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Building happier, healthier teams through the Game of Good Deeds.

When people feel good, they do good. When they do good, everyone wins.

For teams. For companies. For communities.

For teams

Make daily work feel meaningful. Every thank-you becomes a ripple. Every Season becomes a story.

For companies

Turn culture into competitive advantage. Systematic, championship-class — not an HR checkbox.

For communities

Create employee-directed impact. $1M+ flowing to causes your people chose.

Great teams work together, play together, and give together.

We started Give River from an observation. High-performing teams — sports, special operations, the best startups we'd worked in — shared a pattern: constant recognition, intentional growth, built-in generosity, expert guidance.

The best HR tools captured one of those moves. None captured all five. We built Give River to carry the whole 5G Method — and to make it feel like a game worth playing, not another compliance drill.

Give River is a Public Benefit Corporation, aligned with the Add a Drop Foundation — a youth mental wellness initiative. A portion of every Season funds that work. Your platform, your mission, same page.

Top-decile outcomes across 50+ deployments.

90%
Platform adoption
85%
Team participation
$1M+
Employee-directed impact
40%
Retention improvement
Top-decile outcomes. Averages vary by org size, industry, and Season design.

Four values. No slogans.

Impact over activity

Success is measured by real change, not busy dashboards. Every Season ships a measurable outcome.

Human-first innovation

Technology amplifies, never replaces, human connection. We design for warmth first.

Purposeful play

Meaningful work should be engaging. Gamification done with integrity, not gimmicks.

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Collective growth

We succeed when customers, teams, and communities thrive together. Ripples, not silos.

The humans behind the river.

MC
Meghan Calhoun
Co-founder, People Growth Strategist

Workplace wellness and culture expert. Leads customer success and brings the lived 5G practice to every account.

CC
Carter Calhoun
Co-founder, CEO

Tech founder and community-impact leader. Leads product and strategy. Runs point on the Add a Drop Foundation alignment.

HR
Haris
Lead Engineer

Full-stack, Flutter-first, mobile-native. Keeps the platform fast, safe, and delightful on every device.

Mitch H.· Product & operations support
Mike· Advisor · HR tech strategy
Chad· Advisor · Culture & venture growth
PBC · Add a Drop Foundation aligned

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Build the kind of team you wish you'd always worked on.