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By Philip Rojc.  Originally published on Inside Philanthropy. It’s nothing new to see corporate donations that complement the company’s core business and reflect its worldview. A set of grants last month from cloud communications firm Twilio certainly fits the bill. Totaling $1 million, the grants represent part of the company’s 2015 pledge to commit 1 percent […]

By Mark Reading.  Originally published on the Atlassian blog. When I joined Atlassian as the Head of Foundation last December I knew I was becoming part of something very special. Atlassian’s 5 values really do drive behaviours (so much more than anything I have experienced elsewhere during a career spanning more than 35 years) and the passion of […]

  By Lucia Maffei.  Originally published on BostInno.   TripAdvisor is now part of the Boston chapter of the Pledge 1% movement, a national philanthropic organization encouraging companies to give 1 percent of their equity, employee time and products to good causes. Specifically, the travel website company is committing money and resources to support underserved populations […]

  See original post here. As part of Boulder Startup Week last night, attendees of “Boulder Community Night: Innovation + Impact” filled the house at the Boulder Theater. The free and open event recognized entrepreneurial and innovative nonprofit ideas to solve pressing problems and critical issues facing Boulder County.    This spring, Pledge 1% Colorado (an initiative of the Community Foundation […]

  Today, we are thrilled to announce that Pledge 1% co-founder Salesforce.com has launched a new AppExchange Trailblazer Score to reward points to companies that are also Pledge 1% members. The new score will be a point-based system that rewards Salesforce partners for their results and activities, including their participation in Pledge 1%.  Partners that join the […]

Originally published on PR Newswire.   New business model, onboarding experience and technology tools enable ISVs to quickly build businesses for the world’s leading enterprise apps marketplace Salesforce Ventures launches new Salesforce Platform Fund with $100 million commitment to supercharge the development of new, AI-driven solutions NEW YORK — May 2, 2017 — Salesforce [NYSE: CRM], the world’s fastest-growing […]

  By Robert Reiss.  Originally published on Forbes.com. We recently entered the 4th phase of the corporation. First, in the 1920s Alfred Sloan created the concept of the corporation with General Motors; second in the 1950s Peter Drucker codified the discipline of management; third, in the 1980s Japanese introduced team and quality. And now we are […]

By Rebecca Koening.  Originally published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy. With charitable set-asides becoming standard elements of initial public offerings in the tech sector, one company that provides merger-related financial services is experimenting with a new vehicle for corporate philanthropy.   SRS Acquiom, which provides financial and management help on merger-and-acquisition deals, has a new partnership […]

Originally published by Robert Safian on Fast Company. Fast Company‘s latest cover story explores the various ways values and social responsibility are having an impact at companies such as Facebook, Airbnb, and Uber. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has long pushed his company and employees to make a positive difference in the world. I spoke to him recently about his company’s approach. […]