Maja Orsic
Maja's background in writing, fine art photography, and visual design informs her work for Bonusly. She's motivated to create welcoming digital spaces and make work better for everyone.
There are all kinds of reasons it's helpful understand how your work supports your organization’s goals and how the people you work with are connected to each other.
With Bonusly’s Profile pages, you can learn about your teammates, how they interact with each other, and much more, with data that’s easy to understand and accessible to everyone in your organization. You can also see how your individual strengths help others and get a clear sense of what your work means to your coworkers.
To help you get the most out of this feature, let’s first explore what you can learn about yourself from it. Then we’ll work our way up the corporate ladder.
As an individual contributor, you can…
- See how many bonuses you’ve earned since you started using Bonusly.
- See which company values you’ve received the most bonuses for and a timeline of the achievements you’ve earned, which you can reference in performance reviews.
- See who you work with most often and who you’re most connected to through recognition.
- Establish baselines for collaboration and track your personal goals for interacting more with other teams.
- Identify your strengths and areas where you’d like to improve.
- View your managers’ Profiles to see what types of work they recognize.
- Reference your colleagues’ Profiles to get a better sense of who they work with and what kinds of projects they’re working on.
As a manager, you can...
- Determine whether your giving activity to your direct reports is equitable and then track your progress as you correct any imbalances, with the understanding that discrepancies in the number and types of recognition that individual contributors receive can influence how they feel towards their managers.
- View your direct reports’ Profiles to quickly see who they collaborate with and identify opportunities for teamwork if some people aren’t as connected as others.
- See the company values your direct reports exhibit most often and help them set goals if they want to focus on improving in certain areas.
- Review the bonuses and achievements your direct reports have earned to reduce the impact of recency bias on performance reviews.
As an executive, you can...
- Reference your own Profile to see how your recognition behavior compares to your company’s averages. Since leadership participation in recognition programs is crucial to adoption, you can check your Profile to see how you’re performing and whether you need to step up their giving activity in Bonusly.
- Review your managers’ Profiles to get a clearer sense of who’s consistently recognizing their direct reports. With this information, you can recognize managers who’ve been actively giving bonuses and check in with those that haven’t been recognizing their teams as frequently.
Start exploring!
As you explore your Profile page and look at your coworkers’ Profiles, you might find additional ways to use the data collected there. We’d love to hear how you use the Profiles to enrich your Bonusly experience. Share your stories in the comments below! If you're interested in learning more about Profile pages, check out our Help Center article.
Bonusly maintained the top spot in G2's Winter 2023 Grid Report for Employee Recognition software, ranking first out of 54 products for the fourth season in a row!
Bonusly is a Leader and a Momentum Leader in both the Employee Recognition and Engagement categories and also earned Most Implementable in the Employee Engagement category.
In G2's Employee Recognition software category, Bonusly earned the Best Usability badge for Small Businesses and Enterprises. Bonusly also won the Best Usability badge for Small Businesses in the Employee Engagement category.
Case in point:
"I've been so happy with Bonusly. When we rolled it out to our teams, we got instant feedback on how happy our employees were with it," said Jess S., a people experience manager at an enterprise company, in a G2 review.
Bonusly leads in employee engagement
In G2's Employee Engagement category, Bonusly was named a Winter 2023 leader for mid-market small businesses worldwide; a leader in the Europe, Asia, India, and Asia Pacific regions; and a leader for enterprise businesses in Asia, India, and Asia Pacific.
"[Bonusly] makes it easier to thank colleagues and also feel more appreciated in a working environment. As a result, it promotes great team collaboration with less negative energy" said Tong Yi C., a senior data analyst at an enterprise company, in a G2 review.
Part of why Bonusly excels in employee engagement is because of how it integrates seamlessly with companies' existing workflows, easily becoming a part of employees' day-to-day. Bonusly has one of the highest participation rates in the industry, with users recognizing each other at least 2x per week. With a fun platform people can use frequently, Bonusly encourages a culture of recognition that ultimately improves employee engagement.
Bonusly leads in employee recognition
In the Employee Recognition software category, Bonusly was also recognized as a leader in the Europe, India, and Asia Pacific regions; as an enterprise leader in Europe and Asia Pacific; as a mid-market leader overall and in Europe and Asia Pacific; and as an enterprise high performer in Asia and India.
"Our annual survey from last year reflected low scores for Employee Recognition, but those scores increased significantly after implementing the Bonusly platform,"says John C., a sales compensation manager at an enterprise company
Bonusly’s peer-to-peer recognition enables people to instantly express their appreciation for their colleagues and make teamwork visible. Celebrating wins together in a public forum builds connections among teams fostering better working relationships, even in remote and hybrid working environments. Bonusly’s real-time advantage allows for flexibility, visibility, and accessibility, so people feel connected with one another at all times.
