La Fundación Salesforce tiene abierta la convocatoria para su Programa de Subvenciones Force for Change 2014, que tiene como objetivo principal incrementar la innovación de organizaciones sin fines de lucro, del sector de educación superior, y empresas sociales para la comunidad de usuarios de Salesforce. La fecha de cierre para participar es el 14 de julio de 2014.
Las subvenciones constan de hasta 1, 500,000 dólares estadounidenses, con premios individuales de hasta 250,000 dólares estadounidenses. Las becas se enfocan en áreas donde hay actividad de mercado insuficiente para generar soluciones al respecto, en áreas de tecnología emergente para una distribución eficiente, y en áreas donde existe la oportunidad de alto impacto.
Para ser admitidos, los solicitantes deberán reunir los siguientes requisitos: ser clientes de Saleforce.com Foundation de todo del mundo, ser una organización sin fines de lucro registrada legalmente, empresa social, u organización norteamericana de educación superior, o centrada en la creación de aplicaciones de Salesforce que introducirán tecnologías innovadoras para acelerar el éxito y el impacto positivo en estos sectores.
Para participar, los solicitantes deberán registrarse online y enviar la plantilla completa en formato .pdf. Para más consultas escribir a crmdonation@salesforce.com.
Para más información visitar: http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/force-change-grants-program-2014/
* Wingu estará presentando un proyecto para mejorar el trabajo de las Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil de América Latina en SalesForce, y se encuentra receptivo a la presentación de proyectos en conjunto.The Salesforce.com Foundation is on a mission to leverage salesforce.com’s products, equity and time to improve communities around the world. We call this integrated philanthropic approach the 1-1-1 model because we’ve committed 1% of salesforce.com’s world-class technology, 1% of our founding equity and 1% of our employees’ time to help maximize the impact of higher education and nonprofit organizations that are changing the world.
In support of this vision, we’re excited to announce the 2014 Force for Change grants program. This program strives to accelerate innovation in the nonprofit and higher education sectors and to drive forward ideas within the Salesforce user community. Grants are focused on areas where there is insufficient market activity to support a market-based solution, where there are emerging technologies (e.g. mobile, social) in need of efficient distribution, and where opportunities exist for positive impact around the world.
The 2014 Force for Change grants program will provide up to $1,500,000 USD in grants, with individual awards up to $250,000 USD. The program is open to current Salesforce.com Foundation customers from around the world that are:
- Registered charities, social enterprises and North American higher education organizations, and
- Focused on creating Salesforce applications that will introduce innovative technologies to accelerate success and positively impact these sectors.
If you’re one of those amazing registered charities, social enterprises or higher education organizations creating great things on the Salesforce.com platform, we want to hear from you!
Between June 23 and July 14 we will host an open call for grant submissions. To submit your expression of interest, please complete a five-slide template available at the Power of US Hub (details below). Within the template, we ask you to describe:
- The problem you’re trying to solve
- How your organization is positioned to solve this problem
- Your proposed solution
- Your plan for realizing and sustaining the solution
- The impact (if awarded a Force for Change grant)
All submissions for Force for Change grants must be submitted through the Power of US Hub. To do this, and to access the template:
- Go to http://powerofus.salesforcefoundation.org and enter your existing username and password.
- Click on the Chatter tab, select the Groups link, and search for the group calledForce for Change Grants
- Download the template athttp://info.salesforcefoundation.org/f4c14_template, and, when ready, post your submission as a PDF to the Force for Change Grants group.
- Tag your post with the hashtag #force4change14
- If needed, download the Force for Change grants program call for submissions
By the end of July, the Salesforce.com Foundation staff will select a limited number of candidates and request full proposals, including formal business plans, social impact indicators, market analysis, and financial projections. From there, a subset of finalists will be selected and invited to present their proposed projects in September. A review committee composed of Foundation staff, salesforce.com employees and external advisors will evaluate the proposed projects, and grant recipients will be determined and notified prior to Dreamforce 2014.
We hope to hear how your organization is using Salesforce to help change the world!
Fabiana Zonis 