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Special Operations Warrior Foundation One of the reasons that Dharma Merchant Services exists is to be of benefit to our community in a meaningful manner, and one of the ways we have fulfilled that commitment from the very first year is to donate a large proportion of our profits to [...]
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A Little History This past March, Dharma Merchant Services celebrated its ten-year anniversary. A little history: I began working out of a spare bedroom in San Carlos, California, but quickly came to the conclusion that working from home simply wasn’t for me, as it seemed like every incredibly important phone [...]
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Merchant of the Month – Plow to Porch Organics Dharma has boarded hundreds of new merchants already this year, but one of our standouts is Plow to Porch Organics in Santa Barbara, California. There are many companies with the model of delivering weekly boxes of food to subscribers, but we [...]
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Dharma's Giving Back for 2016 Now that we are well into the new year, we’ve the updated the Giving Back section on the Dharma website reflecting the results of our 2016 charitable picks. For the third year in a row, our donations have well exceeded $100,000 to organizations benefiting the [...]
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Spring Bank Dharma is privileged to announce a new partnership with Spring Bank – a community bank serving the needs of underserved consumers and small businesses in the New York Metropolitan area. In addition, Spring Bank recently became a certified B Corporation, joining a community of companies recognized for socially [...]
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Sparrow is a U.S. national wireless service provider that we think you will love, due to its Get One, Give One model. For every customer who subscribes to Sparrow mobile service (Sponsor Sparrow) they donate a smartphone or service to someone in need (Impact Sparrow) with the goal of creating [...]
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Transparency I have been invited to speak about transparency on a panel that the local B Corp community is sponsoring next week. I don't know if there is such a thing as an expert on this subject, but I can tell you that I have over 25 years of experience [...]
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Giving Back – Prison Mindfulness Institute This month we are highlighting The Prison Mindfulness Institute, whose mission is to provide prisoners, prison staff, and volunteers with effective, evidence-based tools for rehabilitation, self-transformation, and personal development, using proven mindfulness-based interventions. The higher aspiration is to transform the correction system as a [...]
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We Respect All To borrow a line from the B Corp movement, our company was formed to be a force for good; to support and to serve the community of all beings in need. In addition to being a certified B Corp, Conscious Capitalism member, Green Business Network member, Social [...]
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Giving Back Normally we highlight a specific nonprofit to which we have made a donation so that our stakeholders can get a sense for the type of charities that we support as part of our Giving Back program. Soon we’ll be updating our website with the list of 2016 beneficiaries, [...]
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