials is available to UK-based companies that have between 250 and 5,000 employees, as part of our BETA programme.

As one of our early customers, we would value your feedback on using gf.essentials and your experience of buying and onboarding. This will help us to serve businesses like yours that are doing great work to make charitable giving easier.

With your help, we can make gf.essentials the best it can be.

Your company can be up and running with gf.essentials within just 10 working days.

We offer an assisted set up and onboarding service to help you get the most out of using gf.essentials straight away.

This includes access to a dedicated GivingForce representative, full training and user guides, online technical support and customer success assistance.

You will be invited to a welcome meeting where we can tell you more and also invite you to tell us about your company’s needs in a short questionnaire.

gf.essentials is priced to be affordable. Prices are per employee per month and are fully inclusive and transparent.

We would be happy to provide you with a quote.

• Employee Giving Module

• Company Matching Module

• GivingForce Charity Payments Service*

• GivingForce Charity Due Diligence service

• GivingForce database of over 55,000 validated charities

• Impact Reports & Admin dashboard

• Company logo and company URL

• Logins for 2x administrators

• Logins for all of your employees

• Dedicated set up onboarding and success assistance

• User guides for employees and administrators

• Technical support team

*Please note that there are additional charges made for charity payments made via the GivingForce Foundation. These are invoiced on a monthly basis. We would be happy to tell you more about the prices list for their payment services.

The minimum contract for gf.essentials is one year, but we hope you will want to continue for longer.

We also offer longer contracts in order to best meet your needs - such as two, three, four or five years. We would be happy to discuss the options with you.

Auto-renewal can also be switched on so that you won’t have to worry at the end of your contract period.

We invoice for gf.essentials on a quarterly basis in advance, with the first payment upfront.

Our payment terms are the standard 30 days. We accept most forms of payment and can also set up Direct Debits.

The GivingForce Foundation will send a separate invoice to you on a monthly basis in arrears for their charity payments service.

The GivingForce Foundation is a UKCC registered charity and a HMRC approved and regulated Payroll Giving Agency in the UK, an IRS registered charity in the USA and a CRA registered charity in Canada.

It processes employee payroll giving donations in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. The Foundation also distributes employee payments and company matching donations to charities and non-profits globally.

You will be asked to sign a separate GivingForce Foundation Standard Agreement as part of your purchase of gf.essentials.