2. A Note from Our Executive Director
A bright new year lies ahead of us and brings with it endless opportunities to continue TisBest’s mission to promote more gifts of good and fewer gifts of stuff.
Never before has TisBest been as well-positioned to help charities all over the world through philanthropic gift giving. Over the past year our skilled team has
been able to add more vetted charities to our platform, better engage with our community through social media, and implement a Corporate Giving
Recognition program.
We are constantly working to improve the TisBest Philanthropy customer experience and accomplished our goal of redesigning the TisBest homepage with
ease-of-use in mind. We have also worked to streamline our customer service operations and have launched a monthly newsletter to stay in touch with our
community.
These new initiatives will continue to gain momentum in 2017 and beyond. With the support of our amazing team, our engaged Board of Directors, our Charity
Partners, and our customers, 2017 will be a year of growth, and I’m very excited to see how far we will go.
With gratitude,
Jeremy Holmes
Executive Director
TisBest Philanthropy
3. 2016 Highlights
New Executive
Director
Jeremy Holmes promoted from Director of Operations to Executive
Director in September.
Additions to the
Team
Sharon Magliano Feliciano hired as Marketing and
Communications Manager in August.
Kyle Lawrence hired as Partnerships Coordinator in August.
Homepage Redesign
The TisBest homepage received a customer-friendly facelift with
the help of the Design and UX/UI firm Fell Swoop in October.
Corporate Donor
Recognition
TisBest’s biggest corporate donors are now honored with
recognition in the TisBest Corporate Philanthropy Partners
Award Program.
4. Charity Distribution
Top Five Charities:By Category:
Other includes:
Faith based, Environmental,
Arts & Culture, Veterans
Affairs, and Sports &
Recreation categories
5. 2016 By the Numbers
35,281
Charity GIft Cards Sold
4,440
Thank you notes sent through the
TisBest Philanthropy Platform
295
Charities Supported$1,058,932
Donated to Charity 12
Holiday Gift Guides that Featured TisBest Charity Gift
Cards - Including
Gwen Stefani’s!
6. TisBest Gifts of Good in Action
6,320 People Treated
Doctors Without Borders
was able to help over six
thousand people in disaster-
stricken areas who
otherwise would have no
access to medical facilities.
831 Books Distributed
FirstBook and the
Children’s Book Bank
provided 831 books to
low-income children. Two
thirds of low-income
families own no books for
their children.
31 Dozen Chickens Donated
ChildFUND donated 372
chickens to families in
third world countries. The
chickens are used for
meat, eggs, and breeding,
ensuring food and
income.
6 Service Dogs Evaluated
Canine Companions for
Independence was able
to provide six newborn
puppies with medical
evaluations to ensure
they would be great
service animals!