Kickstarter PBC

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

New York, United States

Certified Since

November 2014

Industry

Other personal services

Sector

Service with Minor Environmental Footprint

Operates In

United States

Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding community for creative projects — everything from films, games, restaurants, and music to art, design, and technology. Kickstarter is full of ambitious, innovative, and imaginative projects that are brought to life through the direct support of others. Since its launch in 2009, 7.5 million people have pledged $1.5 billion, funding more than 75,000 creative projects. Kickstarter is an independent company of about 100 people located in Brooklyn. Kickstarter's mission is to help bring creative projects to life. They believe that creative projects make for a better world, and are thrilled to help support new ones!

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Kickstarter PBC earned an overall score of 103.6. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
103.6
103.6 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 16.9

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement1.8
Ethics & Transparency5.0
+ Mission Locked10

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 34.5

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security12.0
Health, Wellness, & Safety9.7
Career Development6.6
Engagement & Satisfaction6.2

Community 21.0

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion8.5
Economic Impact5.8
Civic Engagement & Giving3.9
Supply Chain Management0.7

Environment 5.2

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management0.7
Air & Climate1.4
Water0.0
Land & Life2.7

Customers 25.8

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship2.4
+ Support for Underserved/Purpose Driven Enterprises23.3

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.



Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2022 Overall B Impact Score103.6
2016 Overall B Impact Score83.3
2014 Overall B Impact Score83.7

Additional Documentation

Kickstarter Disclosure Report 2020


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