After watching the horrifying events of 9/11, our CEO Ben Biles felt a call to action and volunteered to serve his country. Public service is deeply rooted in our company’s DNA. Besides hiring a handful of new veteran employees each year, we believe we have the opportunity to do more.

Profits from our business are distributed to a non-profit (501c19) we created to help fund military veteran social efforts. Our value proposition to clients is, “the more business our firm does with you, the more social impact we can deliver to the military veteran initiatives that you (the client) care about.”

Our foundation is presently a 25% equity owner of the business. We believe that our company is more valuable with this significant non-profit ownership and gives us the flexibility to fund initiatives in our clients local communities, which we believe they are much more receptive towards.

Many states such as Delaware have recently allowed innovative companies with a commitment for creating social good to incorporate as Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs). A growing number of companies such as Patagonia, Etsy, Kickstarter, and Jessica Alba’s The Honest Company, have incorporated as PBCs. AVG’s leadership believe its value proposition greatly aligns to that of a PBC and feel this corporate structure allows AVG to align itself to this growing corporate clientele. In reporting to its Board of Directors, the PBC must disclose its financial statements and its social impact statements to be audited by a third party firm.

Our firm has been designated as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business by the Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Verification and Evaluation as well as with New York State (NYS #181733) and as a Veteran-Owned Business by the National Veteran Business Development Council.