Grapevine Joins Blackbaud Partner Network as Giving Circles Enter the Workplace

New York, NY (March 25, 2026) Grapevine, the leading platform for Giving Circles powering collaborative philanthropy for individuals and corporations, announced today that it has joined the Blackbaud Partner Network. As corporate social impact teams increasingly look to bring Giving Circles into the workplace as a new form of employee engagement and skills-based volunteerism that also delivers meaningful impact, this partnership connects Grapevine's community-driven platform with Blackbaud's YourCause® solutions, giving CSR leaders a clear path to launch and scale employer-sponsored Giving Circles within their existing infrastructure.

"We're excited to welcome Grapevine to the Blackbaud Partner Network," said Elizabeth Price, vice president,global partners, Blackbaud. "Their Giving Circle platform brings a unique, community-driven approach to employee engagement that complements our YourCause solutions for corporate impact. As companies look for more meaningful ways to connect employees with social impact, Grapevine offers an innovative model that changes corporate giving from a transaction into a shared experience."

Born from the grassroots Giving Circle movement, Grapevine has emerged over the past six years as the leading platform for collaborative philanthropy, powering more than 1,100 Giving Circles with 100,000 members who have collectively donated more than $56 million to nonprofits. The shift into the corporate space was driven by forward-thinking CSR leaders who had experienced Giving Circles in their personal lives and recognized the potential for the workplace: employees learning about causes together, conducting due diligence on nonprofits, and making collective granting decisions. These leaders partnered with Grapevine to pilot employer-sponsored programs, and the results confirmed what the grassroots movement had long demonstrated — people learn more, stay engaged longer, and feel a deeper sense of belonging when philanthropy is a shared activity.

Through Giving Circles, employees develop real philanthropic skills. They research nonprofits, evaluate impact, discuss priorities and values, and allocate resources as a group. Leading organizations in the corporate volunteerism sector have recognized this model as a meaningful form of skills-based volunteerism, distinct from traditional employee giving programs where employees simply select a charity and submit a donation for a corporate match. Fortune 500 companies are already using Grapevine to launch Giving Circles tied to Employee Resource Group (ERG) initiatives, team-building programs, and company-wide social impact campaigns.

"We built Grapevine for people who believe giving is better together, and that belief is exactly what drew us to Blackbaud," said Emily Rasmussen, Founder and CEO of Grapevine. "What started as a grassroots tool for communities organizing around causes they care about has become something corporations are asking for by name. The CSR leaders who brought Giving Circles into their companies did so because they had seen firsthand how the model transforms passive donors into active, connected communities. This partnership means any organization using YourCause to run their CSR program can now offer that same experience to their employees without building something from scratch."

To learn more about Grapevine's corporate social impact solution, visit: https://www.grapevine.org/corporate-social-impact

About The Blackbaud Partner Network

The Blackbaud Partner Network is a group of leading technology and services companies providing social impact organizations with the applications, services, and strategies they need to propel their mission and make a difference in their local communities and worldwide. To learn more about Blackbaud's Partner Network, visit: https://www.blackbaud.com/partners.

About Grapevine

Grapevine is the leading platform for Giving Circles, enabling communities and companies to pool resources, discuss causes, and collectively fund the nonprofits making a difference. Born from the grassroots Giving Circle movement, Grapevine has grown to power more than 1,100 Giving Circles with 100,000 members and $56 million donated to nonprofits. Corporate social impact teams use Grapevine to launch employer-sponsored Giving Circles that double as skills-based volunteerism, building employee engagement, belonging, and philanthropic literacy. Learn more at grapevine.org.