Employee Giving
Empowering employees. Enriching communities.
Our giving programs empower employees to donate to the causes that are important to them.
2020 Employee Giving by the numbers
| 1,531 | $1.5M | $3.4M |
| Charities donated to by Piper Sandler employees |
Raised from Piper Sandler employees alone |
Total employee and corporate giving for 2020 |
2020 Employee Giving by Industry
See the top industries our employees chose to donate to in 2020:
 46% Community Investment |
 37% Education |
 12% Health Services |
 5% Arts & Culture |
Employee Giving and Corporate Matching Opportunities
One of our core guiding principles is to contribute our talents and resources to serve the communities in which we live and work. We encourage and support our employees individual philanthropic interests in a variety of ways:
- Matching Gifts Program: Piper Sandler matches an employee’s eligible nonprofit donation of $25 or more, with a $1,000 annual maximum.
- Annual Charitable Giving Campaign: Piper Sandler matches each employee’s donations of $25 or more, with a $5,000 annual maximum.
- Disaster Relief: Disaster relief funds may be set up to assist employees, clients or partners who live or work in an area directly affected by a disaster; funds donated by employees benefit specified nonprofits and are matched by Piper Sandler.
Employee Volunteer Programs and Awards
We support the organizations in which our employees donate their time and resources. Grant and recognition opportunities include:
- Community Leader Grant: encourages and supports sustained volunteerism for Piper Sandler employees who contribute more than 40 hours annually to a qualifying nonprofit and serve as a member of its board of directors.
- Volunteer Program Grant: provides direct gifts to a qualifying nonprofit organization where employees volunteer 40 hours or more in a year.
- Bobby and Tad Piper Community Service Award: annually recognizes an employee who has acted in service to his or her community through volunteerism and commitment.
- David Crosby Community Leadership Award: a lifetime achievement award that annually honors one employee for philanthropic leadership and nonprofit board service.
