Foundation Guide

The Salesforce Foundation is open to working with various nonprofits and higher education groups. Here are some examples of the results of their work.

• The American Red Cross 
  The American Red Cross is the leading emergency relief organization in the country and the group relies heavily on volunteers, financial donations, blood donors and recipients. Coordinating and communicating between these groups across the country in different information centres became a logisitcal challenge. The American Red Cross moved their activities to the cloud using Salesforce and now staff can use smartphones and iPads to coordinate in emergency situations.
  
  
• Algonquin College
  Faced with falling admissions in Canada, Algonquin College decided to change their student and employee recruitment processes. By using Salesforce to track and automate lead capturing, they were able to manage, channel and track conversions more efficiently. The school integrated an app and was also able to track and enguage with social media conversations about the school using Salesforce Chatter.

Since its inception in 2000 the Salesforce Foundation has provided over $96 million in grants. The Salesforce Foundation is providing funding to Education and STEM programs, Workforce Development, Technology Innovation and Employee Inspired Giving. The Foundation only accepts proposals by invitation and partners with established organizations working at a national or international level.