Benevity

Canada
Software and Services

Corprate Bias Ratings

Risk Level:

Rating - Danger
High Risk

Benevity produces charitable donation and grant management software. It has not terminated business relationships due to ideological beliefs. Benevity does not discriminate against faith-based charities, though it does vet charities according to the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) "hate list." For these reasons, Benevity receives a "High 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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Benevity has not publicly terminated business relationships due to religious or political beliefs. However, according to the charitable group Relativity, Benevity does vet for hate groups according to the SPLC classifications (1).

Criteria

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

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Benevity does not treat religious organizations differently than other charitable organizations in its grant management services (1).

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

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Rationale

Benevity includes “political affiliation” and “beliefs” in its list of traits covered in its definition of discrimination (1).

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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Benevity has not explicitly endorsed left-wing ideologies (1).

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

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Benevity has pledged to “galvanize” $1 billion in funding to the Black Lives Matter movement and related causes (1)(2).

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

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N/A
Rationale

Benevity does not operate a PAC.

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March 28, 2023

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