Anedot

Fundraising

Risk Level:

Rating - Clear
Lower Risk

Summary:

Anedot, an online fundraising and donation software, has stayed true to its pledge to serve customers of all faiths and views, including political campaigns, churches, and other organizations. Anedot does not advance ideological agendas or fund partisan policies. For these reasons, Anedot receives a "Lower Risk" rating.

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Corporate Weaponization
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Has denied service to customers, suppliers, or vendors due to their political views or religious beliefs OR corporately boycotts, divests, or sanctions regions, people groups, or industries.

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Anedot has not canceled any business relationships due to views or beliefs. It works with clients of all persuasions, including churches, nonprofits, and political campaigns. In the employment section, Anedot pledges to work with all customers without bias (1).

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Charitable giving (including employee matching programs) policies or practices discriminate against charitable organizations based on views or religious beliefs.

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Anedot does not publish a charitable giving policy for its corporate charitable efforts if any. Anedot has a discount for verified nonprofits and does not discriminate against religious organizations (1).

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Employment policies fail to protect against discrimination based on political affiliation/views and/or religion.

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Anedot does not publish its employee non-discrimination policy (1). It does, however, include this note in the job application: “Note: It is important to us to mention that we serve customers across the political spectrum. This means we serve everyone including groups that are pro-family, pro-gun, pro-health freedom, pro-life, pro-Trump (and anti-Trump). We believe in serving our customers without bias and understand that this can make people a little uncomfortable at times. If your blood pressure rises at the thought of serving any of the above mentioned groups as part of our non-partisan platform, it may not be a great fit. If it’s not, that is totally okay! We understand and just ask that you let us know.”

Corporate Governance and Public Policy
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Uses corporate reputation to support ideological causes and/or organizations hostile to freedom of expression.

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Anedot has not promoted ideological agendas or partisan policies. It got swept into the political debate when it became the donation vehicle for The Lincoln Project, but the company was swift to clarify that it serves all customers and is not “Pro-Trump or anti-Trump” (1).

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Uses corporate funds to advance ideological causes, organizations, or policies hostile to freedom of expression.

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Anedot does not use internal corporate funds to drive ideological agendas hostile to freedom of expression.

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Uses corporate political contributions for ideological, non-business purposes.

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Anedot does not have a PAC and does not appear to give corporately to political campaigns.

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January 25, 2023

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