Harvest Solutions Joins the Salesforce.com Foundation’s Power of Us Partner Program
Waltham, Mass. and San
Francisco - Dec. 14 2009 - Harvest Solutions and the
Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in integrating philanthropy and
business, today announced that Harvest Solutions
has joined the Salesforce.com Foundation's Power of Us Partner program. With Harvest Solutions consulting services, nonprofit
organizations can improve internal processes, gain efficiencies, and save money
on data management solutions by moving to cloud computing.
Harvest Solutions has extensive experience with a variety of
nonprofit clients and a focus on neighborhood development organizations. It has
been engaged by its clients to manage after school programs, classes and
neighborhood volunteers. As a Power of Us partner, Harvest Solutions offers a
30 percent discount to nonprofit organizations off of its standard consulting
rate. Additionally, the Salesforce.com Foundation offers 10 free licenses to
nonprofit organizations as well as a discount on any additional licenses.
"Our staff
understands the importance of giving back to the community which is evident in
the number of nonprofits our staff members support with their time and
financial commitment," said Sid Lejfer, president, Harvest Solutions. "Our
participation in the Power of Us will now allow us to bring our professional
expertise to the Salesforce.com Foundation nonprofit community."
The Power of Us partner program is designed to
increase the impact of the Salesforce.com Foundation on the global nonprofit
community by increasing the number of technology partners to provide add-on services
and products to non-profits further enhancing their ability to solve problems
faster using world class tools. The Salesforce.com Foundation also mentors
companies to successfully incorporate salesforce.com's 1/1/1 integrated
corporate philanthropy model - 1% Time, 1% Equity and 1% Product - so that they
too can do well, while doing good. Today there are more than 100 companies
around world that are part of the Salesforce.com Foundation's Power of Us
program.
"The
Salesforce.com Foundation's Power of Us initiative allows our partners like
Harvest Solutions to join us in helping nonprofits utilize technology to
empower their missions. With Harvest Solutions implementing an integrated
philanthropy model, there will be an even greater impact on the nonprofit
community long term," said Suzanne DiBianca,
executive director, Salesforce.com Foundation. "We applaud Harvest Solutions
for contributing its services and employee time to nonprofits that may benefit
from its consulting expertise."
About the Salesforce.com
Foundation
The
Salesforce.com Foundation is the global leader in integrating philanthropy and
business through its 1/1/1 integrated philanthropy model
http://www.sharethemodel.org. The 1/1/1 model harnesses the power of
salesforce.com's people and technology through 1% Time, 1% Equity and 1%
Product to increase the effectiveness of nonprofits in pursuing their social
missions. Since the Foundation's inception in 1999, employees have given more
than 165,000 hours of their time; more than 7,300 nonprofits in 70 countries
are using donated and discounted Salesforce CRM licenses as part of the
Foundation's 1% Product Donation Program
http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/product; and numerous organizations are
benefiting from technology-related grants. For more information on the
Salesforce.com Foundation, please visit http://www.salesforcefoundation.org.