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Goodworld is a community management and fundraising platform that powers the social good community - nonprofits, corporations, education institutions, faith-based communities and individuals. Founded in 2014, the Goodworld group is the parent company of Goodworld, GoodBusiness and Cheerful Giving. The company, founded by Dale Nirvani Pfeifer, and co-founded by John Gossart and Richie Kendall, is on a mission to inspire giving straight from the heart.

Goodworld History
Founder and CEO Dale Nirvani Pfeifer moved to the United States from her home country New Zealand and began working in the philanthropic community in New York. When she realized that the way her friends were fundraising for charity was very different from how the nonprofit she was working for, she became passionate about using technology as a solution to modernize philanthropy for younger donors. John Gossart, CFO and Co-Founder of Goodworld was an original partner at RideScout, which was later acquired by Daimler-Mercedes. Both Pfeifer and Gossart noticed that social media use had become more prevalent, and believed that there was a way to weave philanthropy and social media together. After the 2020 acquisition of Cheerful Giving, Richie Kendall (previously CEO and Co-founder of Cheerful Giving) joined Goodworld as Co-founder and CXO.

Goodworld
Initially, in 2014, Goodworld primarily facilitated donations on Facebook and Twitter through #donate. They soon were able to authorize payments also on Instagram and the web. Since 2014, the company has facilitated donations for thousands of nonprofit organizations like Oxfam International, American Cancer Society and National Geographic.

Cheerful Giving
Goodworld acquired Cheerful Giving in 2020, introducing a full-suite nonprofit fundraising platform. The platform brings together fundraising tools that are being quickly adopted by the younger demographics. The technology suite includes giving pages, text to give, egifts, donor CRM, round-ups, event ticketing, auctions, matching donations, and mobile apps.

Goodbusiness
Goodworld also introduced GoodBusiness in 2020, it is a corporate social responsibility platform that encourages the company’s in the United States to have a positive impact through workplace philanthropy programs. GoodBusiness states that a company practicing quality CSR will help engage employees, customers, and communities in workplace giving and volunteering simple and fun.

Awards & Funding
Goodworld received Tech in Motion’s 2015 Best Start-Up Timmy Award. Goodworld was also named as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company Magazine in 2016. At the end of 2017, Goodworld was invited to participate in the MasterCard Start Path Program. Dale Nirvani Pfeifer was also named New Zealand Woman of the Year (Community category) for her work at the helm of Goodworld in 2016.

In 2018, Goodworld received investment from global payments company Mastercard. Goodworld is also backed by a variety of fintech venture capitalists, including NYCA Partners, Fenway Summer Ventures , Camp One Ventures , 500 Startups and Y Culmination. Goodworld has also received funding from the District of DC’s Innovation Finance Fund. A number of prominent angel investors and angel investor networks have also invested in Goodworld including ASTIA Angels.