Throughout the history of Dreamforce, giving back has been an integral part of the conference. But for 2014, philanthropy was front and center — and we've got the numbers to prove it.
Dreamforce 2014 had the distinction of being the largest nonprofit tech conference in the world—with more than 7,000 nonprofits and higher education institutions joining us for a dedicated conference within a conference with sessions and networking on accelerating their mission with Salesforce.
But making a difference wasn't just for the nonprofits and universities in attendance. Throughout Dreamforce, there were sessions and keynotes surrounding the importance of giving back, and every day of the conference was devoted to supporting a different cause--including hunger, children's health and education, veterans and integrating philanthropy into every business.
In addition to the daily initiatives, participants were encouraged to donate online or bring cans of food to help us reach One Million Meals for those in need.
DFGives '14 was an enormous success; take a look at the final numbers below:
Project Night Night is an organization devoted to providing homeless children with sweeter dreams. The Night Night kits included books, blankets and stuffed animals and will be distributed to children around San Francisco.
Attendees took time out of their busy Dreamforce schedules to write a supportive note to active duty troops, as well as veterans.
Volunteers sorted and assembled 75,000 meals for Stop Hunger Now, contributing to the grand total of...
Along the way, the Salesforce Foundation worked closely with one of our amazing partners, Classy, to deliver these meals with the help of their next-generation fundraising tools.
“We were honored to work with the Salesforce Foundation on #DFGives this year,” said Scot Chisholm, CEO & co-founder of Classy. “Hitting the one million meals milestone was amazing, and it gave us the opportunity to demonstrate the power of technology to help corporations and nonprofits come together to tackle a social challenge in new ways.”