“My work involves a lot of cross-functional partnership. Bonusly allows me to incentivize participation in my programs and to recognize partners that are going above and beyond. It serves as a motivator to support my team's initiatives, and gives me an extra way to say thank you," said Emily S., who works in customer advocacy at an enterprise company, in a G2 review.
Bonusly leads in implementation and usability
In the Employee Engagement category, Bonusly also earned the highest implementation rating overall and the highest usability and implementation ratings for small businesses. We know how challenging it can be to launch successful employee recognition programs, so these usability and implementation honors matter a lot to us!
Bonusly allows organizations to easily automate their recognition and reward programs by providing smooth onboarding with minimal monthly upkeep. Per the results of our 2022 Bonusly user survey, 77% of customers were able to implement Bonusly in less than a month and 73% of Bonusly admins spend 2 hours or less managing Bonusly each month. Bonusly is an easy program for end users to participate in, which isn't always the case for company-wide engagement initiatives.
What are G2 Reports?
G2 Reports are generated by G2 on a quarterly basis by an aggregate of verified customer rating scores for software platforms in various product categories. G2's aim is to help folks like you pick the best software to meet your business needs.
Searching for new software? Get this [FREE] HR vendor evaluation scorecard to help you compare providers.
Bonusly earned 540 new reviews in the period considered for G2's Winter 2023 report, with an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars.
Here's a partial list of honors that Bonusly earned in G2's Winter 2023 reports:
- Leader, Employee Recognition - Winter 2023
- Momentum Leader, Employee Recognition - Winter 2023
- Leader, Employee Recognition, Enterprise, Mid-market, and Small Businesses - Winter 2023
- Leader, Employee Recognition, Europe, India, and Asia Pacific - Winter 2023
- Best Usability for Small Businesses and Enterprises, Employee Recognition - Winter 2023
- Leader, Employee Engagement - Winter 2023
- Leader, Employee Engagement, United Kingdom, Asia, Asia Pacific, Europe, and India - Winter 2023
- Leader, Employee Engagement, Enterprise, Mid-market, and Small Businesses - Winter 2023
- Mid-market Leader, Employee Engagement, Europe and Asia Pacific - Winter 2023
- Momentum Leader, Employee Engagement - Winter 2023
- Most Implementable, Employee Engagement - Winter 2023
- Most Implementable for Small Businesses, Employee Engagement - Winter 2023
- Best Usability for Small Businesses, Employee Engagement - Winter 2023
Now, a few more quotes from our customers
What do veterinary practice managers and sales compensation managers have in common? Loving Bonusly, of course!
"[Bonusly] gives the senior leadership team visibility of where work is making the most difference to our people and it is certainly helping with overall engagement," raves Becky P., a head of people at an environmental technology company.
With Bonusly, "staff appreciation is shared in real time and more evenly among the team," says Jennifer P., a practice manager at a veterinary clinic.
"Our annual survey from last year reflected low scores for Employee Recognition, but those scores increased significantly after implementing the Bonusly platform,"says John C., a sales compensation manager at an enterprise company
We love the enthusiasm! 😍 If you use Bonusly, please share your experience by reviewing us on G2 to help more companies discover our category-leading, award-winning, employee recognition, and engagement software.
Not yet a Bonusly customer? Request a demo to learn how a recognition platform can help improve your company's employee engagement. Ready to explore Bonusly on your own? Sign up now for a free trial.
Vibe check! How is your 2023 budget for HR tools looking? 👀
Don't panic if you haven’t even thought about next year's budget yet! 💓 We know it’s hard to get in a future-planning mindset when you’re putting out fires on the regular and don’t get enough time off to recover.
So far this year, HR folks have been tasked with resolving high turnover, navigating an exceptionally competitive job market, sparking stagnant employee morale, and handling all the unknowns of returning or not returning to the office.
If building the case for 2023's HR budget feels daunting, that's partly because you know how integral it is to your ability to meet your department's goals and the company's goals, right? It doesn't help that fighting for an HR budget can be a thankless task. 😓
We’re here to take the stress out of Budget Season so you can evaluate the status quo, strategize for 2023, and set Future You up for success!
Follow along as we go step by step through the HR tool budgeting process:
- Evaluate your current HR toolkit
- Budget for 2023 tools
- Compare HR tools
- Pitch HR tools to your executive team
- Show the ROI of HR tools
Evaluate your current HR toolkit
Before you start budgeting for 2023, you’ll want to take a look at what you already have in your HR toolbox. After all, you wouldn’t go to the hardware store before you looked at the tools you already had at home!
Here are a few questions to kick us off:
- Are there any HR tools your employees love?
- Is there a software program your employees can’t stand?
- Do you offer programs that no one takes advantage of?
- What tools in your existing HR tech stack do you want to replace?
Stress testing your HR tooling this year has probably shown you where there are opportunities for system improvements and which programs you'd like to continue investing in.
