These "Share the Model" pages are designed to offer guidance on how to build integrated philanthropy programs into your company – whether you are a start up or doing a “retro-fit”.

The Salesforce.com Foundation was launched shortly after the inception of salesforce.com with a vision of giving back to the community. During the last eight years we decided to not just give money but to give more of ourselves, by:

• involving our people
  
• using our technology platform to transform how nonprofits run their business
  
• driving our business relationships for sponsorship and volunteer time
  

We focused on

• improving our local and global communities
  
• inspiring youth to be successful for they are our tomorrow
  
• supporting world wide disasters and programs during times of extreme need
  
• sustaining a greener planet
  

We've seen it as part of our mandate to respond and promote our caring philosophy with businesses and community members around the world and to encourage corporations to make philanthropic commitments earlier in their life cycles. We work with many companies to share our model and help them integrate their own programs. It's been energizing to see companies such as Google and our business partners, including GOT technology, make public commitments to follow our lead. We're excited to watch other companies like iRobot, PalmOne, Antenna Software, and many others further develop the model.

We are encouraged by the potential of many other companies launching their own integrated philanthropic programs-magnifying the difference that we can make collectively. We call this the Power of Us.