Corporate Giving That Supports Your Workforce

Most workplace benefits ask an employee to enroll, remember a portal, and self-serve months before they need anything. HelpLink is used at the moment of the crisis instead: an employee posts a specific need — a car repair, a past-due utility bill, work boots — and HelpLink staff review, price, and publish it. There's no enrollment step, no benefit to remember, and nothing for a supervisor to approve. Employees also don't have to explain their situation to anyone they work with, which is usually the real reason support programs go unused.

An employee posts the need, HelpLink verifies and prices it, and it goes live to donors — typically within a business day. HelpLink then pays the creditor or buys the item directly. Because the fulfillment goes straight to the vendor rather than to the employee, there's no waiting on reimbursement paperwork and no cash ever changes hands.

Not you. HelpLink reviews and sponsors every need against the same criteria, which takes supervisors and HR out of the position of judging whose hardship is legitimate. Companies choose how much to fund and can prioritize their own staff through the "employee first" setting, but the decision on any individual request sits with HelpLink.

HelpLink's corporate giving tool is free to use. Businesses choose their own monthly pledge amount and match budget. There are no setup costs or subscription fees, and HelpLink covers all payment processing fees. For businesses whose Support Fund makes reimbursements or payments for services to the business, a 6% stewardship fee applies to those payouts to cover compliance, reporting, and administration. There is no fee on donations into a fund.