Taken from the foundation’s website – such great initiative by the foundation to make a change.
Salesforce.com Foundation is pleased to announce its Force-For-Change Investments as our 2011 Grant Round.
Purpose of the Investment:
Today, many social action organizations, nonprofits, and higher education institutions waste precious time and money on cumbersome, inefficient and ineffective technology solutions. Others resort to managing key business information and performance data on spreadsheets that are not easy to maintain or share. As a result, these resource constrained sectors have never enjoyed the productivity and efficiency gains that innovations in automation, collaboration and dynamic data have delivered to other sectors of the global economy.
Application Development:
The “Force-For-Change” investments will address this problem by funding the creation of systems and products that will enhance operational efficiencies and collaboration in the non-profit, social action, and higher education sectors. Grants will be awarded to select organizations that demonstrate a vision for technology solutions that address a social problem, increase collaboration and drive down the cost of delivering social impact at a global scale.