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Our Supporters & Partners
- No one gets where they're going alone. We are grateful for the support and counsel of the following companies and organizations:
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Founding Partners
- Points of Light Institute
- Points of Light Institute, formerly Points of Light & Hands On Network, is a national nonprofit whose core mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. They transform people and communities through civic entrepreneurship.
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
- The Pew Charitable Trusts serve the public interest by providing information, policy solutions and support for civic life. Based in Philadelphia, with an office in Washington, D.C., the Trusts make investments to provide organizations and citizens with fact-based research and practical solutions for challenging issues. In 2003, with approximately $4.1 billion in dedicated assets, the Trusts committed more than $143 million to 151 nonprofit organizations.
- The Case Foundation
- Since Jean and Steve Case established the Case Foundation in 1997, the foundation has worked to address complex social problems by partnering with a number of local, national, and international organizations. In many cases, theirr hands-on local efforts have informed their work in shaping and supporting larger initiatives.
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Financial and In-kind Supporters
- eBay
- eBay enables trade on a local, national and international basis. With a diverse and passionate community of individuals and small businesses, eBay offers an online platform where millions of items are traded each day.
- AOL
- AOL is focused on building tomorrow’s publishing business and advertising network to help consumers and marketers thrive in an increasingly fragmented online environment.
- BEA
- BEA is the world's leading application infrastructure software company, providing the enterprise software foundation for 13,000 customers around the world, including the majority of the Fortune Global 500. BEA and its WebLogic® brand are among the most trusted names in business. BEA provides the software platform that businesses need to compete effectively in an increasingly information-driven world. BEA believes that a strong technology foundation is a critical factor in the success of their customers.
- BEA also understands that individuals can do much to help make their communities better places in which to live. To this end, they are dedicated to helping our employees achieve their own philanthropic goals by providing paid time off for volunteer activities and matching gifts for their charitable donations.
- Cooley Godward Kronish
- Cooley Godward Kronish is a national law firm for the converging worlds of high technology, high finance and high-stakes litigation. We are counselors, strategists and advocates for the foremost private and public companies across a wide variety of industries and in all major technology fields. Our clients include business organizations, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial institutions, private equity firms, professional services firms and real estate owners and developers. Cooley has approximately 600 attorneys and represents clients in more than 20 industries.
- IBM
- A Commitment to Corporate Citizenship... IBM has been one of the largest corporate contributors of cash, technology and expertise to nonprofit organizations and educational institutions across the U.S. and around the world. Through their Corporate Community Relations projects, IBM helps organizations use information technology in innovative ways to address their key problems and improve efficiency and quality of service.
- Oracle
- Oracle is a proud sponsor of MissionFish and is committed to improving the quality of life in our global community. Oracle Corporation is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest independent software company. Oracle's powerful business software—including database, applications and tools--has helped more than 200,000 customers reduce operational costs, increase business efficiency and administer massive amounts of data. Oracle's support of charitable organizations such as the Points of Light Foundation reflects the company's commitment to helping provide better services to those in need.
- Salesforce
- Salesforce.com builds and delivers customer relationship management (CRM) applications as scalable online services. Salesforce.com/foundation is the leader in integrating philanthropy and business. Through its model of donating 1% of profits to the community annually, 1% of salesforce.com equity to its programs and 1% of employee working hours to community service, the Foundation is building a new model for corporations to better serve the communities in which they operate. The Foundation also strives to better the lives of youth by providing relevant access to technology for youth in underserved communities both domestically and abroad