For instance, if hiring wasn't a focus in 2022 but you're looking to grow your team in the coming months, is your current hiring platform equipped to help you scale? These are the kinds of questions you and your team ought to discuss before diving into budgeting so you have the lay of the land. Check out our Budget Season Guide to Evaluating HR Software if you'd like more step-by-step guidance!
Our people ops team uses a shared spreadsheet to track the following info about our existing HR tools: ownership, cost per user, billing schedules, and perceived level of value. Then, when you're ready to vet new tools you can use our HR Vendor Evaluation Scorecard template to collect key info about the tools you're considering. That way, when you're ready to make a decision, everything you need will be in one place!
Budget for 2023 tools
Budgeting for the right HR tech stack could be a full-time job, but it’s only one of the many responsibilities on HR professionals' full plates. We checked with our Director of Finance and VP of People Ops to find out how they're budgeting for HR tools in 2023. Their advice:
Figure out your projected headcount for the year ahead, then work backwards to determine what you'll need to get you there. The right HR tools can make an impact on everything from administrative time to profitability!
Of course, there's so much to consider when you're working backwards! For instance, impact, taxes, and administrative time are among the primary inputs that buyers should account for when they're budgeting for an employee recognition and rewards program. (As a benchmark, SHRM recommends a rewards budget equal to 1% or more of total payroll to support a successful program. If you're considering introducing an impactful recognition and rewards system to your organization, check out this Rewards Budgeting Calculator.)
It's okay to skip ahead if you don't have a clue what some tools may cost! Just be sure to go into product demos with a clear sense of your goals for each kind of tool so that you can stay focused and spend your time wisely.
Compare HR tools
Okay, it’s time to get your HR vendor evaluation squad in formation! 👯
Get a few colleagues involved so you can divide the work of attending product demos and engage more folks in the decision making process. This will help you earn program buy-in and build internal product champions from the ground up!
Make sure you're using a shared document to your evaluation squad's call notes, vendor pricing, and everyone's impressions of the vendors you’re considering. Our free HR Vendor Evaluation Scorecard is just the ticket. 🎟
Set a demo deadline to help your evaluation squad stay on track. Scheduling a group meeting to review and discuss all the software programs on your shortlist will make the process more social and engaging. As a plus, why not offer to buy everyone coffee or lunch as thanks for their time and participation? No one can resist free food—and it's actually proven to aid in building community and cohesion, which never hurts a decision-making process! 🍛🤝
Pitch HR tools to your executive team
Picture this:
You and your evaluation squad have found the perfect tool to revolutionize employee recognition and rewards or diversify your talent pipeline or transform knowledge sharing at your organization.
You’re sure it will significantly improve employee retention and morale or support your org's rapid growth or accelerate employee onboarding.
But! Before you can sign on the dotted line, you need to convince your notoriously tough executive team that the tool (and the price) is right. 😤
You can do it! Here's how:
Don’t just tell the executive team about the product you’re pitching—show it to them! Ask the sales rep you’ve been working with for a recorded demo so you can talk less about the functionality and show more of the benefits.
We wrote this post to help folks pitch employee recognition and rewards tools to their executive teams. You can apply the same framework we follow in that post to anticipate questions your executive team might have about any software category you're stumping for.
Show the ROI of HR tools
Proving the direct ROI of most HR tools is difficult! Unless you're making the case for an absolutely necessary investment, like a reliable payroll system for a 500-person company, you'll need cold hard facts to get the cold hard cash. 🤑
In the realm of employee recognition and rewards, engagement, motivation, and morale are key metrics for measuring a program's success. If improving engagement, motivation, and morale aren't justification enough for your executive team, the knock-on effects of effective recognition and rewards might be.
We wanted to share some insights from a recent user survey on the ROI of Bonusly. We’ll let the figures speak for themselves:
- 78% of respondents said that Bonusly improved employee engagement
- Around two-thirds of Bonusly customers reported both increased frequency of recognition and increased visibility of recognition
- The average admin spends only 1.5 hours administering Bonusly per month
Ask the vendors you're talking to for proof of ROI data—no matter what they specialize in, they should be able to give you some information to help you and your team make an informed decision.
If you're in the market for a new employee recognition and engagement program, we’d love to talk about how Bonusly might fit in with your HR tech stack.
We wish you a very productive Budget Season!
With the release of G2's Fall 2022 reports, Bonusly continues to shine as the leader in the Employee Recognition and Employee Engagement software categories.
Bonusly maintained the top spot in G2's Fall 2022 Grid Report for Employee Recognition, where we rank first out of 54 products.
In G2's Employee Engagement software category, Bonusly was named a category leader for Europe, Asia, India, and Asia Pacific and moved up one position in the Fall 2022 Grid Report for Employee Engagement, ranking fourth out of 147.
Bonusly leads in employee engagement
In the Employee Engagement category, Bonusly was named a leader for enterprise, mid-market, and small businesses worldwide; a leader in the Europe, Asia, India, and Asia Pacific regions; and a leader for enterprise businesses in Asia, India, and Asia Pacific.
