Partners and Outreach

Microsoft is committed to reaching out to underserved communities and to developing long-term relationships with professional, educational, and nonprofit organizations that serve those communities. We see our efforts through our Professional, Youth, Disability, National, and Community Outreach Program as a way of strengthening ties and growing talent—talent that we hope one day will further the advances of the high-tech industry.

Through its community programs, Microsoft is giving back to the diverse communities in which we work, live, and do business. The main components of our outreach program serve these communities through supporting higher education, youth programs, and nonprofit groups that focus on technology. Through these relationships we provide corporate contributions to strengthen awareness of and access to information technology for all people.

In addition to our outreach programs, Microsoft participates in national, regional, and local conferences and career fairs for several organizations by facilitating workshops, advertising in publications, and sponsoring annual events.

Outreach Partnerships

Microsoft is partnering with top diversity-related organizations to bring technology to diverse communities. We maintain relationships with the following groups through employee membership and volunteerism, career fair and conference participation, software donations, and financial sponsorships.

Disability

•	American Association of People with Disabilities
•	American Foundation for the Blind
•	Career Opportunities for Students with Disabilities
•	Council of State Administrators of Vocational Rehabilitation
•	Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT)
•	Michigan Business Leadership Network
•	National Business and Disability Council
•	Seattle Lighthouse
•	US Business Leadership Network (USBLN)
•	Washington State Business Leadership Network (WSBLN)

National

•	ACM committee on Women in Computing
•	Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
•	Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA)
•	CRA Committee on the Status of Women in Computing Research
•	National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)
•	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
•	National Center for Women and Information Technology
•	National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
•	National Urban League
•	Rainbow PUSH Coalition
•	Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF)
•	United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
•	Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN)

Professional

•	Alliance of Technology and Women (ATW)
•	American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)
•	National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP)
•	National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
•	National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA)
•	National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA)
•	National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
•	National Society of Hispanic MBAS (NSHMBA)
•	Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
•	Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Youth

•	American Association of People with Disabilities
•	Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT)
•	Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
•	Georgia High School/High Tech Program
•	Girl Scouts
•	Inspiring Girls Now In Technology Evolution (IGNITE)
•	Ms. Foundation for Women
•	Powerful Voices
•	Seattle Girls' School
•	Seattle Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA)
•	Technology Access Foundation (TAF)
•	TechREACH Program
•	Youth to Work Coalition