Robert W. Baird

Last year, more than 1,300 employees at this financial services firm—nearly half the total workforce—volunteered during Baird Gives Back, its annual service week. “It’s great team building,” says Laura Thurow, director of the private wealth management research, services, and product division. She has helped recruit roughly 30 employees a year to cook meals at the Gathering, a Milwaukee anti-hunger nonprofit. Read the Great Place to Work review here.