In our 2022 HR leader report, almost a third of the HR leaders we surveyed considered employee engagement a top challenge. After implementing Bonusly, 70% of Bonusly customers saw improved employee engagement. 🎉
Bonusly excels in employee engagement because it embeds seamlessly in existing company workflows, so it becomes a part of employees' day-to-day. Bonusly has one of the highest participation rates with users recognizing each other at least 2x per week. Providing a fun environment to be used frequently, encourages a culture of recognition that ultimately improves employee engagement.
"[Bonusly] is simply a tool to engage employees across departments and gives leadership a whole new lens into how people work together, care for each other, and allows the unseen to become seen," said Erin. C, a manager at a small business, in a G2 review.
Bonusly leads in employee recognition
In the Employee Recognition software category, Bonusly was also recognized as an overall leader in the Europe, India, and Asia Pacific regions; as an enterprise leader in Europe; as a mid-market leader in Europe and Asia Pacific; and as an enterprise high performer in Asia and India.
Bonusly’s peer-to-peer recognition enables people to instantly express their appreciation for their colleagues and make teamwork visible. Celebrating wins together in a public forum builds connections among teams fostering better working relationships, even in remote and hybrid working environments. Bonusly’s real-time advantage allows for flexibility, visibility, and accessibility, so people feel connected with one another at all times.
“Bonusly makes it very easy to acknowledge team members. This helps build a great sense of being part of a wider team that is geographically dispersed,” said Trevor H., a product owner at a mid-size company, in a G2 review.
Bonusly leads in implementation and usability
In the Employee Engagement category, Bonusly also earned the highest implementation rating overall and the highest usability and implementation ratings for small businesses. We know how challenging it can be to launch successful employee recognition programs, so these usability and implementation honors speak volumes!
Bonusly allows organizations to easily automate their recognition and reward programs by providing smooth onboarding with minimal monthly upkeep. Per the results of our 2022 Bonusly user survey, 77% of customers were able to implement Bonusly in less than a month and 73% of Bonusly admins spend 2 hours or less managing Bonusly each month. Bonusly is an easy program for end users to participate in, which isn't always the case for company-wide engagement initiatives.
"I don't know why [Bonusly] is not used in every single company," said Carles S., a software engineer at a midsize tech company, in a G2 review. "It's a great tool to give thanks to anyone in the company. And to encourage coworkers to keep helping each other, no matter the department or tasks."
What are G2 Reports?
G2 Reports are generated by G2 on a quarterly basis by an aggregate of verified customer rating scores for software platforms in various product categories. G2's aim is to help folks like you pick the best software to meet your business needs.
Searching for new software? Get this [FREE] HR vendor evaluation scorecard to help you compare providers.
Bonusly earned nearly 300 new reviews in the period considered for G2's Fall 2022 report, with an average rating of 4.79 out of 5 stars.
Here are a few additional honors Bonusly earned in G2's Fall 2022 Reports:
- Leader, Employee Recognition - Fall 2022
- Momentum Leader, Employee Recognition - Fall 2022
- Leader, Employee Recognition, Enterprise - Fall 2022
- Leader, Employee Recognition, Europe, India, and Asia Pacific - Fall 2022
- Leader, Employee Engagement - Fall 2022
- Leader, Employee Engagement, Enterprise, Mid-market, and Small Businesses - Fall 2022
- Momentum Leader, Employee Engagement - Fall 2022
- Most Implementable, Employee Engagement - Fall 2022
- Most Implementable for Small Businesses, Employee Engagement - Fall 2022
- Best Usability for Small Businesses, Employee Engagement - Fall 2022
Now, a few more quotes from our customers.
G2 defines mid-market companies as those with 51 to 1000 employees. Here are a few highlights from recent mid-market customer reviews of Bonusly:
Bonusly is "[a] great tool for engaging employees in a remote setting," raves Tom G., an operations team lead at a midsize company
"[Bonusly is the] best way to encourage peers to recognize each other," says Byron Q., a senior marketing technology engineer at a midsize company
"I love [Bonusly's] ability to give feedback in real time to highlight the day to day success of my team & colleagues. It's empowering & refreshing to receive!" says Chaumone R., a manager at a midsize company
We love the enthusiasm! 😍 If you use Bonusly, please share your experience by reviewing us on G2 to help more companies discover our category-leading, award-winning, employee recognition, and engagement software.
Not yet a Bonusly customer? Request a demo to learn how a recognition platform can help improve your company's employee engagement. Ready to explore Bonusly on your own? Sign up now for a free trial.
If it feels like there's always something to celebrate at work, that's because there is!
For all our talk about the "Future of Work" here at Bonusly, we find that daily and monthly celebrations help us stay grounded in the present and feel more connected to our colleagues and teammates.
Recognizing and celebrating your team’s racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds can help build psychological safety and employee engagement.
