@applebeatspc said:
Sony continues to do the right thing. And no I'm not just talking about their hardware, software, online service ($60 is still a bargain), or the way they generously compensate their corporate executives. I'm talking about their philanthropic actions. Looks like Sony has been setting up a cancer foundation in Australia for young kids who are suffering. Together we will one day beat cancer, and great companies like Sony are a huge reason why. Thank you Sony. Would really like to see Micro$oft more involved in these types of endeavors.
Source: http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/sony-foundation-opens-melbourne-s-first-you-can-centre-at-peter-mac/0171752
Microsoft’s employees raised record-breaking $113 million for nonprofits in 2013
Microsoft employees donated more money than ever in 2013, raising $113 million for 19,123 non-profit organizations and charitable causes. Last year also marked the third consecutive year that employees from Microsoft donated at least $100 million.
Microsoft matches employee donations up to $15,000 per year, at 1:1 for cash donations and $17 per hour for volunteer time. More than 460,000 volunteer hours were logged last year, which resulted in $7.8 million of donations. Also in 2013, Microsoft decided to give $50 to new employees for a nonprofit of their choice.
http://www.geekwire.com/2014/microsoft-2013-employee-giving-program/
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/
http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/microsoft-corporation-msft-honored-for-its-charitable-work-124487/
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has always been known for is generosity. Co-founder Bill Gates has always been at the forefront of giving back with his Bill and Melinda Gate Foundation, and he instilled that charitable effort into his company’s culture. And that culture has been rewarded times before, and again now as the company was recently named the recipient of two major charitable awards.
United Way Worldwide brandished two Summit awards onto Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently for its community impact and for volunteer engagement. What does this mean? Microsoft was charitable both in terms of financial support and in employees’ volunteering of their time with various events. The report was that Microsoft gave $1 billion from employees and employer matching funds during the last calendar year, and employees of the company gave two million hours of volunteer service since the company announced its own volunteer matching program.
Last year, Microsoft reportedly made charitable contributions totaling $900 million in cash and software to more than 60,000 non-profit organizations around the world. In the volunteer-matching program, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) makes a company contribution to a non-profit that is equivalent to $17 per hour for every hour an employee volunteers. That amounted to $34 million out of Microsoft’s coffers in support of these organizations that were local to where their employees were located.
Thank you Sony.
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