Benevity Reviews 

The whole programme is transparent and as new Organization we are still on the learning process to catch up with all the programmes that align with donors funding projects of which they consider relevant to them

I am a very small newly formed non-profit. The webinars were for much bigger organizations.

Also it was more about them presenting WHAT they had, rather than what the non-profits needed for their organizations.

It was empowering to be part of the 'Get Found and Funded' webinar. It gave you an insight about Benevity Causes and how the program works. The tutorials and discussions were informative and inspired me to be more diligent in ensuring that we are on top of keeping up to date and relevant with our charity information. Thank you.

The presentation was very useful and informative. It gave us a clear understanding of how to use the portal effectively.

Was a great reminder to review our information on the platform

It is a good effort to support the NPOs. The similar session is required once in six months.

Microsoft is a name to reckon with and the professionalism which comes along with it is just remarkable . It was an excellent presentation with all the major points covered. One request I had that if I had a question I should be able to directly contact the Benevity team instead of AI .

Best wishes
Bharti Bhatnagar
Founder & President
Hamsab
Delhi

The presentation was systematic and useful. It was timely as in the coming months companies are expected to donate more given upcoming festivals. The inputs for increasing organizational visibility were good. Although, we can approach Benevity anytime with queries and support, and we do get timely response from them, the webinar was good for a closer interaction with Benevity. The webinar theme was an important one.

It was touch point approach, awareness has increased, actual importance is understood, many can benefit is understood, we will be helped is a great feeling.
The presenters could have emphasized critical factors in the whole process of procedure.

The session was timed perfectly. Started and concluded on the dot. The hosts were friendly and lucid in their presentation. They covered a lot of points in such a short time. Most importantly, they could generate a lot of optimism which really helped to remember that there is a lot of hope for Non-profits and NGOs with so much good will in the air. At the same time, we could understand that there is a lot of work to be done and that work only will lead to fruition. Great session and truly helpful. I love how the hosts took time to read and respond to comments and queries.

Overall, The get found and funded session was awesome.
Though our cause profile is up to dated and we have received our 1st donation, they take a long time to trafer through ETA. If they can work on the and expedite the process, the funds can be utilised in time bound manner.

Thank you

The discussion was very fruitful, and I was able to learn in detail about many new topics. However, despite submitting several programs, we have not received any funds to date. We would greatly benefit if the fund could be released at the earliest. Thank you.

Unfortunately we've used these people for a couple of years for a little piece of our non profit canine rescue and I must say after attempting to move electronic deposits from one financial institution to another, Benevity really does suck. They seem to really go out of their way to drag their feet and drag payments out and irritate their users.

I've been trying to satisfy them for over a month and I'm done today.

They do an equally good job of trying to tell financial institutions how to run their buinesses in this county. They give our old friend Canada a bad impression.

I have been billed by this company. I have idea who they are or what they sell. I have sent two emails and received an auto response that didn’t address my concern.

I have left two voicemails with no response.

I will add that the charge was not fraudulent but a donation I authorized via a fox link.

Their customer service is lacking.

It's clear that for Benevity, corporations are the customer, and charities are the product.

We are a charity receiving employee payroll contributions and occasional one-time donations, and our experience with Benevity has been that they minimize their costs by shifting as much of the work burden of distributing funds as possible to the recipient charity to cut costs.

- Customer service is terrible. It's impossible to get a person by phone, only email. This results in miscommunication, lengthy delays in resolving an issue, if at all. Agents ignore emails, and I've had to aggressively follow up with agents who seem untrained.

- Other platforms proactively email alerts when distributions are made, and distributions are usually on a regular, monthly cycle. Not Benevity. We receive monthly payroll deduction employee contributions. Yet the distributions arrive irregularly. I have to log in to Benevity to manually check if a report is there. The only way to know how much the distribution is and donation details is to download an unformatted excel spreadsheet.

We have asked our donors to use another platform, but unfortunately, it's part of their HR package. What we have done is refuse to list our name in their charity database.

Having worked with YourCause (nightmareish) and Cybergrants previously, Benevity is a breath of fresh air. Genuine partner to us in bringing our CR / FOundation program to life. We are utilizing the Grant, Spark, and Challenges solutions for a global tech company of 12K+ employees in 20 locations worldwide. I see a few comments about customers experiencing payment to charities as long. Realistically, global fund disbursement takes minimum 4 weeks from the payment of the invoice by the participating company. Delays are added by companies paying invoices late, and in India, especially, by local legislation updates. I wouldn't read too much into it - I'd argue the participating company should have better communication with end users on expected timelines - we are super clear that it's the end of the month after your donation is made, except for some emergency funds.

They take months to deliver the funds to charities. When you complain, they just give you a lame excuse as to why. But they don't escalate it. They just say sorry and move on.

Don't use this terrible company.

Like many others here I have encountered problems with the speed of donation disbursement. At present they have been holding on to several hundred pounds I paid directly to them several months ago (starting in December) without forwarding it to the charities it was intended for.

I can't even give this company one star. I have been trying for the past 10 days to get a response from Benevity regarding a donation that was made to my nonprofit, of which I am president for over $1900. I have written to the robot and done the data entry at least 10 times I keep getting the same message back that while I am waiting for a reply, I could possibly do this, this and that, etc.The issue is that I am unable to receive a verification code to verify that it is me before I can enter into the database and see who it is that made the donation through their company with a company match. The last time I logged in I was in Switzerland where I was taking care of a sick relative. I am now in Rhode Island. I really feel that you would be embarrassed, If you could see that I received at least 10 emails saying the same thing that while I am waiting for a response from your customer service, I can do this this, this and that. We are a small nonprofit serving a Native American community and it is very embarrassing to me, that it is more than a month later after this person, in good faith, made a donation and I have not been able to thank them.I can be reached at 800-646-2952. Please leave a message. Thank you.

I made a donation to a charity in October and never received a confirmation. For tax purposes I need an acknowledgement. The phone number for Benevity is useless unless you know an extension or name of an individual. When pressing for accounting, I get disconnected. I believe this company is a scam.