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Gwinnett County, Georgia-based nonprofit HoPe (Hispanic Organization Promoting Education) was the recent recipient of an in-kind technology contribution that will help them grow their mission and better serve their student members and alumni of the program.
The organization, which mentors and empowers hispanic high school students in the Atlanta area to graduate high school and attend college, currently has chapters in 66 high schools in 21 school districts, serving over 3,500 students and graduating over 1,100 students annually. With this contribution, HoPe thinks they can serve even more and expand their geographic footprint.
Greater Atlanta, Georgia-based Ad Victoriam Solutions (AdVic), a Salesforce consulting partner, donated over 200 hours of their technical expertise to help HoPe implement Salesforce. AdVic’s expert knowledge of the Salesforce platform allowed them to customize HoPe’s CRM to give their team a 360-degree view into their nonprofit.
With the help of this in-kind contribution, HoPe is now transitioning out of Google Sheets to track their activities, campaigns, and members (potential, current, and alumni) through Salesforce, allowing them to automate items like marketing campaigns, volunteer drives, student sign-ups, and student engagement. Most importantly, HoPe is positioned to better serve their beneficiaries and scale their operations.
Ad Victoriam team members were participating as a part of their commitment to Pledge 1%, a nonprofit organization founded by Salesforce and Atalassian that encourages their members to donate 1% of equity, time, product, or profit. AdVic’s commitment to Pledge 1%, along with their status as a certified B Corp, led to the creation of The Victory Project, which connects nonprofits new to the Salesforce ecosystem with members of the AdVic consulting team to streamline operations and help nonprofits like HoPe do more with less. In the first two years since the program’s inception, AdVic has donated over 1,500 consulting hours to nonprofits across the country.
