Microsoft and its employees have long recognized the importance of the communities in which we work and live and since 1983 have been leaders in the high-tech industry in making contributions. Microsoft supports and encourages employee involvement in all Community Affairs programs and offers many opportunities for employees to make a positive impact in their communities.
Employee Giving Campaign
Through its matching contributions program, Microsoft allows its employees to direct corporate contributions to thousands of nonprofit organizations working to improve lives in the United States and around the world. Donations that U.S.-based employees make to eligible nonprofits are matched dollar for dollar by the company, up to $12,000 each year. Through last year's Employee Giving Campaign, Microsoft employee donations and the corporate match totaled more than $39.2 million in cash.
Volunteerism
To help Microsoft employees connect to their local communities, find volunteer opportunities, and register volunteer hours for a cash match, we created Microsoft Volunteer Connection, a volunteer matching system available to and accessible by Microsoft employees.
Volunteer Connection helps employees find volunteer opportunities that best match their interests, skills, and availability.
In addition to matching employee financial donations up to $12,000 per year per employee, Microsoft will now match time that our employees volunteer in the community, donating $17 per hour to the eligible organizations they serve. We're excited that this benefit will recognize all of our employees who are volunteering, as well as supporting the community financially.
- This benefit began October 3, 2005.
- Employees must volunteer 10 hours with a single organization before they can apply for a match. After the initial 10 hours, they can request a cash match in 1-hour increments.
- The organizations that are eligible for this new volunteer time matching program are the same as those we support through our Employee Giving programs: 501(c)3 nonprofit agencies and educational institutions across the United States.
It is our hope that Microsoft's new employee benefit will have a great impact in our community, supporting our employees in their gifts of time as well as money for the organizations they serve.
United Way Loaned Executive Program
The annual United Way Loaned Executive Program is designed to help Puget Sound–area businesses develop and carry out their yearly giving campaigns. Through the program, Microsoft and other companies loan out some of their best and brightest executives for 16 weeks (September to December), to help the United Way work with 30–80 area businesses. Microsoft has participated in this program for approximately eight years.
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