In this post, you'll find links to our best workplace holiday celebration guides so you can plan in advance. You'll also find a month-by-month breakdown of the donation reward options that we'll highlight in the Recommended Rewards section of Bonusly users' home feed each month to correspond with heritage and awareness months.
By and large, the charities listed in the global Bonusly Reward Catalog operate with an American or international mandate or they focus on crisis response. Bonusly's leadership team selected this group of nonprofit organizations with input from our employee-led Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group and from Bonusly customers, many of whom have written in over the years to request additional donation reward options.
We are committed to leveraging the Bonusly product to support and respond to what's happening in the world. Please note that emergent and current events may impact which donation reward options Bonusly promotes at any given time. The promoted rewards calendar that follows is always subject to change.
January
Lunar New Year always falls on the first new moon of the year on the Gregorian calendar, symbolizing the end of the winter and the beginning of spring. Lunar New Year is a cultural celebration worldwide, thanks to widespread East Asian and Southeast Asian influences and diasporic communities.
To learn more about the traditional celebrations surrounding Lunar New Year and get inspired to celebrate in your own workplace, read 8 Lucky Ways to Celebrate Lunar New Year in the Workplace.
February
Black History Month is observed every February in the United States and Canada and every October in the United Kingdom. Check out our blog post 8 Meaningful Ways to Celebrate Black History Month at Work to learn more about how Black History Month got started (it used to be a week-long celebration) and find inspiration for celebrating with your colleagues.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during February in recognition of Black History Month: the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and /devcolor. Related nonprofit donation options in the global Bonusly Reward Catalog that Bonusly users can also choose to donate to include the LDF, Black Girls Code, and the NAACP.
March
Women's History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987.
Falling every year on March 8th, International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Read our post 5 Ways to Empower Your Team on International Women's Day for ways to reflect and celebrate.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during March in recognition of Women's History Month: Planned Parenthood and Black Girls Code.
April
World Autism Awareness Day happens on April 2 each year and April is Autism Awareness Month.
April 22 is Earth Day. Earth Day was first observed on April 22, 1970, and celebrations now include a wide range of events coordinated globally by EarthDay.org. Check out Bonusly's post 5 Sustainable Ways to Celebrate Earth Day at Work to plan your Earth Day celebrations.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during April in recognition of Autism Awareness Month and Earth Day: Autistic Self Advocacy Network and National Park Foundation.
May
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Mental Health Awareness Month, and Jewish American Heritage Month.
Read our post, How to Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at Work, to start planning your workplace celebrations.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during May in recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month: Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) and NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).
Related nonprofit donation options in the global Bonusly Reward Catalog that Bonusly users can also choose to donate to include American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
June
June is Pride Month. The purpose of Pride Month in the United States is to recognize the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have had on history locally, nationally, and internationally. Read our post 3 Actionable Ways to Support LGBTQ+ Employees During Pride Month and Beyond to understand more about how to welcome and celebrate LGBTQ+ folks at work throughout the year.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during June in recognition of Pride Month: The Trevor Project and HRC (Human Rights Campaign).
Related nonprofit donation options in the global Bonusly Reward Catalog that Bonusly users can also choose to donate to include GLAAD and ACLU.
July
July is Disability Pride Month in a growing number of cities and states in America. President George H.W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law on July, 26, 1990, a landmark law that prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during July in recognition of Disability Pride Month: the Special Olympics and Humanity & Inclusion.
August
In honor of National Dog Month, we will promote two charities that help support some of our favorite (furry) coworkers. After all, we all know the pawsitive impact pets can have on our mental health in the workplace.
Bonusly will promote the following donation options during August in recognition of National Dog Month: Canine Companions for Independence and WWF.
September
In the United States, National Hispanic Heritage Month starts on September 15 and runs through October 15. September 15 was chosen as the start of National Hispanic Heritage Month because it coincides with the Independence Day celebrations of five Central American nations: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Mexico also celebrates its independence from Spain on September 16, 1810.
Check out 8 Great Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month at Work on our blog for ways to celebrate with your team.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward option between September 15 and October 15 in recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month: LatinoJustice PRLDEF.
Bonusly will also promote the City Year donation reward option in September to mark the traditional start of the school year.
October
Continuing our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month into October, Bonusly will promote the LatinoJustice PRLDEF donation reward option through October 15.
Diversity Awareness Month is recognized in the month of October. Bonusly will promote the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) donation reward option in October.
November
November is National Native American, American Indian, and Alaskan Native Heritage Month. There are 5.2 million American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the U.S., and it’s very possible your team includes folks with Native heritage. Check out 5 Ways to Celebrate Native American Heritage Month at Work to plan your company's observance of this important event.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during November in recognition of Native American Heritage Month: First Nations Development Institute and charity:water.
December
December is Universal Human Rights Month. December is also HIV/AIDS Awareness Month and World AIDS Day falls on December 1.
Bonusly will promote the following donation reward options during December in recognition of Universal Human Rights Month and HIV/AIDS Awareness Month: International Rescue Committee and (RED).
