Pledge 1% Blog

Let’s Go Green Together

Originally posted by Dazeworks on the Dazeworks blog. “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago- Warren Buffett” What is the best time for planting a tree? ...

Initial Philanthropic Opportunity: The New ‘IPO’ in the Tech Community

Originally published at TechPoint.org. Over the past few months, I’ve had several conversations about philanthropy and what we, as part of the tech community, are doing to give back to those in need. ...

Qalaxia at Sunday Friends

Sunday Friends, A Working Alternative to Charity, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community service organization serving families in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sunday Friends meets on Sundays at three diff...

Join RFPIO in the Give Back to School Campaign

Originally posted on the RFPIO blog. It’s back to school time, so the RFPIO team is giving back to our educational community. For our Q3 philanthropy mission, we’re partnering up with a local school i...

ALM Works Joins Pledge 1% Movement

By Igor Sereda. Originally published on the ALM Works blog. Today, we are pleased to announce that ALM Works has joined the Pledge 1%, a global movement creating new normal where companies of all size...

At SUBTA, Doing Good Starts at Day One

A company is much more than its product. Take GlobeIn, for example, a subscription company that delivers “a fresh collection of useful and enthralling [artisan] items from around the world” straight t...

It Took the Pledge. Now This Tech Company Is Ramping Up Its Giving

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 mon...

Ostendio Supports Local Community by Joining Pledge 1%

Ostendio has joined the Pledge 1% movement, a national philanthropic organization encouraging companies to give 1 percent of their equity, employee time and products to good causes. Ostendio has commi...

10 million in 10 years

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 ...

Salesforce inspired these Indy-based companies to Pledge 1%, now you can too

By Joshua Hall. Originally posted on Techpoint. You already know about part of Salesforce’s impact in Indiana — the software giant is creating more than 800 new jobs and 500 new apprenticeships, and i...

Pledge 1% Member Profile: Savvy Hires

Hiring is hard. We make it easier. Savvy Hires is a consulting and workforce development firm that helps companies develop Strategic Internship and onboarding programs for pipeline development. 80% of...

Our quest for 150 miles in 24 hours at Endure24 – the Glastonbury for runners!

Originally published on New Voice Media’s blog. Endure24 is dubbed the Glastonbury for runners. It draws together around 3,000 weirdos, like me, from all walks of life to spend 24 hours of their lives...

Cleaning Up Stuttgart’s Forest Trails

By Laura Anderson, originally published on the K15t Sotfware blog. Trash belongs in garbage bins – a statement we probably all agree on. Sadly, beautiful places, such as forest trails, meant for every...

Pledge 1% Boston Member Spotlight: Door of Clubs

By Dan McConvey, Development and Partnerships Associate, The Boston Foundation. Originally shared on The Boston Foundation’s blog. Pranam Lipinski was born and raised in the Berkshires of Western Mass...

3 Reasons Every Business Should Prioritize Giving Back

By Anna Hendry, originally posted on Inside the Salesforce Ecosystem. “The business of business is improving the state of the world.” These words from CEO Marc Benioff serve as the guiding principle f...

Data Philanthropy – How John Snow Labs Pledges 1%

An interview with Ida Lucente of John Snow Labs. Data is a commodity. The data collected by pharmaceutical companies from drug testing, retailers from shoppers, telephone carriers from mobile devices ...

So We Pledged 1%. Now What?

By Sean Dukes, Owner and CEO of Learnsmarter. Originally published on Medium. The first time I heard about 1:1:1, the Salesforce philanthropy model, was at Dreamforce Europe 2008. Back then, Salesforc...

Pledge 1% Boston Member Spotlight: Cuseum

Originally published by Tim Smith, Director of Innovation Partnerships and Pledge 1% Boston on the Boston Foundation blog. Brendan Ciecko is the founder of Cuseum, and a proud early member of Pledge 1...

Introducing the all new Yoobi Backpack Bundle

Originally published by Julia Frers-Karno, March 28, 2017 on the Yoobi for Business blog. School Supply drives are growing more and more popular each year, they are such an incredible way to support k...

Atlassian founders plant seeds of expanding culture of giving

Originally published in The Australian. When Atlassian co-founder Scott Farquhar was in his 20s, he and his girlfriend made a four-hour trip from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to visit a school. Farquha...

The 50 Best Workplaces for Giving Back

To read the original article, visit Fortune Magazine. Photo credit: Duy Ho Photography. It might be common for corporations to make charitable donations. But a few companies go above and beyond with t...

Join RFPIO and Oregon Food Bank in the ROI of Compassion

Originally published on the RFPIO blog. There’s no better way to ring in the new year than by inspiring others to give. As a local company, RFPIO understands the importance of community. Now they are ...

FinancialForce Celebrates Giving 1% of Time with FinancialForce4Good

By Tommy Jarvis, FinancialForce4Good Council Chair Here at FinancialForce, I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the closing of our 2016 volunteerism efforts than to announce our formal commitmen...

Small But Mighty: A Case for CSR at Small Businesses

By Marisa Lopez, Presence PG. This post was originally published on Medium. We like to think everyone wants to make positive changes in the world. But where do you start? Corporate Social Responsibili...

Vlocity and Salesforce Help Refugees Find H.O.M.E.

By Dan Israel, Vice President and General Manager, Vlocity This is a time of year when many around the world reflect on giving back to those less fortunate. This year, Vlocity is honored to reflect wi...

Creating “Change” with Jason Grad, Bstow

Bstow is a tech company with social impact at its very core. Jason Grad, CEO and Co-Founder, shares what it means to join a global movement of companies that have pledged 1%. Tell me about Bstow. Bsto...

So you joined Pledge 1%, now what? A guide to implementing the program at work

By Okta. More and more companies today are embarking on an important journey of corporate social responsibility programs and joining the Pledge 1% movement. Okta announced our program, Okta for Good, ...

Fireside Chat with Richard Eib of Careers In Salesforce

Careers In Salesforce is a market leading job site that connects employers seeking Salesforce talent, with candidates who are looking for their next career move. We recently caught up with their Found...

From “Greed is Good” to “Greed for Good”

By Philipp Stauffer, Co-Founder and Managing Director, FYRFLY Venture Partners If you haven’t seen Gordon Gekko say “Greed is Good,” then go watch his speech in the movie Wall Street, released in 1987...

We’re here to impact the world for the better – whether digitally or locally

By Nithya Das, SVP, General Counsel, AppNexus One of AppNexus’ core company values is to see and improve the whole system – whether that system means the internet, our technology or initiatives in our...