#15 in HR & PeopleUpdated 2026-08

Bonterra Deed

by Deed · CSR platform for employee giving, volunteering, ERGs and grantmaking

26.3 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

Bonterra Deed is a corporate social responsibility platform that combines employee donations and matching, volunteering, employee communities/ERGs and enterprise grantmaking. Employees discover causes, give, sign up for volunteer shifts and log hours; admins configure no-code grant workflows, approvals and permissions and track participation via real-time dashboards.

Best for: Large employers running employee giving, volunteering, ERG and grantmaking programmes in one place.
Pricing: No prices are shown; Deed Engage, Deed Grants, Deed 360, CyberGrants and the add-ons all say 'Request pricing'.
Runs on: Web

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Giving, volunteering, ERGs and grantmaking in one platform
19+ languages, 37+ currencies, nonprofits in 170+ countries
Real-time dashboards, goal tracking and built-in impact reporting
Gamification with badges, certificates and leaderboards

Trade-offs

No prices published; every plan is quoted via 'Request pricing'
Engagement and grantmaking are separate plans; both means buying Deed 360
The 2x participation figure is a vendor claim, not independently evidenced
Deed is now part of Bonterra and joindeed.com redirects to Bonterra's site

Pricing

Published plans from Bonterra Deed’s own pricing page, in USD. Usage charges and add-ons may apply on top.

Bonterra Deed pricing tiers, monthly rates in USD
Plan	Monthly	Includes
Deed Engage	Contact sales	Employee giving, donation tracker and giving history Volunteering: opportunity sign-up, shifts, hour logging Community hubs and ERGs with moderation and privacy controls Real-time dashboards, AI-generated insights, goal tracking
Deed Grants	Contact sales	AI scoring, summaries and nonprofit matching No-code configuration and self-serve adjustments Fortune 100-tested templates, stated launch in weeks Program-level permissions and verified grantee identity
Deed 360	Contact sales	All Deed Engage capabilities All Deed Grants capabilities Single unified view of impact across both Labelled 'Most Popular' on the pricing page

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
API quality: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 30 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 67 out of 100
Pricing transparency: 15 out of 100
Changelog: 40 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 50 out of 100
Operational trust: 60 out of 100

Measured, but not part of the score

Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.

Openness: 0 out of 100

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