Keep reading
Check out our blog post Donation reward options in the Bonusly Reward Catalog for a list of all the charities Bonusly users can easily support with their Bonusly points. You can always add facilitate charity donations with Bonusly's Custom Reward feature.
If you're not familiar with Bonusly, the engagement platform that makes recognition and rewards fun for both employees and managers, click below to learn more!
In addition to offering digital gift cards, cash-out and prepaid card options, and company swag rewards, the global Bonusly Reward Catalog fulfills donations to more than 40 American and international nonprofits.
Although Amazon, Starbucks, Target, and Walmart are consistently the most popular reward options among Bonusly users, many folks choose to donate their Bonusly points to the charitable causes that are important to them.
The Bonusly community has generously donated more than $1.5 million to charity since we started tracking donation rewards back in 2017.
By and large, the charities listed in the global Bonusly Reward Catalog operate with an American or international mandate or they focus on crisis response. Bonusly's leadership team selected this group of nonprofit organizations with input from our employee-led Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group and from Bonusly customers, many of whom have written in over the years to request additional donation reward options.
Collectively, this group of charities covers a broad and diverse range of causes that Bonusly users can choose to support with donations of their Bonusly points. Check out our Recommended Rewards Calendar to see which charities we highlight each month in the product.
If you'd like to offer additional donation reward options to your employees, use Bonusly's Custom Rewards to facilitate donations to charities of your choice. Your employees will no doubt appreciate your company for making it easy to support the causes that are important to them and the organizations that contribute to the communities where they live and work.
Keep reading this post to learn more about each of the nonprofit organizations with donation reward options in the global Bonusly Reward Catalog.
Donation reward options available in the global Bonusly Reward Catalog
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Canine Companions for Independence
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
First Nations Development Institute
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics
International Rescue Committee
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is the United States' largest grassroots organization for people with mental illness and their families. Founded in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in every state and in more than 900 local communities across the country.
NAMI recognizes that the key concepts of recovery, resiliency and support are essential to improving the wellness and quality of life of all persons affected by mental illness. NAMI members and friends work to fulfill our mission by providing support, education, and advocacy. The organization's many activities include: public education and information activities, peer education and support, raising awareness and fighting stigma, and state and federal advocacy.
Visit NAMI's website to learn more about its work.
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund (Everytown)
Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund is an independent, non-partisan 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to understanding and reducing gun violence in America. The Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund seeks to improve our understanding of the causes of gun violence and the means to reduce it — by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, and communicating this knowledge in the courts and the court of public opinion.
Visit Everytown's website to learn more about its work.
Read How to support gun safety with your Bonusly points on our blog.
(RED)
(RED) was founded in 2006 by Bono and Bobby Shriver to engage businesses and people in the fight against AIDS. (RED) partners with the world's most iconic brands who contribute up to 50% of profits from (RED)-branded goods and services to the Global Fund.
Visit (RED)'s website to learn more about its work.
/dev/color
/dev/color’s mission is to empower Black software engineers to help one another grow into industry leaders. Black software engineers have historically faced challenges in reaching their full potential. dev/color works to ensure that Black software engineers fulfill the promise of their talents, transform the tech industry, and give back to their communities.
Visit dev/color's website to learn more about its work.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
For nearly 100 years, the ACLU has been the United States’s guardian of liberty, working in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
Visit ACLU's website to learn more about its work.
America SCORES
America SCORES partners with urban schools to provide a high quality, team-based program that integrates soccer, poetry and service-learning. Our innovative approach improves students' health, academic achievement and civic engagement.
Visit America SCORES' website to learn more about its work.
American Cancer Society
With your support, we will save more lives than ever before. Together, we are stronger than cancer.
Visit the American Cancer Society's website to learn more about its work.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC)
Since 1914, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) has given global expression to the principle that all Jews are responsible for one another.
Working today in over 70 countries, JDC acts on behalf of North America's Jewish communities and others to rescue Jews in danger, provide relief to those in distress, revitalize overseas Jewish communities, and help Israel overcome the social challenges of its most vulnerable citizens. JDC also provides non-sectarian emergency relief and long-term development assistance worldwide.
Visit JDC's website to learn more about its work.
American Red Cross
Since its founding in 1881 by visionary leader Clara Barton, the American Red Cross has been the nation's premier emergency response organization. the American Red Cross brings shelter, food and comfort to those affected by disasters, large and small. The organization collects lifesaving donated blood and supplies it to patients in need. It provides support to people in military bases around the world, and to the families they leave behind. It trains communities in CPR, first aid, and other skills that save lives.
The American Red Cross also assists people abroad with critical disaster response, preparedness and disease prevention efforts.
Visit American Red Cross' website to learn more about its work.
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)
Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC)'s mission is to advance civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all.
Visit Asian Americans Advancing Justice's website to learn more about its work.
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights, and opportunities.
