Build a volunteer program employees actually want to join
Create meaningful opportunities, make participation effortless, and reward employees for giving their time—all without spreadsheets, disconnected tools, or endless follow-up.
The volunteering platform built for participation
We power purpose-driven companies with a solution that is easier to use, faster to launch, and more cost-effective than anything else out there.
Create programs employees want to join
Build flexible volunteer experiences for distributed teams, local offices, company-wide initiatives, and employee-led events.
Manage every event with less effort
Handle registration, shifts, waitlists, communications, check-in, and hour tracking from one place.
Understand and grow your impact
Track participation, volunteer hours, grants, employee feedback, and program performance in real time.
“Groundswell has helped us scale our volunteer program alongside our company’s growth, making it easy for distributed teams to find and participate in opportunities.”
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Flexible enough for every way your employees volunteer
Create meaningful volunteer opportunities that inspire participation
Robust Event Creation
Create and manage events of any complexity (multi-day, multi-shift, and recurring). Set custom capacities, manage shifts, and manage waitlists with ease.
Employee Segmentation
Target events to specific employee segments based on location, interests, and skills. Create public or private events and invite your entire workforce or target invites via HRIS data.
Employee-Created Events
Empower employees to create and manage their own volunteer events, assign event leaders, invite participants, and more.
Volunteer Grants and Dollars for Doers
Reward eligible volunteer participation with company-funded charitable grants. Attach grants to events or allow employees to earn charitable rewards based on approved volunteer hours.
Volunteer Campaigns
Bring events, independent volunteering, employee comms, and charitable incentives together around a shared cause, seasonal initiative, or company-wide service campaign.
From registration through follow-up
Keep every volunteer event running smoothly
Flexible Hour Tracking
Capture volunteer time through automatic event logging, employee submissions, admin entries, mobile check-in, or bulk uploads. Add approval workflows when hours are tied to VTO, grants, or reporting requirements.
Mobile Event Management
Let employees check themselves in through the Groundswell mobile app. Admins and event organizers can also manage attendees, guests, attendance, and hours while on site.
Event Communications
Automatically send confirmations, reminders, calendar invitations, event updates, and post-event prompts. Organizers can also email attendees directly when plans or logistics change.
Volunteer Opportunity Discovery
Integrate with VolunteerMatch/Idealist to provide employees with access to tens of thousands of always-up-to-date volunteering opportunities.
Track impact in real time—not after the fact
See what drives participation—and where to invest next
Post-Event Surveys
Create customizable surveys and automatically send them to attendees after an event. Gather feedback, understand the employee experience, and improve future programming.
Real-Time Event Reporting
Track registrations, attendance, hours, VTO, volunteer grants, and participation across events, employee groups, locations, and nonprofit partners.
Data API
Connect Groundswell volunteer data to your company’s BI tools, data warehouse, or reporting systems for deeper analysis and custom reporting.
Unified Program Reporting
View volunteering alongside employee giving, matching, and corporate grants to understand the full impact of your company’s social impact programs.
Ready to make a bigger impact?
Big impact doesn’t have to mean big effort. Groundswell makes it simple to launch, manage, and scale programs that matter.
