National nonprofit youth organization uses Force.com platform to manage relationships with its constituents and improve fundraising efforts SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Salesforce.com Foundation, the global leader in integrating philanthropy and business, today announced that Girls Inc., a national nonprofit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold(SM) is deploying Force.com Sites from salesforce.com to help the organization manage relationships with all of its diverse constituents, including donors, volunteers, affiliate staff, board members, and alumnae, among others. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090921/SF78581) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO) Working with global cloud computing consulting firm Navatar Group, Girls Inc. is implementing Force.com Sites as part of its Salesforce CRM solution to integrate online event and conference registration and donation capabilities with the information managed by the staff across the organization, providing a full picture of the ways in which the organization's constituents engage with Girls Inc. "Salesforce.com's cloud computing model will enable us to revolutionize the way we engage with our large universe of constituents," said Marcia Kropf, COO, Girls Inc. "With our new Force.com Sites solution developed by Navatar Group, we will be able to manage outreach to our community and fundraising effortlessly and seamlessly." "Girls Inc. is a terrific example of how salesforce.com's Force.com platform is helping innovative nonprofits operate more effectively, better serve their constituents, and enhance the impact of their social missions," said Suzanne DiBianca, executive director of the Salesforce.com Foundation. "Our nonprofit customers report an average of 89% ROI using our cloud computing solutions. To us, there is nothing more gratifying than helping nonprofits reduce their infrastructure costs and increase their efficiency so they can address important social issues like the empowerment of girls." "Organizations of all kinds are realizing the benefits of cloud computing," said Alok Misra, principal, Navatar Group. "As a long time partner of salesforce.com's, we have worked together to make many organizations such as Girls Inc. successful in the cloud. Additionally, we are thrilled to make a version of the event and conference registration solution implemented for Girls Inc. available on the Force.com AppExchange for any customer to use." Force.com Sites Will Help Girls Inc. Manage Donations and Event Registration Force.com Sites will enable Girls Inc. to integrate data collection through its Web sites with data management in Salesforce CRM, greatly streamlining functions such as: -- donations to Girls Inc. via the Internet -- registration for fundraising events -- registrations for training and conferences for affiliate staff and board members Force.com Sites seamlessly integrates with the Girls Inc. organization-wide Salesforce CRM implementation. Utilizing donated and discounted Salesforce CRM licenses as part of the Salesforce.com Foundation's 1% Product Donation Program, Navatar Group is helping Girls Inc. deploy Salesforce CRM to manage: -- all fundraising, including major gifts, planned giving, online gifts, and partnerships; -- monitoring of the efforts of affiliate organizations related to quality standards, dues, program delivery, and awards and scholarship programs; -- events, including setup, registrations payments, attendance, and results; -- pilot programs for girls, including evaluation, structuring, launch, implementation, participation, results and training; -- public policy initiatives. Force.com Sites, a new capability of the Force.com platform, allows organizations to run their Web sites in salesforce.com's cloud. Force.com Sites gives nonprofit organizations like Girls Inc. the power to quickly and easily build any Web application or Web site. More information on Force.com Sites can be found at: http://www.force.com/sites. For more information about Navatar Group's event and conference registration application, please click here: Demo: Online Event Registration About Girls Incorporated Girls Incorporated is a nonprofit organization that inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold(SM). With local roots dating to 1864 and national status since 1945, Girls Inc. has responded to the changing needs of girls through research-based programs and public education efforts that empower girls to understand, value, and assert their rights. In 2008, Girls Inc. reached over 900,000 girls through Girls Inc. affiliates, website, and educational publications. About the Salesforce.com Foundation The Salesforce.com Foundation is the global leader in integrating philanthropy and business through its 1/1/1 integrated philanthropy Model http://www.sharethemodel.org/. The 1/1/1 Model harnesses the power of salesforce.com's people and technology through 1% Time, 1% Equity and 1% Product to increase the effectiveness of nonprofits in pursuing their social missions. Since the Foundation's inception in 1999, employees have given more than 140,000 hours of their time; more than 6,000 nonprofits in 60 countries are using donated and discounted Salesforce CRM licenses as part of the Foundation's 1% Product Donation Program http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/product; and numerous organizations are benefiting from technology-related grants. For more information on the Salesforce.com Foundation, please visit http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/. About Navatar Group Navatar Group (http://www.navatargroup.com/), a premier salesforce.com partner, is a global firm providing Cloud Computing services and products. Founded by veterans of Deloitte Consulting, Navatar Group has enabled several large companies develop and launch SaaS products and helped hundreds of organizations successfully implement Cloud Computing solutions on the Force.com platform. Navatar is also a business partner with the National Human Services Assembly and has successfully helped several National Assembly members such as United Way, AARP, Council On Accreditation implement complex salesforce solutions. We are the only firm with a comprehensive SaaS Transformation methodology designed to help On-Premise software companies move to a Cloud Computing business model using Force.com. Navatar Group is headquartered in New York with offices in Washington DC, London and an offshore Force.com Technical Excellence Center in New Delhi, India. Copyright (c) 2009 salesforce.com, inc. All rights reserved. Salesforce and the "no software" logo are registered trademarks of salesforce.com, inc., and salesforce.com owns other registered and unregistered trademarks. Other names used herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050216/SFW105LOGO http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090921/SF78581 http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Salesforce.com Foundation CONTACT: Erin O'Keeffe of salesforce.com, +1-415-536-6150, ; or Allan Siegert of Navatar Group, +1-212-461-2140, ext. 392, ; or Cheryl Messer of Girls Incorporated, +1-212-509-2000, ext. 237, Web Site: http://www.salesforcefoundation.org/ http://www.girlsinc.org/index.html http://www.navatargroup.com/

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