As the COVID-19 pandemic entered its second year, Full Circle Fund (FCF) continued to connect nonprofits with corporate partners and their employees to help nonprofit organizations emerge stronger from this time of uncertainty and better serve their communities. While volunteer Member project teams were not able to meet in person, they were able to work in remote video meetings to collaborate with three nonprofit Grant Partners.
Overview
Funded by GitHub, Medallia, and Delta Dental, FCF coordinated three project teams comprised of GitHub and Medallia employees, along with nonprofit organizations working to building healthy communities:
- Children Now focuses on building power for kids in public policymaking to transform the systems that serve kids and improve children’s well-being, especially for kids of color, children living in poverty, and youth in foster care.
- Fresh Approach works at the intersection of food security, nutrition education, and public health to create long-term change in local food systems by connecting California communities with healthy food from California farmers and expanding knowledge about food and nutrition.
- Verano Health works to improve the lives of underserved Americans on Medicaid with personalized, culturally-sensitive, and tech-enabled care.
This collaboration is part of FCF’s Accelerate Social Justice in a Post-COVID World initiative. The initiative includes three focus areas:
- Economic Security Cohort to support disrupted retail and service workers and minority-owned small businesses.
- Healthy Communities Cohort to help nonprofits working on solutions to entrenched challenges and the underlying systemic issues that are behind the disproportionately detrimental impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.
- Equitable Education Cohort to support nonprofits with digital transformation to build equitable education opportunities.
The Healthy Communities Cohort helped the nonprofit Grant Partner develop strategies, unlock growth opportunities, and scale current and new ways to ultimately fulfill their missions and serve more people.
Impact Survey
Upon completion of the capacity-building projects, volunteer Members completed a survey. While typical FCF volunteer project teams meet in person to work on nonprofit projects, the pandemic required teams to work remotely via video calls. This also provided opportunities to engage volunteers from the Bay Area and beyond.
Overall volunteer experience
Agreed or strongly agreed that my time and energy spent at FCF:
70% Has given me important professional and personal skills.
70% Has resulted in the development of new professional and/or personal relationships
FCF Impact on Personal Capacity
89% agreed or strongly agreed that they have formed new relationships.
88% agreed or strongly agreed that when considering their long-term career plans, the opportunity to engage in social impact activities as part of their professional role is important or very important.
78% agreed or strongly agreed that they understand the needs of the nonprofit sector compared to 56% before the program.
78% agreed or strongly agreed that they know how to apply their professional skills to support nonprofits.
“Working on this project with Full Circle Fund was a highlight for me, it helped us contribute to a nonprofit organization's mission in an area that I wanted to contribute to. The Full Circle Fund staff was so organized and kind, I highly recommend this experience to anyone wanting to do good for the world and become a better leader at the same time.” - Thibault Imbert, Vice President, Growth, GitHub
Grant Partners
- Children Now focuses on building power for kids in public policymaking to transform the systems that serve kids and improve children’s well-being, especially for kids of Children Nowcolor, children living in poverty, and youth in foster care
- Fresh Approach works at the intersection of food security, nutrition education, and public health to create long-term change in local food systems by connecting California communities with healthy food from California farmers and expanding knowledge about food and nutrition.
- Verano Health works to improve the lives of underserved Americans on Medicaid with personalized, culturally-sensitive, and tech-enabled care.
Get Involved
When partnering with companies, FCF takes the impact area of their choosing, sources nonprofits, and carefully scopes projects to complement the strengths of their team, helps recruit the right employees, trains them to be effective volunteers, launches and manages projects, and then reports on outcomes.
For over 20 years, members from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors work in partnership with local community groups to scale solutions to the biggest problems affecting communities. Through its unique model of engaged philanthropy, Full Circle Fund has unlocked over $12 million in positive social change.
Full Circle Fund is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and community that leverages its professionals’ time, resources, and intellectual capital to accelerate nonprofits and build resilient communities.
SURVEY
FCF program helped Grant Partners build capacity in the following
areas (based on number of responses from 10 Grant Partners)
reported that the amount of time they volunteer each year increased or substantially increased
reported that their participation in efforts to address community needs increased or substantially increased
reported that they have formed new relationships.
reported that when considering their long-term career plans, the opportunity to engage in social impact activities as part of their professional role is important or very important.
reported that they know how to apply their professional skills to support nonprofits.
reported that the amount of time they volunteer each year increased or substantially increased
reported that their participation in efforts to addresscommunity needs increased or substantially increased
reported that their ability to serve as a nonprofit board member, mentor, advisor, or volunteer increased or substantially increased
I felt comfortable speaking openly and honestly.
Multiple perspectives were respected and honored.
I could be my authentic self.
I felt that my time and effort were respected.