While 2016 was our best year financially at Small Improvements, we don\u2019t believe that our success operates in a vacuum. A cornerstone of our operating philosophy is that we donate 2% of our license revenue to charity.<\/p>\n
This year we gave each employee at Small Improvements $3,500 (US) for up to three charities of their choosing. For our employees, this is an opportunity to support global and local causes they identify with, such as women\u2019s rights, animal rights, cancer research, or the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve always believed in supporting non-profits, and we encourage our employees to make a small difference wherever they can,\u201d said CEO Per Fragemann. \u201cOur annual team-wide charity donation has become one of the company traditions of which I\u2019m most proud.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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In 2016, we ended up spreading $68,000 over 45 charities. Planned Parenthood<\/a> in the United States received the largest combined donation ($5,000) as several Small Improvements employees felt motivated by the election results in the USA and the possible impact it could have on reproductive rights.<\/p>\n
Others donated because of connections made through Small Improvements, which is how our Customer Success rep James Nichols got to know Possible Health<\/a> out of Nepal \u2013 a charity that seeks to provide health care to the world\u2019s most impoverished regions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI gave their CEO a demo of Small Improvements in 2014,\u201d Nichols said. \u201cI thought it was amazingly ambitious to go into a country and create a medical-care network from the ground up. After the earthquake (in Nepal) in 2015, they were needed even more to rebuild the country\u2019s entire health system.\u201d<\/p>\n