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Erik Bergman's Great.com Pledges $1M+ to a Community of Philanthropic Entrepreneurs
The business concept of Great.com is to build the world's most trusted iGaming review website, which would generate profits through affiliate partnerships – 100% of which would be donated to vetted charities working to solve climate change.
Not only is the business concept unique, but the organizational structure and management of Great.com is also groundbreaking. Transparency is one of its core values with employee conditions and work culture shared openly. For example, Great.com records and publishes weekly meetings to its website along with employees' salaries. The ambition of Great.com is not just to end the climate crisis but to challenge the traditional norms associated with work. Erik has set out to build a more open, inclusive, and sustainable organization which he hopes will set the blueprint for other companies to follow.
Since its inception, Great.com has donated more than $225,000 to charitable causes. Now another donation is being made, this time to Founders Pledge - a community of over 1,400 entrepreneurs uniquely committed to giving. Every member of Founders Pledge must make a legally binding "pledge" to donate a chosen portion of their current or future wealth to charity.
Erik Bergman now joins as a member and thus allocates 20 percent of his remaining shareholding in Catena Media, corresponding to approximately $ 1+ million. A direct donation of $100,000 is also made, to help fund core operational costs.
Founders Pledge is a unique community of entrepreneurs who have a shared purpose of wanting to do the most good in the world. The organization has a research team that focuses on charity due diligence, data collection, and the identification of neglected cause areas throughout the world that are being underserved philanthropically. They strive to use data and analysis to recommend charities which will offer the largest return per dollar donated. What also makes Founders Pledge unique is that the network is at the forefront of research on which organizations can best prevent the spread of pandemics such as COVID-19.
Erik Bergman , founder of Great.com, comments:
David Goldberg , founder, Founders Pledge, adds:
Erik Bergman concludes.
Founders Pledge is an entrepreneurial community that, since its inception in 2015, has so far gathered more than 1,400 members who together have pledged $ 2.4 billion to charity. Founders Pledge's unique research team conducts research and provides tailored giving advice so that its members can make informed giving decisions and donate to the highest-impact charities.
Founders Pledge has been connected to the ecosystem of tech and start-up companies from the beginning. With the drive to create a better world and a society that enriches, they have developed a product and community that entrepreneurs want to be a part of. The team working for the organization is located in London , San Francisco , New York and Berlin .
Great.com is an organization founded by Erik Bergman , whose purpose is to do good and help prevent the global climate crisis. Today, the organization consists of about 10 people, who create unique affiliate products for the iGaming industry, which in turn create profits that are in full are allocated among various charity foundations. Great.com operates with a long-term perspective of at least 50 years, which will create the conditions for developing sustainable business models and working methods for employees and other contributing parties.
Great.com also creates content on social media such as Instagram and YouTube, to inform and inspire other entrepreneurs to want to do good. The number of followers has already reached a few hundred thousand.
Since its inception in 2018, Great.com has now donated more than $325,0000 to charitable causes.
Erik Bergman , Founder, Great.com
Email: erik.bergman@great.com
Angelica Isaksson, PR & Project Manager, Great.com
Email: angelica.isaksson@great.com