Goodera

Goodera is a corporate volunteering platform that connects company employees with nonprofit organisations. It says its mission is "to make social impact accessible to every team on the planet." It plans, promotes and runs volunteering programmes for companies from start to finish, so that employee teams can volunteer with vetted nonprofits. Its activities are designed around what each nonprofit needs and are run in virtual, in-person and hybrid formats. It works with CSR, HR and Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders inside companies, and offers activities in more than 30 languages.

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, California, USA (India office: Bengaluru, Karnataka)

Major Areas of Work

• Education and youth: Volunteering activities on literacy, school support and helping young people get ready for work.

• Child welfare, health and nutrition: Activities that support nonprofits working with children and on food security and hunger.

• Environment and sustainability: Outdoor and in-office activities on conservation, wildlife and sustainability.

• Disability and inclusion: Programmes that pair employee volunteers with nonprofits serving people with disabilities and other underserved groups.

• Nonprofit partnerships: Vetting nonprofits and building volunteering activities around their needs.

Major Initiatives and Programmes

• Employee Volunteering Programmes: End-to-end volunteering programmes for CSR leaders, covering planning, promotion, execution and reporting.

• Virtual, In-Person and Hybrid Volunteering: Activities curated by Goodera's team that employees can join remotely, in the office or on location with a nonprofit.

• Month of Service: Company-wide volunteering campaigns run over a set month.

• ERG Engagement: Volunteering activities built for Employee Resource Groups around their causes and communities.

• Team-Building and Event Volunteering: Volunteering built into conferences, employee onboarding and team retreats for HR and team leaders.

In India, Goodera lists more than 100 team volunteering opportunities and more than 1,000 activities curated by its experts, run with nonprofits in cities from Delhi to Chennai.

Impact

Goodera states it has engaged more than 2 million employee volunteers and partners with more than 50,000 nonprofits across 100+ countries, including 500+ vetted nonprofits in India. Its homepage cites 500+ corporate clients, while its India volunteering page cites 400+ enterprises. Companies it lists among its clients include Amazon, Deloitte, EY, IBM, PayPal, Tata Communications, ServiceNow and Zoom.

Leadership

• Abhishek Humbad, Founder and CEO

• Sriram Shankar, Co-Founder and COO

• Sumit Agarwal, Chief Financial Officer

Goodera sits where corporate CSR and the nonprofit sector meet. People who work here deal with large companies and with grassroots nonprofits across India and other countries, and design and run volunteering programmes at scale. The work gives exposure to CSR strategy, nonprofit partnerships, programme operations and technology. It suits people who want to work in social impact from the corporate side, and who like fast-paced, client-facing work across teams in the US, Europe and India.