By late Wednesday morning, Corporate America had contributed an estimated $65 million to the Hurricane Harvey relief effort. There have been generous, headline-making seven-figure donations made by large corporations, but many companies are contributing by matching their employees’ individual donations as well.

By the time most employees fired up their computers on this Friday morning (less than a week after the Hurricane hit), the YourCause Global Good Network had raised more than $3.8 million through individual donations and matches.

Our historical client data shows us that 79% of disaster relief donors are first time donors. And of these first-time donors, 65% of employees returned to donate again in the future. These stats illustrate the collective need we all have to help out during a disaster, we just need the means to do so. And once an employee discovers a giving program at their company, they realize how simple it can be to continue practicing philanthropy.

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