In its first year of operations, Microsoft Philanthropies has made pretty impactful contributions in the past year donating more than $650 million in services, helping several non-profits.
Microsoft Philanthropies was launched a little over a year ago with a vision to empower people around the globe with its technology and services. Last June, the company vowed to donate over $1 billion worth of cloud computing resources to 70,000 nonprofits worldwide over the period of three years. Now, the company’s philanthropic division has highlighted its charitable efforts over the past year.
Mary Snapp, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Philanthropies noted the company’s contributions to various nonprofits and schools including donations worth $465 million to 71,000 organizations, expanding access to computer science education to 225 high schools in the US. They also provide more than $30 million in technology and cash donations to organizations serving refugees and displaced people, and employees of the corporation raised $142 million for 19,000 nonprofits and schools.
The company also highlighted its work with CONIN, a nonprofit working to eradicate child malnourishment in Argentina, who are using Microsoft cloud technologies « to analyze issues that cause malnutrition, like lack of clean water and insufficient healthy food, and to create an accurate visualization of on-the-ground realities ».
