Salesforce.com launches programs in India

BANGALORE, INDIA: Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, and Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in integrating philanthropy and business, today announced the launch of the Salesforce.com Foundation’s programs in India.

The mission of Salesforce.com Foundation is to use salesforce.com’s people, technology and relationships to improve communities, inspire youth to be more successful and promote compassionate capitalism, said a press release.

The Salesforce.com Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization that partners with salesforce.com helping to leverage the resources of the company (people, products and other resources) to make a positive impact in the communities in which it operates.

Since 2000, the Salesforce.com Foundation has given over 150,000 volunteer hours of community service, $14 million dollars in grants, and provided discounted and donated products to approximately 7,000 nonprofit organizations in over 70 countries around the world, the release added.

Salesforce CRM (customer relationship management) licenses have already been donated to 31 nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in India, to help these NPOs keep track of their supporters, volunteers and donors, and increases their capability for managing, tracking and reporting against key program data, the release said.

“The launch of the Salesforce.com Foundation is a significant milestone in salesforce.com’s development of its global presence,” said Lindsey Armstrong, executive vice president, international enterprise sales, salesforce.com. “The Salesforce.com Foundation provides our salesforce.com employees, partners and customers a unique way to actively contribute to the improvement of the communities we operate in,” added Armstrong.