ApproveThis manages your B1G1 approvals.

When Approval Workflows Meet Impactful Giving

Let's cut through the corporate BS: Most companies treat charitable giving like an afterthought. Someone fills out a form, it gets lost in someone's inbox, and three months later you're scrambling to meet CSR goals. ApproveThis and B1G1 fix this by making impact-driven decisions as routine as approving time-off requests.

Why This Combo Works for Teams That Move Fast

ApproveThis handles the gatekeeping - approvals, escalations, audit trails. B1G1 handles the doing - connecting contributions to vetted projects worldwide. Together through Zapier, they remove the two biggest barriers to strategic giving: decision bottlenecks and operational friction.

Real-World Scenarios That Don't Suck

Use Case 1: The Instant Impact Play

A marketing agency wants to donate $5/client onboarding. Instead of waiting for quarterly board approvals:

• B1G1 trigger: New client signs contract
• ApproveThis auto-creates approval request for $5 donation
• CFO approves via email in 22 seconds
• Funds allocated before the welcome email sends

Use Case 2: The Anti-Micromanagement Move

An e-commerce brand lets regional managers choose local causes but needs oversight. Approval thresholds in ApproveThis auto-approve donations under $500, flag larger amounts for review. CSR team sleeps soundly knowing nobody's accidentally funding a llama farm instead of literacy programs.

Why Finance Teams Won't Hate This

ApproveThis brings actual control to charitable budgets without spreadsheet hell:

• Dynamic calculations show real-time impact per dollar
• Auto-escalation routes big requests to the right approvers
• Delegation handles approvals when Karen from accounting is hiking in Patagonia

Operations Teams Get Their Life Back

Manual processes die here:

New B1G1 project submission → Auto-approved if under budget → Funds allocated same day. No chasing signatures. No "did we already approve this?" emails. Just giving that happens at business speed.

CSR Becomes Actually Strategic

When approvals take seconds instead of weeks, you can:

- Tie donations to specific KPIs (X sales = Y meals donated)
- Respond to disasters in real-time
- Test impact messaging with different customer segments

How to Set This Up Without Losing Your Mind

1. Create a Zapier account (takes 3 minutes)
2. Connect B1G1 as your trigger ("New Engagement Impact Submission")
3. Set ApproveThis as your action ("Create Request")
4. Map B1G1 project data to ApproveThis fields
5. Test with a $1 donation to prove it works

Pro Tip for Large Teams

Use ApproveThis' approval groups to route requests based on project type. Environmental initiatives go to sustainability team, education projects to HR, disaster relief straight to execs. No more all-hands emails about donation requests.

The License Hack Everyone Misses

Here's the secret sauce: External partners can approve donations without B1G1 logins. Your client's CSR lead gets an email, clicks approve/deny, done. No software training. No "I forgot my password" support tickets. Just clean audit trails in ApproveThis.

When to Use This Combo vs. Going Solo

B1G1 alone works if you're doing random acts of kindness. ApproveThis+B1G1 via Zapier is for companies that:

- Need compliance paper trails
- Have multi-layered approval chains
- Want to scale giving with revenue
- Care about measuring actual impact

Cool Features You Might Not Expect

Approval Velocity Metrics

ApproveThis dashboards show which projects get approved fastest. Turns out your team loves clean water initiatives but debates animal welfare for weeks. Good to know when planning next year's budget.

Stealth Mode Giving

Set up automated approvals for recurring donations. $500/month to childhood cancer research gets rubber-stamped without committee meetings. Your team feels good, you look responsive, nobody wastes time.

For the Skeptics in the Room

"Why not just use B1G1's approval system?" Because it's built for choosing projects, not managing internal governance. ApproveThis adds:

- Monetary thresholds
- Legal/compliance checks
- Department-specific rules
- Historical data for audits

Getting Buy-In From the C-Suite

Frame this integration as:

- Risk mitigation (no unauthorized donations)
- Time savings (83% faster approvals per our client data)
- PR goldmine (consistent storytelling about impact)

Bottom Line for Busy People

ApproveThis+B1G1 via Zapier turns corporate social responsibility from a check-the-box activity into a strategic lever. It's for companies that want to do good without the administrative circus.

Your Move

Either keep doing giving the old way (meetings, spreadsheets, delays) or:

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P.S. If you're reading this at 2 AM trying to fix last quarter's donation reports - we feel you. This integration was built for exactly that moment.