Our approach to Giving Tuesday
This Giving Tuesday, we reflect on our commitment to creating social and environmental change and highlight the exceptional organizations we've supported.
Beyond our work as shareholder advocates, we dedicate 1% of our revenue to impact-driven organizations, match employee donations, and provide paid volunteer time. Our approach to giving prioritizes organizations that empower marginalized communities and foster lasting change.
Organizations We Champion Through Giving
This year, we focused our giving on advancing racial, ethnic, and gender equity. Organizations we proudly champion include:
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), a feminist peacebuilding organization with presence and impact around the world, addressing root causes of violence through a feminist lens.
Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW), advocating to end violence against Native women and children by shaping policy, conducting outreach, increasing awareness, informing priorities, and ensuring representation for tribal communities.
Community Movement Builders (CMB), a collective that empowers black communities by responding to gentrification and displacement, as well as supporting food sustainability.
Creative Action Institute, catalyzing community-driven solutions that advance gender equality and climate justice globally through training and consulting, advocacy, and peer exchange.
In addition to the organizations mentioned above, other groups whose work we’ve been fortunate to support include:
HighLights from Staff Volunteering
Additionally, many of our staff channel their expertise into supporting organizations that make an impact in and beyond their own communities. For example, Marcela Pinilla, director of sustainable investing, serves on the Sustainable Stewardship Committee for Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management (Mass PRIM), advising the board. She also serves on the advisory board of The Migration and Climate Adaptation & Finance Working Group, who empower investors to be a voice for rational, sustainable migration policy, and advocate for migration as an important climate adaptation tool. Additionally, Marcela is a board member of the New York Foundation, a critical supporter of community organizing and grassroots advocacy in New York City.
Pictured: The Zevin Asset Management team after volunteering this summer at the The Food Project, a nationally recognized non-profit that works at the intersection of youth, food, and community. Not pictured: Cate Faddis, a recent addition to the investment team.
We're always on the lookout for new organizations to champion - let us know about the ones you admire by emailing us.
Disclosures:
Registration with the SEC should not be construed as an endorsement or an indicator of investment skill, acumen or experience.
Investments in securities are not insured, protected or guaranteed and may result in loss of income and/or principal.
The listing of organizations should not be construed as an endorsement or a recommendation to retain Zevin Asset Management by these entities.