Giving back · St. Louis
One day a year, the whole company closes to serve.
Give Back Day sends every Abstrakt team member into St. Louis with paid time to volunteer. The 8th annual in 2025 brought 450 team members and guests to 28 organizations.
8years of Give Back Day, through 2025
450volunteers in 2025
28organizations served in 2025
3,000+volunteer hours in one day
Year by year
How Give Back Day grew
From one morning of riverfront cleanup to a company-wide day across dozens of St. Louis nonprofits.
- 3rd annual August 2, 2019
- 330 team members, plus family members
- 20 local nonprofit organizations
- 4th annual August 6, 2021
- All 300-plus team members
- More than 1,200 hours in one morning
- Over 520 bags and about 1,500 pounds of metal, tires and debris cleared
- 5th annual 2022
- 3,440 hours given back
- 6th annual August 4, 2023
- 25+ nonprofit organizations
- More than 3,300 hours
- 7th annual August 2, 2024
- Over 500 employees and nearly 100 guests
- 25+ local organizations
- About 3,300 hours, all on one day
- 8th annual August 8, 2025
- 450 team members and guests
- 28 organizations
- Over 3,000 volunteer hours
Give Back Day 2025
Pink shirts all over St. Louis
Volunteers preparing food in a nonprofit kitchen 
Volunteers working in a community garden with a wheelbarrow 
A volunteer crew in front of a painted mural wall 
A Give Back Day team at a partner nonprofit 
Team members and their kids volunteering together 
Volunteers arriving at their Give Back Day location 
Volunteers in a nonprofit's meeting room 
Team members and their families at Give Back Day 2024 
The Abstrakt crew on Give Back Day 2023
In their words
Why we close the office
“Giving back is at the heart of Abstrakt's culture.”Scott Scully, then CEO, 2024
“Give Back Day is one of the most meaningful days on our calendar.”Danny Beene, Director of Employee Engagement and Corporate Culture
All year, not just one day
Year-round giving
- Charitable paid time offEight hours of charitable PTO every year, on top of Give Back Day.
- Donation matchingAbstrakt matches team members' donations to the causes they support.
- Adopt-a-FamilyEvery holiday season, teams adopt local families with gift cards, toys, food, bikes and clothes.
- Dragon Boat RacesAbstrakt crews race in the annual St. Louis Dragon Boat Races, benefiting the Signature Healthcare Foundation.
Recognized for it
Community awards
- Stevie Award, Bronze: Employee Giving and Volunteerism (2024 American Business Awards)
- Telly Award, Bronze: General, Social Impact (2023)
- Neighborhood Transformation Award (2023)
- Communicator Award: Give Back Day 2023 video, Corporate Social Responsibility (2024)
- Telly Award, Bronze: General, Social Impact (2020)
Who we serve
Give Back Day 2025 partners
- Doorways
- Missouri Stream Team
- Seed STL
- Mary Grove
- Lessie Bates Davis Neighborhood House
- NAMI St. Louis
- CARE STL
- Girls Inc.
- Soulard School
- Gateway Pet Guardians
- L'Arche St. Louis
- Passback
- Randy's Rescue Ranch
- New Opportunities
- Almost Home
- Message and a Meal
- Letters of Love
- Operation Gratitude
- Boys and Girls Club
- Fresh Starts Garden
- Gateway Arch
- Promise Community Homes
- Safe Connections
- Girl Scouts
The Abstrakt Arts Foundation
Bringing art back to downtown St. Louis
A separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit launched by Abstrakt, the foundation runs ArtFusion and the Art Olympics to put local artists in front of big crowds downtown.
About the foundation →Figures as published by Abstrakt for each year. abstraktmg.com Give Back Day posts (2021-2025), archived abstraktmg.com/about/giving-back/ (January 2025 snapshot), abstraktmg.com/awards/. Collected 2026-10-06.
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