SAN FRANCISCO and DETROIT, Sept. 26,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global
leader in CRM, today committed $50
million and one million volunteer hours over five years to
expand K-12 computer science education in the U.S. in an effort to
prepare students for jobs in the digital economy.
Salesforce.org, the company's philanthropic arm, will also offer
every eligible public K-12 school in the nation ten free Salesforce
software subscriptions to enable schools and districts to connect
and engage with staff, teachers, parents and students in a whole
new way. Additionally, Salesforce.org is granting Code.org
$1 million to expand access and
teacher training for K-12 computer science.
Comments on the news:
"Nothing is more important than
educating our nation's students and preparing them for the jobs of
tomorrow," said Marc Benioff,
Chairman and CEO, Salesforce. "Through our longstanding
partnerships with San Francisco Bay
Area school districts, we've seen a big impact from our
investments—not only in dollars, but employee time and expertise. I
encourage every CEO, every organization and every individual to
contribute to educating our youth and providing them access to
computer science skills."
"Salesforce has been a key Code.org partner as we work to
achieve our mission of expanding access to computer science
throughout the U.S.," said Hadi
Partovi, CEO, Code.org. "Through the 1-1-1 model, we've seen
how Salesforce's combination of employee time, financial resources
and product can create incredible impact for students across the
country."
Building on Salesforce's Long-Term Commitment to Advance
Computer Science Education in Public Schools
Salesforce has
a long history of supporting computer science initiatives through
Salesforce.org. To date, Salesforce and Salesforce.org have granted
$65 million to expand opportunities
for students—with a focus on computer science curriculum.
Salesforce employees have spent more than 175,000 volunteer hours
in K-12 classrooms since 1999.
Since 2013, Salesforce.org has granted nearly $35 million and Salesforce employees have
volunteered more than 22,000 hours to advance computer science
education in San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and
Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). As a result of the
partnership, San Francisco was the
first school district in the United
States to offer computer science curriculum in every grade.
In SFUSD, enrollment of girls in computer science has increased
2,000 percent, and enrollment of underrepresented groups in
computer science has increased 6,600 percent.
$1 Million Grant to Code.org
Expands Opportunities for Students to Learn to
Code
Salesforce.org is also announcing a new, $1 million grant to Code.org to increase access
to K-12 computer science. Since partnering with Code.org in 2013,
Salesforce.org's funds have helped reach more than 50 million
students through the Hour of Code campaign globally.
Salesforce.org's mission to provide computer science education
opportunities to every student also includes deep and strategic
partnerships with organizations including Code.org as well as Girls
Who Code, CoderDojo and Iridescent.
Salesforce 1-1-1 Model
Salesforce pioneered the 1-1-1
model of integrated philanthropy when it was founded in 1999,
dedicating 1 percent of equity, 1 percent of employee time and 1
percent of product back into its communities. Thus far, Salesforce
and Salesforce.org have given $168
million in grants, Salesforce employees have volunteered 2.3
million hours and 32,000 nonprofits and higher education
institutions use Salesforce for free or at a discount. Through
Pledge 1%, a corporate philanthropy movement dedicated to making
the community a key stakeholder in every business, more than 3,000
companies have followed Salesforce's lead by adopting the 1-1-1
model.
Business and Government Leaders Come Together for Computer
Science Education
Salesforce's latest commitment is part of
the Internet Association's initiative of private sector commitments
of more than $300 million dedicated
to funding K-12 computer science programs. For more information,
please visit:
https://internetassociation.org/internet-association-members-businesses-individuals-commit-300-million-k-12-computer-science-education-programs/
Additional Information:
- To watch the Internet Association's #CSforKids event live,
visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OScNCg5UGfM
- To learn more about Salesforce's 1-1-1 model of integrated
philanthropy, visit:
https://www.salesforce.com/company/salesforceorg/
- To learn more about Salesforce.org's education programs, visit:
http://www.salesforce.org/grants/stem-education/
- Like Salesforce on Facebook:http://facebook.com/salesforce
- Follow @salesforce on
Twitter:http://twitter.com/salesforce
- Read the Salesforce blog:http://blogs.salesforce.com/
About Salesforce
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empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new
way. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit:
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