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Community Partnerships STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

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Community Partnerships

STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

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Our MissionTo engage high growth companies in corporate citizenship

andphilanthropic efforts so that new and leveraged resources

aregenerated for community benefit.

Our WorkEntrepreneurs Foundation (EF) works with emergingcompanies to create, manage and implement corporatefoundations and community benefit programs.

Our Vision Silicon Valley will be considered a leading community, notjust for our innovations but also for our corporatecommitment to the broader community.

About Entrepreneurs Foundation

STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

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Entrepreneurs Foundation serves as a catalyst for:

Corporate Citizenship:Strategically engaging the organization in values based businessinitiatives that serve the enterprise and social change

Community Involvement:Building awareness and active engagement in global communityRelations programs at all levels of the organization

Philanthropy:Creating and implementing a model of giving that scales to theorganization’s capacity

STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

A Catalyst for Companies & Communities

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STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

Working with EF

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STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

Engaging Companies in Corporate Giving

Corporate Giving:• Donate stock/stock options• Give direct cash donations• Provide matching gifts• Create a corporate advised fund• Donate office space• Donate/discount product or services

EF Participating

Company

CorporateGiving

Opportunities for CBO’s:• Articulate needs for community/organization and activities.

For example how much money do you need to raise, by when, and for what purposes.

• Promote benefits of every dollar raised on serving the the community’s needs. For example, $1 = 2.7lbs. of food or two full nutritious meals.

• Articulate in-kind donations needed, and the minimum standards for excepting those donations. For example, you are only able to accept computers with 64 MB, or higher, of RAM.

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Engaging Companies in Employee Volunteerism

Employee Volunteerism:• Sponsor team-based company days in the

community • Support individual involvement in community

activities• Encourage employees to take Board and other

leadership roles with community benefit organizations

• Encourage employees to provide skills-based volunteering

• Enable civic engagement & participation

EF Participating

Company

Employee Volunteerism

Opportunities for CBO’s:• Create volunteer opportunities for large groups, such as

sorting food/toys/other items. • Create volunteer opportunities for large groups that interface

with your clients, such as serving meals.• Understand and incorporate how the company wants to

benefit from the group volunteer activities; for example, team building events.

• Identify volunteer opportunities for individuals, such as mentoring, coaching, training, and small scale projects

• Groom volunteers to take on leadership roles in your organization, such as board seats.

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STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

Engaging Companies in Employee Giving

EF Participating

Company

Employee Giving:• Host drives for employees to contribute

(e.g. food, backpacks, toys)• Conduct fundraisers (e.g. silent auctions

and bake sales)• Enable employees to donate PTO• Enable employees to make financial

contributions through payroll deductions• Support 10K and 5K walk/runs

Employee Giving

Opportunities for CBO’s:• As with corporate giving, articulate your needs.• Enlist corporations to participate in barrel drives for such

items as canned foods, school supplies, toys and clothing.• Facilitate “wrap around” events to support your

organization. For example, in addition to the barrel drive, the corporation raises money through grassroots efforts, such as bake sales, to support the drive.

• Make it easy for individuals to contribute by joining the United Way, and/or provide a “donate now” button on your website.

• Cultivate volunteers, growing them into donors.

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STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

Engaging Companies in Employee Giving

EF Participating

Company

CorporateInfrastructure

Corporate Infrastructure:• Create a community involvement (CI) mission

statement that incorporates the company’s mission, vision, and values

• Set goals for the program and community outcomes

• Survey employee interests• Form an employee CI Planning Team• Plan an annual community calendar• Recognize and reward employees for their

participation

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STRONGER COMPANIES. STRONGER COMMUNITIES.

Engaging Companies in Business Practices

Business Practices:• Institute policies such as volunteer time off

(VTO), matching gifts, or dollars for doers• Enable employees to donate PTO• Institute a payroll deduction program• Become an environmentally green company:

waste and air pollution reduction, and energy saving measures (e.g. recycling, fluorescent light bulb, and alternative transportation programs)

• Order supplies where nonprofits benefit• Use nonprofit staffing services that transition

people back into the workforce

EF Participating

Company

BusinessPractices

Opportunities for CBO’s:• Identify socially responsible practices, for example identifying computer

recycling centers.• Recommend socially responsible services to corporations, such as green

supplies.• Engage corporations in contributing to events, such as conferences or

workshops.• Enlist corporations to engage and participate in civic activities, such as

legislative advocacy, or school initiatives, i.e. bonds.

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Engaging Companies in Marketing/Communications

EF Participating

Company

Marketing/Communications:• Educate employees on community needs • Represent CI program on internal and external

websites• Promote program through press release(s)• Include program in employee orientations and

handbook• Develop cause-related marketing campaigns • Summarize community involvement & impact in

annual reports to share with company stakeholders• Sponsor nonprofit events• Publish an annual calendar• Celebrate results!

Marketing/Communications

Opportunities for CBO’s:• Provide corporations with resources and materials, such as brochures and

other collateral.• Provide statistics and other compelling information about community needs

and impact.• Speak at corporate, all-staff, communications meetings.• Conduct onsite tours and provide demonstrations.• Promote the corporation as a supporter in your collateral.• Provide the corporation with a logo and link to add to their website.• Celebrate the impact of the corporation’s involvement.

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Engaging Community Partners

EntrepreneursFoundation

• Engagements with the community must meet both corporate objectives & community needs.

• Types of engagements are selected based on company interests:

– Business priorities– Leadership interests– Employee interests– Geographic proximity to the company

• Ideal community partners are organizations– who achieve their mission through broad

community engagement and outreach.– have multiple ways for people to get involved.– have a well-organized volunteer program.– provide education and outreach around community

needs.– can communicate impact/measurable results.

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Ways to Engage EF

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Community-Benefit

Organization

Keep EF informed:• Ongoing and upcoming volunteer activities, including seasonal

activities, such as the holidays or Earth Day– EF will promote on EF’s Online Social Network– EF staff will bring CBO opportunities to the attention of

individual companies as appropriate• Special, one-time needs, such as beautification projects, or

supplies needed• Events, such as grand openings or fundraising events• Personnel changes, such as Executive Directors and Volunteer

Coordinators

Share Results/Impact:• Numbers of people served• Demographics of those served• Community statistics• Direct impact of the help received by EF companies• Statistics on improvements or worsening of community needs• Annual Report