Our History

Founded in 1978 under the name of System Builders, our very first project was to design proprietary matching gift software for the world’s largest bank.

In 1990, our company launched its full service outsourcing arm – The Matching Gift Center – in response to the needs of other corporate giving managers seeking a technologically advanced, cost effective solution to administering their own philanthropic programs.

Since that time, our company has been at the forefront of the corporate giving field and the first to introduce a variety of cutting edge concepts including: Interactive Voice Response (IVR) gift registration; Volunteer Grant & Special Event program administration; and most notably, the very first online gift registry when the Internet was still in its infancy.

In the Fall of 2000, our company changed its name to AmeriGives and moved its primary operations from New York City to Stuart, Florida (located 30 miles north of West Palm Beach). During this time, the company went through a vast expansion process resulting in the addition of key management and state-of-the-art equipment, allowing us to offer an even more comprehensive range of technologically advanced products and services.

Today, AmeriGives is a privately-held, self supporting corporation with no debt or external investors that may influence operational decisions. We remain the innovative leader of the corporate philanthropy field, and continue to evolve to meet the needs of companies looking for a way to administer giving programs more efficiently and less expensively than on their own.

Our People

First and foremost, AmeriGives staff members have a passion about their work and it shows.

Our highly trained, highly motivated customer service representatives are the best in the business; all of our representatives are voice trained, and several are fluent in French and Spanish to handle international employees. Our senior managers have an average of 25 years experience working with Fortune 500 companies in the customer service, technology and philanthropic disciplines – And our IT department is at the cutting edge of website development, hosting, transaction processing, database engineering, network administration and more.

Most importantly, AmeriGives has one of the lowest turnover rates in the industry, with most of our staff averaging 7 or more years with our company.

Our Headquarters

Basing our operations in South Florida is more than just a financial advantage for our clients – it makes us better prepared for an environmental or national emergency that can happen anywhere in the United States. For example, our reinforced concrete building is designed to withstand the harshest of weather conditions; all of our systems are kept under the most stringent security measures and backed up by a secure, redundant system located out-of-state; and our three industrial strength back-up generators keep us in operation during any power outage that may come our way.

So while other firms may be caught off guard with an environmental or national emergency, our operation is fully functional and back online with just the flip of a switch.