Redpath Joins Pledge 1%

As a Salesforce Partner, we hear about their 1:1:1 model all of the time.  It is an amazing model showcasing how to give back to the community.  Over the years at Redpath we’ve been trying to figure out what a philanthropic model looks like to us.

Today, we’re excited to announce that Redpath has joined Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business. Founded by Atlassian, the Entrepreneurs Foundation of Colorado, Rally Software and the Salesforce Foundation, Pledge 1% empowers companies to donate 1% of product, 1% of equity, 1% of profit or 1% of employee time to improve communities around the world.  Here is Redpath’s Pledge 1%:

We pledge to give 1% of our product – When we took on our first nonprofit client, BestPrep, in 2011 we gave them a discounted nonprofit rate for our Salesforce consulting services.  This very discount has continued for the 65 other nonprofits we have worked with the past five years!

We pledge to give 1% of our profit – Working with so many nonprofits over the past five years results in some favorites for our consultants and company alike.  We like to give monetary donations to nonprofits as we see first hand the amazing abilities for a nonprofit to stretch a dollar into something incredible everyday.

We pledge to give 1% of our employee time – Each quarter we do a service project with a local nonprofit.  The nonprofit we work with changes each time, however the warm and fuzzies from volunteering stays the same.

Why do we want to do this?  Simply put, there is a lot more impact we can do in our community outside of delivering cool Salesforce solutions.  Minnesota is an amazing place when it comes to making an impact.  There are over 27,000 nonprofits across the state.  Building on that local organizations like GiveMN exist to assist in giving and make it fun.  All of this goodness is creating a new meaning behind Minnesota nice.  At Redpath, we want to help these organizations achieve their missions in hopes they can make our state a better place.  That’s why we’re joining Pledge 1% and pledging 1% of our product, profit and employee time.

Now that we are a part of Pledge 1%, our challenge to you is when are you joining? To learn more and take the pledge, please visit www.pledge1percent.org.