Goodworld vs. Spark by Benevity

I'd recommend the Goodworld platform for almost any scenario of online giving. It's definitely well suited for smaller grassroots organizations as it isn't cost-prohibitive, and helps get you up and running to process donations quickly. Their customer service has been great with fast response times and helping me get things sorted out quickly so there is not downtime for our front-end users. I'd say the only real challenge we experienced to date is regarding in-person events that need a point of purchase/donation swiper. For live events we still need to work out the particulars and I expect Goodworld will come up with a few options soon.

Benevity Spark delivers particularly well for companies with a modern volunteer rewards plus donation matching program. The platform is designed to maximize employee-directed rewards and matching for community impact. Companies without volunteer rewards or donation matching may find limited employee engagement benefits from the Spark experience.

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• Easy to customize and design campaigns that fit our branding.
• Easy to integrate onto our website without having to call developers.
• Able to share via social media in a streamlined fashion.

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• Benevity Spark offers a clean and intuitive user experience designed to promote employee engagement in the community. Employees experience a modern user interface and easy access to the programs and tools behind the application.
• Benevity Spark empowers program administrators with detailed customization options to fit every company program. From smart user entitlements/permissions to robust customizable management reports, Spark allows global program administrators to efficiently manage large programs.
• The Benevity Spark user interface uses responsive web design, rendering a beautiful user experience on mobile, tablet, or laptop screens. Benevity Spark allows for ample opportunity for alignment to company branding and visual elements.

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• I don’t really have any dislikes. The only time I have trouble with something is creating the appropriate graphics that work across all devices, especially mobile devices. It can be a bit cumbersome.

• Benevity Spark is in the process of building a global network for nonprofit organization vetting. While that process has made significant progress, the global landscape made up of millions of nonprofit orgs across scores of countries remains a great challenge. The Benevity cause vetting and onboarding teams are making progress, but there is a lot of ground yet to cover.

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It's the best deal on the best suite of tools.

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We are a development team of about 8 people, located in different areas. We liked Goodworld because it was easy to use for all of us, each being in charge of our own event, but using the same information. It has a dashboard that will show overall numbers and statistics.

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• Through partnering with Goodworld we have been able to steward nearly $2.4 million to nonprofit organizations nationwide in the past 18 months
• We have leveraged the Goodworld platform to significantly improve our response time to partner requests and social issues or natural disasters like giving to support Ukraine
• The platform allows us to overlay strategy with technology for greater community impact with at least 45 companies every year

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• Benevity Spark helped complete the employee-community engagement experience at the company. Together with careful program design, internal marketing, and a robust employee training program; Benevity Spark helps to drive employee engagement in the community.

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