The Salesforce Do-Good Legacy
By Heather Glancy. Originally published in Fortune. When I perused Fortune's latest "Change the World" ranking of companies tackling major societal problems over the weekend, I was dismayed to see how few information technology companies [...]
New Leaders for Sempervirens Fund and Pledge 1%
By Anais Stickland. Originally published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Pledge 1% Amy Lesnick, founder and managing partner at Crowdkick Strategies, a consultancy, and former head of social innovation at the international crowdfunding website Indiegogo, [...]
Pledge 1% Announces Amy Lesnick as Chief Executive and President to Grow and Scale Corporate Philanthropy Movement
Pledge 1% also joins Tides as a special strategic initiative to expand global reach San Francisco, April 12, 2016—Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making the community a key stakeholder in every business, [...]
Pledge 1% Program Celebrates One Year Anniversary: Welcoming Australian & New Zealand Companies to Pledge 1%
By Shana Franti. Originally published on the Salesforce blog. Pledge 1% is a corporate philanthropy movement spearheaded by Salesforce.org, Atlassian, and Rally for Impact and Tides dedicated to making the world a better place. It [...]
Move over casual Fridays, millennials have a new badge for tech cool
By Jemima Whyte. Originally published in the Financial Review. Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquahar wants every start-up business to commit to giving employee time, equity and funds to charity. He and a program backed by salesforce.com are on their [...]
Corporate philanthropy programme helps companies donate 1%
By Melanie May. Originally published on UK Fundraising. A corporate philanthropy movement which assists companies in donating 1% of their product, equity, profit, or employee time to help communities around the world, launched in the UK this month. [...]