AUSTIN, Texas, March 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — In advance of the SXSW Interactive Conference, Austin startup Encast (www.encast.co) closed an initial angel round of funding totaling $2.25 million. The company’s technology delivers cloud-based services to businesses with a platform that increases charitable giving by employees and improves work place cultures. The early money in the product and idea is an...Read More

One of the great privileges of running a small business is being able to give generously to community organizations and charitable causes that matter to you. Every day, small business owners share their success by giving money, products, volunteer hours and charitable outreach efforts to good causes in their communities. Nonprofits and charities are constantly...Read More

Supporting worthy causes helps a business buff up its image and can open the door to valuable networking opportunities. Those effects of charitable giving have been supported by much research and practical experience. But does corporate philanthropy have any effect on employees? The answer to that question hasn’t been as clear.Read More

When Mort Zuckerman, the New York City real-estate and media mogul, lavished $200 million on Columbia University in December to endow the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, he did so with fanfare suitable to the occasion: the press conference was attended by two Nobel laureates, the president of the university, the mayor, and journalists from some...Read More

David Campbell was on the cusp of retirement at age 63 after a successful career in the technology sector when a tidal wave altered his path.Read More

Andy Roddick was the keynote speaker at a Luncheon hosted by Austin Gives, a program that recognizes philanthropy for all central Texas businesses donating one per cent or more of pre-tax earnings.Read More

Today, Ed Bastian shared the below letter to employees, customers and community members announcing Delta’s investment in communities worldwide.Read More

We have two goals at Encast. The first is to increase charitable giving by making it easier and more accessible for individuals and businesses. But equally important: we want to see that the dollars are spread more equitably to causes and charities.Read More

As I vaguely remember from growing up in Spain in the 80’s and 90’s, giving was not a major part of culture; we will get into this in a future post. What I have been more aware of recently is the fact that nobody talks in public about giving. Even those few who actually donate...Read More

George Norlin, president of the University of Colorado, once said, “He who knows only his own generation remains always a child.” By extension, his words instruct us to listen actively to build an understanding of the innovative perspectives of Millennial Generation and their collective wisdom. Indeed, the nonprofit or philanthropic organization that knows only its own generation foregoes opportunities and risks...Read More