Category: Foundation

The need for qualified technology workers is a serious business. Last year the US Congress Joint Economic Committee published a report that outlined the demand for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) skills in the 21st century. They made a compelling case that STEM careers are the growth field—the salaries... Read More»

You’ve probably already heard that salesforce.com is an amazing place to work and build a career. You may even be aware of the company’s 1/1/1 philanthropic model of donating 1% of time, equity and product for charitable causes. Today I’d like to share my story and introduce you to one... Read More»

Photo: Brant Ward, The Chronicle / SF Last January, with support from Marc and Lynne Benioff and the Salesforce.com Foundation, Catholic Charities CYO began providing short-term housing and services to homeless single mothers and their children at a new residential community located on Geary Street in San Francisco called Star... Read More»

In an effort to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy, the Salesforce.com Foundation led a matching donation challenge with salesforce.com employees last week. To build on that momentum, the Foundation is opening the matching program to the public and inviting our partners and customers to join us in making a contribution to the Red Cross. If you make a donation this week, we’ll match your gifts up to a total of $500,000. Read More»

by Marc Benioff, the CEO of Salesforce.com. Originally published on Forbes.com I have been on hundreds of panels. I left my vacation in Hawaii to do this one. I knew it was important. I didn’t know it would change how I view my life. This particular panel was being led... Read More»

by Alicia Schmidt, Director of Online & Adoption Marketing, Salesforce.com Foundation In 2010, Marc and Lynne Benioff made a transformative donation to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to help fund the construction of the state-of-the-art UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital at Mission Bay, part of a 289-bed integrated hospital... Read More»

by Alicia Schmidt, Director of Online & Adoption Marketing, Salesforce.com Foundation About a year after Marc Benioff started salesforce.com, he was inspired by General Colin Powell to integrate philanthropy into his business. And while salesforce.com was still a small start up hosted in Marc’s apartment, the Salesforce.com Foundation was born.... Read More»

By Alicia Schmidt, Director of Online & Adoption Marketing, Salesforce.com Foundation A short time after Marc Benioff started salesforce.com in 1999, he started getting product donation requests from nonprofit organizations that, despite the name, saw the potential for salesforce.com to help them better achieve their social change missions. Today, through... Read More»

When people ask about the salesforce.com Foundation’s Employee Donation Matching program, one of my favorite stories is about my friend and colleague Britt Howard. Beautiful, blonde, and one of our most talented sales people, Britt is one of our many employees who regularly gives back to the community using her... Read More»