The End of Philanthropy

"In recent years, there has been a lot of talk about corporate philanthropy; each year corporate philanthropic foundations pour billions into their work. It's a large amount, but the world's problems go beyond what funding can fix. Too many corporate philanthropic efforts occur in isolation, with little relationship to their community, employees, or corporate missions.

The good news is that it's easy to change that, if only all companies make the commitment to leverage all of their resources (employees' time, equity, products). Some of the world's greatest companies, like Google, have validated the power of the model and are proving "the end of philanthropy" is within our reach.

Together, companies can unite so that communities don't have to wait for the generous gifts of the very wealthy. Together, we can create a model that is simple, sustainable, and successful.

We call it "The Power of Us" and there's room, reason, and benefits, for everyone. Salesforce.com was started with a simple idea to make business applications as easy to use as a simple website. It was our mission to spark what we termed "The End of Software" revolution -the opportunity to democratize the industry by changing the way software was delivered (online, or as-a-service). That wasn't the only thing we wanted to do differently, though. We also had a vision to ignite an "End of Philanthropy" movement -and create a new corporate philanthropic model that would be easy for all companies to embrace and ultimately effect positive change." -Marc Benioff CEO & Founder Salesforce.com

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Marc-

"Thanks for the great advice. Your leadership has been instrumental in our efforts to create Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel Worldwide. "The Power of Us," is alive and well and has spread from software to the travel business.

"If you are coming to help me, you are wasting your time but if you are coming because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." -Indigenous Saying

With Gratitude,
David Chamberlain
Founder Exquisite Safaris Philanthropic Travel Worldwide

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