ASAN works to empower autistic people across the world to take control of their own lives and the future of their common community, and seeks to organize the autistic community to ensure their voices are heard in the national conversation about them.
Visit Autistic Self Advocacy Network's website to learn more about its work.
Black Girls Code
Imagine. Build. Create. Black Girls CODE is on a mission to empower young women of color ages 7-17 to become innovators in STEM fields, leaders in their communities, and builders of their own futures through exposure to computer science and technology. With a goal to train 1 million girls to code by 2040, Black Girls CODE is dedicated to leveling the playing field for girls of color in #STEM.
Visit Black Girls Code's website to learn more about its work.
Canine Companions for Independence (CCI)
Canine Companions for Independence is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained assistance dogs at no charge to the recipient.
Visit Canine Companions for Independence's website to learn more about its work.
CDC Foundation
The CDC Foundation helps the Center for Disease Control save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world.
Visit the CDC Foundation's website to learn more about its work.
charity:water
charity: water is a non-profit organization bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing countries.
Visit charity:water's website to learn more about its work.
City Year
City Year is dedicated to helping students and schools succeed. Diverse teams of City Year AmeriCorps members provide high-impact student, classroom and school-wide supports to help students stay in school and on track to graduate from high school, ready for college and career success.
Visit City Year's website to learn more about its work.
Clean Water Fund
Clean Water Fund's mission is to develop strong grassroots environmental leadership and to bring together diverse constituencies to work cooperatively for changes that improve their lives, focused on health, consumer, environmental and community problems.
Based in Washington, DC, Clean Water Fund operates locally staffed environmental and health protection programs serving communities in more than 15 states.
Visit Clean Water Fund's website to learn more about its work.
Code.org
Code.org is a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to computer science, and increasing participation by women and underrepresented minorities.
Visit code.org's website to learn more about its work.
Direct Relief
Direct Relief is a humanitarian organization, active in all 50 states in the United States and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies. Nongovernmental, nonsectarian, and not-for-profit, Direct Relief provides assistance to people and communities without regard to politics, religion, ethnic identities or ability to pay.
Direct Relief's assistance programs — which focus on emergency preparedness and disaster response and the prevention and treatment of disease — are tailored to the particular circumstances and needs of the world's most vulnerable and at-risk populations.
Visit Direct Relief's website to learn more about its work.
Doctors Without Borders, USA (DWB-USA)
Doctors Without Borders, USA (DWB-USA), was founded in 1990 in New York City to raise funds, create awareness, recruit field staff, and advocate with the United Nations and US government on humanitarian concerns.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides aid in nearly 70 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters.
Visit Doctors Without Borders, USA's website to learn more about its work.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. EFF's mission is to ensure that technology supports freedom, justice, and innovation for all people of the world.
Visit the Electronic Frontier Foundation's website to learn more about its work.
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
Visit the Equal Justice Initiative's website to learn more about its work.
First Nations Development Institute
First Nations Development Institute is a nonprofit Native American organization whose mission is to strengthen American Indian economies to support healthy Native communities. First Nations Development Institute believes that only solutions designed by Native peoples, for Native peoples, through the control of their assets and based on their cultural values, will succeed.
Visit the First Nations Development Institute's website to learn more about its work.
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST)
Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (FAST) is focused on one goal: developing treatments for, and ultimately curing, Angelman Syndrome.
Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a rare neurogenetic disorder that affects approximately one in 15,000 people – about 500,000 individuals worldwide. Symptoms include, but are not limited to: delayed developmental milestones; gross and fine motor impairment; difficulty with feeding and swallowing; issues; loss of functional speech and epilepsy.
Visit the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics' website to learn more about its work.
Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code programs work to inspire, educate, and equip girls, women, and non-binary people with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities.
Visit Girls Who Code's website to learn more about its work.
GLAAD
GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love.
Visit GLAAD's website to learn more about its work.
Grameen Foundation
Grameen Foundation's programs provide money for loans to poor borrowers. Its mission is to empower the poor, especially women, to create a world without poverty and hunger.
Grameen Foundation designs digital platforms to help people in developing countries save for the future, invest in their businesses, and improve their farms. Then, they train some of these people, mostly women, to become Community Agents, who deliver these tools to their communities.
Visit Grameen Foundation's website to learn more about its work.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the U.S. and in approximately 70 countries. Habitat’s vision is one of a world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Habitat works toward its vision by building strength, stability and self-reliance in partnership with families in need of decent and affordable housing. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable, no-profit mortgage, helping them afford food, child care, medicine, and other necessities. Habitat for Humanity helps families to break the cycle of poverty and build long-term financial security.
Visit Habitat for Humanity's website to learn more about its work.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.
Visit HRC's website to learn more about its work.
Humanity & Inclusion
Humanity & Inclusion is an independent and impartial aid organization working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. Humanity & Inclusion workw alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, taking action and bearing witness in order to respond to their essential needs, improve their living conditions, and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental rights.
