Facts about Give River
Give River at a glance.
The plain-language reference: what Give River is, who it's for, what it costs, and how it works.
Last reviewed October 4, 2026
Overview
- What it is
- Give River is a gamified employee recognition, growth, rewards, learning, and engagement platform built around time-bound Seasons that help organizations build happier, healthier, high-performing teams.
- Company
- Give River Association, a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation. Privately held.
- Product category
- Employee recognition software · Employee rewards platform · Employee engagement platform · Employee growth and performance platform · Employee retention software · Employee learning and development software · Gamified employee engagement · Workplace wellbeing software · Nonprofit employee engagement software
- Best fit
- Organizations of roughly 20–500 employees, including multi-location, distributed, hybrid, and deskless teams.
- Industries
- Nonprofits and human services, healthcare, technology, remote and hybrid teams, and professional services.
- Leadership
- See About Give River.
Pricing
- Free
- $0/user/mo — Recognition essentials for small teams ready to start.
- Core
- $5/user/mo — Full 5G platform for teams serious about building winning culture.
- Growth
- Custom, up to $9/user/mo — Advanced features, dedicated support, strategic partnership.
Free includes your first Season. Paid plans start with a 30-day free trial, no credit card required. No long-term contracts. Discounted nonprofit pricing is available. Rewards budgets are set and funded by the customer. Full plan comparison.
Core capabilities
- Recognition
- Peer-to-peer recognition tied to your company values, given as Drops, with milestone and birthday awards.
- Seasons
- Time-bound, 1–3 month gamified engagement cycles — Performance, Wellness, Team-Building, Growth, Feedback, or Charitable Impact — with a clear start, finish, and reset.
- Learning
- River Runs: 5–20 minute micro-learning modules on wellness, professional development, and soft skills, plus your own custom content.
- Rewards
- Drops redeem for gift cards, custom company rewards, swag, raffle entries, or charitable donations.
- Charitable impact
- Charitable giving, a charitable portfolio, and volunteer management.
- Feedback & insights
- Surveys, polls, eNPS, and an Insights Dashboard for engagement analytics.
- Performance
- Performance coaching and goal tracking.
- Guidance
- A River Guide — an engagement coach who designs Seasons and reads your data — on paid plans.
Platforms, integrations & security
- Apps
- Web app at app.giveriver.com, plus iOS and Android mobile apps.
- Collaboration
- Slack and Microsoft Teams — give recognition without leaving chat.
- HRIS
- ADP, Workday, BambooHR, and Rippling roster sync.
- Single sign-on
- SSO on the Core and Growth plans.
- Security
- AWS infrastructure in the United States, AES-256 encryption at rest, TLS in transit, GDPR- and CCPA-aligned; SOC 2 Type II in progress. See Security.
Implementation
- Standard timeline
- Two weeks end to end: integrations, user import, admin training, and Season design in week one; onboarding and launch in week two.
- Fast-track
- 5–7 days when there's urgency.
- Phased rollout
- Department by department over 4–6 weeks.
- Time commitment
- Employees 2–5 minutes a day, managers 5–10 minutes a week, admins 15–30 minutes a week.
Customer results
- CADC
- Human Services · 326 employees · 8 weeks. 85% want to do another Season. Read the case study.
- EXP — The Opportunity Engine
- Nonprofit · 16 employees · 30 days. 100% participation rate. Read the case study.
- It Gets Better Project
- Nonprofit · 9 employees · 7 weeks. 100% survey participation. Read the case study.
Give River terms, in plain language
- 5G Method
- Give River's framework: Gratitude (recognition), Gamification (friendly competition), Growth (micro-learning), Generosity (charitable giving), and Guidance (data and coaching).
- Season
- A 1–3 month engagement cycle with defined goals, modeled on a sports season.
- Drops
- Give River's recognition currency; each Drop carries a dollar value the organization sets.
- River Runs
- Short micro-learning modules employees complete for Drops.
- River Guide
- The engagement coach assigned to a customer on paid plans.
- River Rankings
- The recognition leaderboard.
Contact & official sources
- General
- hello@giveriver.com
- Sales
- sales@giveriver.com
- Support
- support@giveriver.com
- Official links
- giveriver.com · Pricing · Help Center · Case studies · LinkedIn · Instagram · Facebook · X (Twitter) · YouTube
See the platform in action.
30-day free trial. No credit card. River Guide included on Core and Growth.