RAM Partners Launches RAM Gives, Employee-Directed Fund Promoting Housing and Shelter Security

Award-winning, full-service property management company RAM Partners LLC has distributed $31,000 through RAM Gives, a donor-advised fund directed by employees of the company.

“We have big hearts, and RAM Gives allows us to have a big impact,” said RAM Partners Chairman Bill Leseman. “It empowers our people to affect the causes they care about while providing emergency funds for our fellow employees in need. I am incredibly proud of this initiative and the support it has received.”

Administered by the Cobb Community Foundation, RAM Gives is created through a payroll deduction program, which the company’s founding partners then match. The employee assistance component of the program provides employees experiencing extreme hardships with confidential emergency assistance.

At the direction of the awards and grants committee, which comprises representatives from all divisions, RAM Gives made its first significant distributions over the last few months. The company started the program a year ago.

Among the charities receiving the initial grants were Habitat for Humanity, Atlanta Community Food Bank and the Dorothy Day House of Hospitality.

Employees participating in RAM Gives submit grant request forms with the charity of their choice. The committee considers the entries and selects the non-profit(s) quarterly.

“RAM Gives is an easy way to impact issues our people care about in communities we serve,” said Susan E. Brown, Vice President of Operations, RAM Partners. “We think it’s a smart move to do well by doing good and we are excited to partner with our employees to help our communities and RAM employees experiencing extreme financial difficulties.”