Our way of celebrating successful business clients who make a difference in their communities

Established in 2018, the Community Heroes program honors Insperity® clients who serve as both business and philanthropic heroes within their respective communities. These companies and nonprofits enrich the places where their own employees work, live and play – reflecting Insperity’s own corporate mission to help businesses succeed so communities prosper.

Giving survivors the tools to fly

At a glance

Organization: WINGS Foundation, Inc.

Location: Denver, CO

Year founded: 1982

Year presented: 2021

Size: 3 - 30 employees

Field: Human services

The story

WINGS’ mission is to break the cycle and heal the wounds of childhood sexual abuse by providing education, advocacy and support to adult survivors, loved ones, providers and communities.

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Equipping women with resources to thrive

At a glance

Organization: Rung for Women

Location: St. Louis, MO

Year founded: 2017

Year presented: 2021

Size: 31 – 49 employees

Field: Human services

The story

Believing that every woman has the power to transform her life, Rung for Women offers resources, space and community for women who are ready to work toward the career and the life they deserve

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Food rescue centered around relationships

At a glance

Organization: Lovin’ Spoonfuls

Location: Boston, MA

Year founded: 2010

Year presented: 2021

Size: 3 - 30 employees

Field: Social Welfare Organization

The story

Lovin’ Spoonfuls is a food rescue. It’s a company committed to keeping good food from going to waste and improving access to healthy food for people who need it. Lovin’ Spoonfuls picks up perishable food (like fresh produce, dairy, lean proteins and more) that would otherwise be discarded from big-shelf retailers and distributes it, same day, to nonprofits serving people facing food insecurity. In this way, Lovin’ Spoonfuls helps keep the value in food and the people who eat it.

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Faith in a Camelina seed can change our world

At a glance

Organization: Yield10 Bioscience Inc.

Location: Woburn, MA

Year founded: 2017

Year presented: 2021

Size: 3 - 30 employees

Field: Technology

The story

If you’re of a certain age, you know how canola oil revolutionized the food industry in the 1970s. Today, Yield10 Bioscience is out to do the same – and push it to even further applications – using camelina. This impressive agricultural bioscience company, whose mission is to address the challenge of global food security, is a 2021 honoree as an Insperity Community Hero. And a little seed has a lot to do with that.

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Inspiring business, community leadership

For the Community Heroes initiative, Insperity employees nominate worthy companies and organizations internally, based upon our working knowledge of what makes businesses both succeed and enrich communities. In other words, our Community Heroes recipients are true, exemplary models of both business and philanthropic success.

For-profit criteria:

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurial excellence is demonstrated through passion, willingness to learn, openness to possibilities, risk-taking and the ability to get things done

Innovation

Innovation

We highlight creative, out-of-the-box thinkers who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty by making useful products or addressing community issues. These action-oriented problem solvers embrace change.

Job creation

Job creation

A successful business supports its community through job creation and growth, contributing to a thriving economy.

Community creation

Community creation

Insperity employees make all nominations for the Community Heroes program, based upon our deep knowledge of what makes businesses successful and communities prosperous.

Nonprofit criteria:

Innovation

Innovation

Stellar nonprofit clients address the challenges of our day head on, seeking to solve problems and build community through grassroots programs and initiatives.

Collaboration

Collaboration

In partnering with other nonprofits, businesses and agencies to work toward common goals, these organizations build fruitful, long-term relationships while making a difference daily in the communities they serve.

Missional impact

Missional impact

By working with defined goals, measurable objectives when implementing programs and services, these organizations produce clear results.


What recipients are saying


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