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By Marc Benioff.  Originally published on The Huffington Post. Every day I am reminded that we are living in the most exciting and transformative era in history. In my 35-plus years in the technology industry I’ve never experienced so much innovation, and at such an incredibly rapid pace. Tectonic changes sparked by cloud, social, mobile, data […]

By Rebecca Koenig.  Originally published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. After years of sporadic interest, technology startups are embracing the practice of setting aside company stock before initial public offerings to endow new charitable ventures. Tech entrepreneurs say they hope to place corporate giving, once a personal matter for executives or a peripheral project for […]

By Joe Garofoli.  Originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle. Few entrepreneurs focus on charitable giving when they are building their companies — mere survival is a much bigger concern. But leaders in corporate philanthropy circles say bigger companies find it even harder to make charity part of their business model, as investors have other priorities. […]

By Carolyn Said.  Originally published on SF Gate. Ever since receiving cochlear implants 15 years ago at age 12, Caroline Clark has wanted to help other hearing-impaired people. She started a foundation, the Baker Institute, to provide speech therapy and offer a weeklong summer camp at Stanford University for hearing-impaired children. Now a product marketing […]

Originally published on Next in Nonprofits. Pledge 1% “is a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business. Pledge 1% encourages and challenges individuals and companies to pledge 1% of equity, product, and employee time for their communities.” Co-founder and Rally Software CTO Ryan Martens joins host Steve Boland to […]

By Therese Poletti.  Originally published on MarketWatch. As #GivingTuesday donation pleas flood social networks and in-boxes today in a worldwide effort to raise attention and funding for nonprofits, some might be skeptical of pleas or philanthropic touts from tech companies, which have an inconsistent reputation for philanthropy. But Pledge 1%, a year-old corporate philanthropy movement, […]

By Ludovic Ulrich.  Originally published on the Salesforce blog.  Last year, Salesforce for Startups launched globally with the mission to empower startups to build, grow and give back. In that time, more than 3,500 members have joined the program from more than 85 countries. And we’re just getting started. To coincide with this milestone, the […]

SALESFORCE WORLD TOUR TORONTO—May 14, 2015—Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world’s #1 CRM company, today announced it is joining forces with the Canadian startup ecosystem. Salesforce also announced a new partnership with Communitech, an innovation centre that provides mentorship, training and resources to help high potential startups scale into profitable technology companies. Additionally, Salesforce […]

  By Alex Heber. Originally published in Business Insider Australia. About 10 years ago Atlassian founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes pledged 1% of their company to invest in philanthropic ventures. That 1% is now worth about $40 million. “We’ve since helped over a quarter-of-a-million children just with our partnership with Room to Read. None of […]