The impact of this corporate philanthropy partnership the potential for bringing together effective and wellintentioned advocates for public education in order to achieve significantly improved outcomes for all children and youth in our region. Based upon interest from others in the corporate community, the time seems right to develop collaborative partnerships focused on education, especially in light of efforts such as SVCF’s Silicon Valley Common Core Initiative. Learn more at siliconvalleycf.org/ common-core. Citizenship Programs Align with Global Reach Many Bay Area companies have a global reach in terms of markets, regional offices or both. Bay Area companies responding to the surveys represent more than $2 billion in total cash and in-kind contributions, about a quarter of which is targeted outside the U.S. This proportion of international giving is slightly higher than the national sample, which, on average, invested 21 percent of total giving internationally in 2012. Both the Bay Area and national samples concentrate their international giving in North America. However, Bay Area companies’ international giving is more diversified than the nation, focusing a greater percentage of their efforts on Europe, the Middle East and Africa (26 percent) as well as Asia Pacific (11 percent) than the national average. International giving often corresponds with corporations’ areas of focus within the U.S. Of the companies responding to the local SVCF survey, 67 percent said their key focus area did not differ among domestic and international giving. In other cases, corporations’ giving models abroad were more diverse than their giving in the U.S. In underdeveloped regions, the focus is generally more on basic access to education, workforce development and meeting basic needs. Engaging international employees in volunteer opportunities is more common in the Bay Area than other parts of the country. The CECP national survey reports that 76 percent of Bay Area companies offer both domestic and international employee-volunteer programs, compared to 60 percent of all companies responding to the national survey. Frequently, global offices will advocate for expanding corporate giving programs abroad based on the need they perceive in the local community. The main employee engagement programs offered both internationally and domestically by Bay Area corporations are flexible scheduling, team grants and employee volunteer awards. Companies identified the following challenges to giving abroad: • Administration can be challenging, as filling out annual expenditure forms, tax forms for matching gift programs, and the regulatory process often differ in other countries. • Companies also find it difficult to make an impact in areas where they do not have an office because without a local presence it can be very challenging to vet organizations and administer funding. CASE STUDY “In response to the local need and identified areas of impact on local education, Bay Area companies are focusing their contributions on helping close the gap on education in the region.” Employee Volunteer Programs Offered both Domestically and Internationally The eBay Foundation creates strategic partnerships to build economic inclusiveness across the globe eBay Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, employs over 32,000 people globally and has a worldwide customer base. eBay Foundation seeks to mirror its parent company’s global footprint and values in its giving, in a way that amplifies the impact of philanthropic dollars in local communities. As part of a comprehensive CSR strategy, eBay Foundation developed The Opportunity Project, which connects disadvantaged people with opportunities to become economically independent. The Opportunity Project serves as an open source competition to identify and fund social entrepreneurs with proven ideas to build solutions that promote economic and employment growth in underserved communities. Through The Opportunity Project, eBay announced a competition in 2011 in partnership with Ashoka Changemakers, a nonprofit organization that fosters collaboration among motivated individuals and organizations developing innovative social programs, or “social entrepreneurs”.eBay Foundation committed $250,000 in prize funding and a team of eBay engineers developed a Facebook application that helped Changemakers expand their marketing for the competition beyond their existing network, resulting in a recordbreaking number of applications submitted. Ashoka Changemakers continues to use the Facebook tool for new competitions. 75% of Companies in Bay Area 60% of Companies Nationally Bay Area Domestic vs International Giving Domestic Giving $1.5 B International Giving $532 M 10 SVCF CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP REPORT SVCF CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP REPORT 11