How it works

Simple on day one.
Powerful on day two.

Actnation runs three giving models — Corporate Giving, Payroll Giving, and Corporate Gifting. Each is built to be effortless for HR, meaningful for employees, and transparent for everyone.

From sign-up to first donation in 4 steps

1

Sign up

Create your Actnation account. Takes under 5 minutes.

2

Add your team

Employees donate from their salary, automatically.

3

Set your budget

Choose a giving programme and allocate your budget.

4

Employees give

Wallets are live. Employees vote, give, and see their impact.

Choose one, two, or all three

The models work independently or together. Most companies start with Corporate Giving and add Payroll Giving or Gifting as they grow.

1
You — HR / Admin

Set your annual or monthly giving budget

In your Actnation dashboard, you set one shared giving budget for the voting period — for example, a monthly or annual pool. This is the Company Wallet: there are no individual per-employee credits. Instead, employees cast votes for the NGO campaigns they care about, and each campaign receives its share of the budget based on its share of the votes.

Typical range: 50–200 DKK per employee per month. You can adjust at any time.
2
Employee

Employees cast their votes

Each employee receives votes to allocate to their preferred charities from an approved list.

Employees can change their votes any time before they lock them in — once locked, they're final for that voting period.
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Actnation

Actnation collects votes and pools the donations

At the end of each cycle, Actnation tallies all employee votes and calculates the donation amounts per charity. The more votes a cause receives, the larger its share of the pooled budget.

4
Everyone

Donations are transferred. Everyone sees the impact.

Actnation transfers donations directly to the receiving charities — no middlemen, no platform fee deducted from donations. Employees receive a personal impact summary. You receive a company-wide donation report, ready for your CSR or ESG filing.

Reports are available in your live dashboard at any time — participation, donations by cause, and giving trends — ready to reference for board presentations, annual reports, and audits.
Learn more about Corporate Giving →
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Employee

Employee opts in and sets their monthly amount

From their Actnation wallet, each employee chooses how much to donate per month from their salary — as low as 50 DKK. They select their causes, and optionally provide their CPR number to qualify for a Danish tax deduction.

Employees can change their amount or supported causes at any time. Changes take effect from the next payroll cycle.
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Actnation

The deduction syncs automatically through Zenegy

Because Payroll Giving runs through your live Zenegy connection, each employee's deduction syncs automatically before your payroll cutoff — no CSV to send, no manual entry for your payroll team. It appears in Zenegy exactly like a lunch scheme or pension contribution line.

Don't use Zenegy yet? Payroll Giving currently requires a live Zenegy connection — talk to our team and we'll help you get set up.
3
You — HR / Admin

The deduction lands in payroll automatically

The deduction appears in Zenegy as a standard net salary adjustment — no CSV to import, no manual entry. It fits naturally into your existing payroll flow.

4
You — HR / Admin

Actnation collects and forwards the donations

After payroll runs, Actnation collects the synced donation amounts and forwards them to each employee's chosen charities.

5
Everyone

Confirmations sent. Impact logged for everyone.

Each employee gets a donation confirmation and their personal giving dashboard updates automatically. You get a full company giving report showing total payroll donations, per-employee summaries, and charity breakdowns.

Employees who share their CPR number are automatically eligible for the Danish tax deduction scheme — the receiving NGOs handle the SKAT reporting.
Learn more about Payroll Giving →
1
You — HR / Admin

Set up automated gift triggers

In your Actnation dashboard, define when a donation gift should be sent — birthdays, work anniversaries, new hires, promotions, or team wins. Set the occasion, the amount, and whether it's individual or team-wide. Actnation handles the rest automatically.

You can also send one-off gifts manually for spot recognition whenever it feels right.
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Actnation

Employee receives a personal notification

When a trigger fires, the employee receives a notification: "Your company has made a donation in your name — choose which charity receives it." The message arrives in their Actnation wallet and optionally by email.

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Employee

Employee chooses their cause — in 30 seconds

The employee browses verified charities and picks one to receive the donation. It takes under a minute, feels personal, and leaves a lasting impression — far more than a voucher or branded mug ever would.

4
Everyone

Donation transferred and logged automatically

Actnation processes the donation and sends a confirmation to both the employee and HR. The gift is added to the employee's personal impact history and your company-wide gifting report — ready for CSR and ESG reporting.

All gifts appear in a single dashboard — sorted by occasion, amount, and charity — so you can see the full story of your company's generosity at a glance.
Learn more about Corporate Gifting →

Different experience for company and employee

Actnation gives HR admins full control and visibility, while giving employees a personal, autonomous experience they actually care about.

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The company dashboard

  • ✓Set and manage giving budgets, gift triggers, and cycles
  • ✓Monitor employee participation rates in real time
  • ✓See a full breakdown of where donations have gone
  • ✓Live CSR/ESG dashboard — participation, donations by cause, trends
  • ✓Manage charity preferences — restrict or expand available causes
  • ✓Payroll Giving deductions sync automatically through Zenegy
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The employee wallet

  • ✓Browse and choose from hundreds of verified charities
  • ✓See personal impact history — total given, causes supported
  • ✓Opt in and manage payroll giving contributions
  • ✓Receive and direct donation gifts in seconds
  • ✓Choose to be anonymous or share their giving publicly
  • ✓Vote for NGO campaigns during each Corporate Giving period

Things people want to know before they start

Most companies are live within a day. We'll guide you through the entire onboarding.
Yes. You choose which charities employees can support.
Currently we support payroll giving in Denmark via Zenegy. More countries coming soon.
If an employee doesn't cast their votes before the voting period closes, they simply don't influence that period's split — the shared budget is still allocated across campaigns in proportion to the votes that were cast. No budget goes undistributed.
Payroll Giving runs natively through a live Zenegy payroll connection — deductions sync automatically each pay period, with no CSV or manual bank transfer involved. If your company doesn't use Zenegy yet, talk to our team and we'll help you find the right path.
Yes. Company-level and employee-level data is fully private and GDPR-compliant. Employees can choose whether their individual giving is visible to colleagues or anonymous. Actnation never shares your company's data with third parties.