Our 1% Pledge
Our 1% Giving Pledge
Vanguard Impact will donate 1% of net profits from our November 12th, 2026 Summit to four organizations doing work that strengthens communities and improves outcomes for women.
We built Vanguard Impact to deliver practical progress for women. We also believe progress has to connect to the wider world. That means giving back in a way that is transparent and tied to real organizations doing real work.
Why giving back is part of the Summit
Vanguard Impact is built for women’s careers, businesses, visibility, and wellbeing. But those outcomes don’t exist in isolation.
Women are overrepresented in many of the pressures that limit opportunity: housing instability, caregiving strain, health research gaps, and crisis impacts. In Canada, national shelter data shows women represent a significant share of shelter users. In humanitarian crises, women and girls face disproportionate risk and loss.
This pledge is one way we connect the Summit to the broader ecosystem.
How the 1% pledge works
What we will donate: 1% of net profits from Vanguard Impact Summit 2026.
What “net profits” means: Revenue remaining after direct event costs and required operational expenses are paid.
When we will donate: Within 120 days of the Summit conclusion, once financials are finalized.
How we will report it: We will publish a short public impact update that includes:
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- Total donation amount
- Amount allocated to each organization
- Confirmation links or receipts where feasible
The four organizations we’re supporting
What they do
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada provides no-cost mentoring programs that match young people facing adversity with trained adult mentors and professional support.
Why it matters to women
Mentorship changes trajectories early. When girls and young women have consistent support, it can strengthen confidence, wellbeing, and the sense that more is possible (bbbsw.ca). This is long-term community building, not short-term optics.
What they do
CAEH leads a national movement working to end homelessness in Canada and supports communities through training, initiatives, and systems change.
Why it matters to women
Housing instability impacts women differently and is often connected to violence, caregiving responsibilities, and hidden homelessness. National shelter data shows women represent a substantial portion of shelter users (housing-infrastructure.canada.ca). Supporting homelessness reduction supports women’s safety, stability, and the ability to build a future.
What they do
SWHR promotes research on sex differences to optimize women’s health and increase awareness of diseases and life stages that affect women differently, disproportionately, or exclusively.
Why it matters to women
Women’s health outcomes improve when research reflects women’s bodies and realities. Investing in evidence-based research closes gaps that affect diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life across a woman’s lifespan.
What they do
World Central Kitchen provides meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises, using rapid action and local partnerships.
Why it matters to women
In crises, women and girls are disproportionately exposed to risk and loss, and often carry the burden of caregiving and food access (unwomen.org). Supporting rapid food relief is a direct way to reduce harm when communities are under stress.
Why these four
We chose these organizations because they represent four pressure points that shape women’s outcomes:
- Mentorship: The earlier support exists, the more opportunities expand.
- Housing stability: Safety and stability are foundational to any form of progress.
- Health research: Evidence shapes care, and care shapes everything else.
- Food relief in crises: When basics collapse, women often absorb the impact first and longest.
This is not a political statement. It is a practical one: communities do better when women are safer, healthier, supported earlier, and less exposed to preventable hardship.
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