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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
When Accomplice CEO Jeff Fagnan pledged one percent of his company’s
carry to the long-term benefit of two Boston-based nonprofits –
InnerCity Weightlifting and Resilient Coders, he described the move...
By Zubin Irani, CEO, cPrime cPrime is happy to be members of the Pledge
1% #PledgeItForward campaign. Mandating 1% of employee time to
charitable causes is a social initiative that we’ve been contribu...
By David Bloom. This piece was originally published on the Lurniture
blog. Your last name does not need to be Gates, Buffett or Zuckerberg
for you to be a philanthropist. Philanthropy is simply donati...
RevolarⓇ, makers of a discreet, wearable safety device, announced in
October a partnership with the National Domestic Violence Hotline (The
Hotline) to educate consumers about intimate partner violenc...
By Michael McNeil, Partner and General Manager, Oasis Digital When we
started our high school summer internship program in 2011, we had two
simple goals. We felt we could simultaneously provide great ...
By Erin Reilly, Executive Director of Twilio.org A lot of people think
about social impact initiatives as purely philanthropic, a side project
a company takes on to give back, something that is separa...
By Seth Levine, Managing Director, Foundry Group At Foundry Group, an
investment firm in early-stage technology firms, we believe we all
benefit when everyone succeeds. That’s why every time we succee...
Paul English, CEO and Co-Founder of Lola Travel and former CTO and
Co-Founder of Kayak, has announced his commitment of at least 10% of his
stake in Lola being set aside for giving back to communities...
Addteq was proud to take the pledge a year ago. Since then, Addteq has
founded the Iris Foundation. The Iris Foundation was created in an
attempt to build philanthropy awareness within the IT industry...
By Allison Riggs, Global Marketing Manager at e-Core. Originally
published on the Atlassian blog as part of their #TeamUp4Good series.
“Be the change you want to see in the world.” – Ghandi When the c...
Pledge 1% Boston, spearheaded by the Boston Foundation and a network of
community leaders, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Life
Science Cares. Since launching two months ago, Pledge 1% B...
Salesforce.org, the philanthropic arm of Salesforce, is one of Pledge
1%'s founding partners. Over the years, their 1% commitment to charity
has grown and they have been--and continue to be--a key par...
Watch this video to hear why Michael Carter, co-founder at Kahuso,
decided to Pledge 1%. Originally posted: November 29, 2016
The holiday season brings with it the season of giving, and at
Comalatech that means fondly remembering the opportunities we've had to
give back to our communities. We are ardent believers that our su...
ThinkTilt is a new venture founded by three colleagues committed to
making a difference in their communities. Their product ProForma is an
add-on for Atlassian’s JIRA project management tool, which al...
By Jessie VanderVeen, CMO, Tempo Tempo has been a partner of Room to
Read for more than six years now as part of our corporate culture of
community service and philanthropic leadership to empower othe...
Joining Pledge1 has helped us to engage our employees and be more
transparent in the way we give to charity – Co-founder Jimmy Lundström
We want to create a workplace people are proud to work at – CEO...
By an Atlassian volunteer. I have a son and a daughter attending public
school in Sydney. As an Aussie transplant having grown up in
Czechoslovakia, when I moved to Australia, I wanted to learn as muc...