Microsoft Community Affairs in the News

Published: November 13, 2003 | Updated: March 02, 2006

At Microsoft, we believe that untold possibilities reside in each of us and that most people simply need the resources to discover them. Through our giving programs, we empower individuals and communities with the resources they need to realize their potential.

In the stories and the press releases that follow, you'll see that the results of Microsoft's giving—like the people themselves—can be amazing.

On the Issues

• Bill Gates: U.S. Senate Testimony on American Competitiveness
• Let's move forward together: The promise of equal opportunity remains unfulfilled for many Americans—advances in technology could change that
• After the flood: The tsunami crisis is testing the conscience of humanity—and its stamina
• Fighting hunger with technology: Innovation helps feed families in need
• HEART program provides tools that bring help and hope
• Against nature
• A time of renewal and hope

Press Releases

• Microsoft Donates $1.7 Million to Support Rebuilding of Gulf States
• Microsoft, Department of Labor Team Up to Train Technology Workers
• Microsoft Aims to Help Make U.S. Workforce More Competitive
• Microsoft Earmarks $41 Million in Software, Cash for Disaster Relief
• Microsoft Broadens Digital Inclusion by Increasing Worldwide Support for Community Technology Centers
• Microsoft Government Leaders Forum Builds Public-Private Partnerships, Economic Opportunity
• Jean-Philippe Courtois, president of Microsoft International, on Microsoft’s participation in the second phase of the WSIS and ICT 4 all Exhibition
• Microsoft Launches Education Solutions in North Africa and the Middle East
• Bill Gates Announces Expanded Efforts for Public and Private Sector Collaboration on Government Services and Digital Inclusion Initiatives
• Microsoft Announces Worldwide Expansion of Authorized Refurbisher Program
• Lifelong Learning Is Goal of Microsoft Commitment to Digital Inclusion
• Microsoft commits $3.5 million to Indian Ocean tsunami relief efforts
• Microsoft and UNESCO announce joint education and community development initiatives
• Microsoft announces global availability of IT skills curricula for teachers, students, and community learners
• Microsoft announces support for technology skills training centers in 56 countries
• Projects in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Morocco supported by Microsoft Unlimited Potential
• Microsoft citizenship community affairs fact sheet 2004
• UNDP and Microsoft announce technology partnership to combat poverty in developing nations
• Microsoft grants more than $25 million for Unlimited Potential
• 2004 Unlimited Potential recipients list
• Unlimited Potential grant to help build vocational skills in Silicon Valley community on periphery of tech boom
• Unlimited Potential program gives $8 million to nonprofits worldwide to help bridge global tech skills gap
• Merger of local Boys & Girls Clubs a "perfect fit" (bgcgw.org)
• Boys & Girls Clubs of America opens 1,000th tech center (bgcgw.org)
• Alex Rodriguez brings computers to Chicago Boys & Girls Club (bgcgw.org)
• Microsoft gives $15 million in software to help upgrade technology at historically black colleges and universities
• New Federal Internship Program taps potential of young members of the disability community
• Building a virtual village: Software helps connect Mercy Corps and Save the Children to those in need of relief
• Microsoft helps support relief flight to Afghanistan
• U.N. official praises Microsoft employees for helping refugees

News Stories

• Program helps disabled with workforce training (San Jose Mercury News)
• Microsoft CEO Announces Donation (Business Week)
• Grant to help train work force (nola.com)
• Microsoft $1.7 million donation to help lure workers back to Gulf (nola.com)
• Powering Up: WinstonNet gets $491,000 grant from Microsoft (Winston-Salem Journal)
• Bush asks his father and Clinton to raise funds (New York Times; registration required)
• Microsoft CEO brings grants to 2 non-profits (Chicago Sun-Times)
• Microsoft-UNESCO deal for computer literacy (MSNBC.com)
• Microsoft gives $3 million to the NPower nonprofit network (Puget Sound Business Journal)
• Microsoft-U.N. deal designed to bring IT to underserved nations (CNET.com)
• Microsoft retiree and Afghan refugee make a dynamic duo (mercycorps.org)
• People before profits: Corporate rivals find common ground by investing in the local community (San Jose Mercury News)
• NPower to offer tech assistance to nonprofits in Charlotte area (philanthropyjournal.org)
• Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund selects first member colleges and universities to benefit from Microsoft Technology Grant (prnewswire.com)
• Microsoft donates $1.3 million to Goodwill (charlotte.bizjournals.com)
• Microsoft aid helps six local charities (kingcountyjournal.com)
• Tech groups plug in nonprofits (nptimes.com)
• Teens use new equipment to create prize-winning film on heroes (dwf.com)
• Stubbornly seeking success: Merriam man hasn't let deafness or his start in West African poverty stop him (kansascity.com)
• HEART program bringing innovation to agencies (alertnet.org)

Learn More Press Release Archive News Stories Archive