Visit Humanity & Inclusion's website to learn more about its work.
Huntsman Cancer Foundation
Huntsman Cancer Foundation’s sole purpose is to raise funds for the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, a nationally recognized cancer research center and treatment hospital in Salt Lake City.
Huntsman Cancer Institute’s mission is to understand cancer from its beginnings, to use that knowledge in the creation and improvement of cancer treatments, to relieve the suffering of cancer patients, and to provide education about cancer risk, prevention, and care.
Visit the Huntsman Cancer Institute's website to learn more about its work.
InSTEDD (Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases, and Disasters
InSTEDD has a unique offering — they design and use open source technology tools to help partners improve collaboration, information flow and knowledge sharing to better deliver critical services to vulnerable populations.
Visit InSTEDD's website to learn more about its work.
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future. In more than 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cities, IRC's dedicated teams provide clean water, shelter, health care, education and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.
Visit IRC's website to learn more about its work.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Every day, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health works to keep millions safe from illness and injury by pioneering new research, deploying its knowledge and expertise in the field, and educating tomorrow's scientists and practitioners in the global defense of human life.
Visit Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to learn more about its work.
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
LatinoJustice PRLDEF works to create a more just society by using and challenging the rule of law to secure transformative, equitable and accessible justice, by empowering our community and by fostering leadership through advocacy and education.
For the past 45+ years, LatinoJustice has litigated precedent-setting impact cases across the country, advocated for the rights of Latinos, fostered civic engagement, and trained Latinx to become leaders in their community.
LatinoJustice's five pillars of work address voting rights, immigrant justice, economic justice, criminal justice reform, and legal and leadership development through its CAP Leadership Institute.
Visit LatinoJustice PRLDEF's website to learn more about its work.
Long Live the Kings
Long Live the Kings (LLTK) is a non-profit organization committed to restoring wild salmon and steelhead to the waters of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. Since its founding in 1986, LLTK has created and delivered projects designed to conserve wild salmon and support sustainable fisheries.
Visit Long Live the Kings' website to learn more about its work.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons. The NAACP envisions an inclusive community rooted in liberation where all persons can exercise their civil and human rights without discrimination.
Visit the NAACP's website to learn more about its work.
Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
The Legal Defense Fund (LDF), formerly known as the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., (NAACP LDF), is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.
Visit LDF's website to learn more about its work.
In June 2020, Bonusly matched $25,000 USD in donations to LDF made by Bonusly users. Read more about Bonusly's stance on social justice in the workplace: It's Our Responsibility as HR Pros to Support Racial Justice.
National Park Foundation
The National Park Foundation is the official charity of America's national parks, working to help connect all Americans to the parks, and to make sure that they are preserved for the generations who will follow.
Visit the National Park Foundation's website to learn more about its work.
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood Federation of America is a nonprofit organization that delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people worldwide.
Visit Planned Parenthood's website to learn more about its work.
Read How to support reproductive rights with Bonusly on our blog.
Project Hero
Project Hero is dedicated to helping veterans and first responders affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and injury achieve rehabilitation, recovery, and resilience in their daily lives and increasing awareness to combat the national mental health emergency posed by PTSD and TBI.
Visit Project Hero's website to learn more about its work.
Special Olympics
The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes, and the community.
Visit Special Olympics' website to learn more about its work.
Summer Search
Summer Search is a high-impact program that gives low-income students in five regions across the United States (the Bay Area, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Seattle) the opportunities and support they need to transform their lives, achieve their own potential, and create change as role models and everyday leaders.
Visit Summer Search's website to learn more about its work.
The Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy is the leading conservation organization working around the world to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends.
Visit the Nature Conservancy's website to learn more about its work.
The Trevor Project
Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading American organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.
Visit The Trevor Project's website to learn more about its work.
UNICEF USA
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) works in more than 190 countries and territories to put children first. UNICEF has helped save more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization, by providing health care and immunizations, clean water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more.
UNICEF USA supports UNICEF's work through fundraising, advocacy and education in the United States.
Visit UNICEF USA's website to learn more about its work.
Water.org
Water.org is an international nonprofit organization that has positively transformed millions of lives around the world with access to safe water and sanitation.
Visit Water.org's website to learn more about its work.
Wikimedia Foundation
The non-profit Wikimedia Foundation provides the essential infrastructure for free knowledge. The foundation hosts Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world, as well as many other vital community projects.
Visit the Wikimedia Foundation's website to learn more about its work.
World Food Program USA
World Food Program USA (WFP USA) is a U.S.-based non-profit organization dedicated to building support within the U.S. for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).
Visit the World Food Program USA's website to learn more about its work.
World of Children
World of Children unlocks the future for vulnerable children by funding, elevating, and educating the most effective changemakers worldwide.
Visit World of Children's website to learn more about its work.
WWF
For nearly 60 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The world’s leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by more than one million members in the United States and close to five million globally.
Visit WWF's website to learn more about its work.
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